A Year with the Mother-play

A Year with the Mother-play
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 190
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HN3M1Y
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Rating : 4/5 (1Y Downloads)

Synopsis A Year with the Mother-play by : Andrea Hofer Proudfoot

'night, Mother

'night, Mother
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 101
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ISBN-10 : 9780374521387
ISBN-13 : 0374521387
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis 'night, Mother by : Marsha Norman

The play focuses on a disappointed and despondent young woman who methodically plans her own death.

Mother-play and Nursery Songs

Mother-play and Nursery Songs
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Total Pages : 202
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ISBN-10 : IOWA:31858049229713
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Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Mother-play and Nursery Songs by : Friedrich Fröbel

Mother's Songs, Games and Stories

Mother's Songs, Games and Stories
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Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : CHI:14654545
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Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Mother's Songs, Games and Stories by : Friedrich Fröbel

Playing on the Mother-ground

Playing on the Mother-ground
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Publisher : Guilford Press
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 1572302151
ISBN-13 : 9781572302150
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Playing on the Mother-ground by : David F. Lancy

Theorists of child development, for the most part, have taken white, middle class, Euro-American children as the norm. These "typical" children, however, are exposed to two major enculturating influences that are by no means common across cultures: formal schooling and parents who consciously attempt to serve as teachers at home. Providing an important contribution toward a more universal understanding of child development, this book concentrates on children of the Kpelle-speaking people of West Africa, who grow up neither spending thousands of hours in quiet study nor receiving a heavy dose of parent tutelage. Acknowledging the centrality of play in children's lives, the Kpelle expect their children to play "on the mother ground," or open spaces adjacent to the areas where adults are likely to be working. Here, children observe the work that adults do as they engage in voluntary activities or "routines" that serve a clear enculturating function. With photographs and vivid first-hand description, the author demonstrates the impact of games, folklore, and other routines on early development among the Kpelle and in other non-Western cultures. He persuasively argues that such enduring routines for raising children as those observed in the Kpelle village are universal and not limited to rural societies, though they take a variety of forms depending on the society. Ethnographically rich and theoretically sophisticated, the book provides a sound empirical foundation for a practice-based theory of child development.

Mother Plays with Dolls-- and Finds an Important Key to Unlocking Creativity

Mother Plays with Dolls-- and Finds an Important Key to Unlocking Creativity
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Publisher : Epm Publications Incorporated
Total Pages : 95
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ISBN-10 : 0939009390
ISBN-13 : 9780939009398
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Mother Plays with Dolls-- and Finds an Important Key to Unlocking Creativity by : Elinor Peace Bailey

Elinor Bailey. One of the most inventive figures in today's fiber arts, Bailey has developed a way for virtually anyone to break through to his or her innermost self. By using a basic doll pattern and playing with its size, shape, hair, and attire, amateurs and pros alike will produce endlessly imaginative creations.

M.O.M.: Mother of Madness #1 (of 3)

M.O.M.: Mother of Madness #1 (of 3)
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Publisher : Image Comics
Total Pages : 52
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ISBN-10 : PKEY:MAY210009
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Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis M.O.M.: Mother of Madness #1 (of 3) by : Emilia Clarke

Game of Thrones superstar EMILIA CLARKE debuts an EXTRA-LENGTH, THREE-ISSUE MINISERIES! The mayhem begins with Maya, under-the-weather scientist by day, over-the-top superhero by night, and badass single mom 24/7. Deadpool action and Fleabag comedy collide when Maya activates her freakish superpowers to take on a secret sect of human traffickers. Mature readers only! Comedy and chaos await in the first of three 40-page issues by the glamorous artist of Horde, LEILA LEIZ!

The World According to Fannie Davis

The World According to Fannie Davis
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Publisher : Little, Brown
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9780316558716
ISBN-13 : 0316558710
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis The World According to Fannie Davis by : Bridgett M. Davis

As seen on the Today Show: This true story of an unforgettable mother, her devoted daughter, and their life in the Detroit numbers of the 1960s and 1970s highlights "the outstanding humanity of black America" (James McBride). In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee, borrowed $100 from her brother to run a numbers racket out of her home. That woman was Fannie Davis, Bridgett M. Davis's mother. Part bookie, part banker, mother, wife, and granddaughter of slaves, Fannie ran her numbers business for thirty-four years, doing what it took to survive in a legitimate business that just happened to be illegal. She created a loving, joyful home, sent her children to the best schools, bought them the best clothes, mothered them to the highest standard, and when the tragedy of urban life struck, soldiered on with her stated belief: "Dying is easy. Living takes guts." A daughter's moving homage to an extraordinary parent, The World According to Fannie Davis is also the suspenseful, unforgettable story about the lengths to which a mother will go to "make a way out of no way" and provide a prosperous life for her family -- and how those sacrifices resonate over time.

Playing House

Playing House
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Publisher : Beacon Press
Total Pages : 207
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ISBN-10 : 9780807001745
ISBN-13 : 0807001740
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Playing House by : Lauren Slater

Acclaimed author Lauren Slater ruminates on what it means to be family. Lauren Slater’s rocky childhood left her cold to the idea of ever creating a family of her own, but a husband, two dogs, two children, and three houses later, she came around to the challenges, trials, and unexpected rewards of playing house. Boldly honest, these biographical pieces reveal Slater at her wittiest and most deeply personal. She describes her journey from fiercely independent young woman to wife and mother, all while coping with mental illness. She tells of a chemical fire that rekindled the flame in her ailing relationship with her husband; she reflects on her decision to have an abortion, and then later to have children despite suffering from severe depression; she examines sex, love, mastectomies, and how nannies can be intrusive while dogs become family. Beautifully written, often humorous, and always revealing, these stories scrutinize the complex questions surrounding family life, offering up sometimes uncomfortable truths.