Frank Carlson Library

"The #1 internationally bestselling author returns with a new novel in the vein of her New York Times bestsellers Pretty Girls and The Good Daughter--a story even more electrifying, provocative, and suspenseful than anything she's written before. What if the person you thought you knew best turns out to be someone you never knew at all. ? Andrea knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows she's spent her whole life in the small beachside town...

A mother shares with her child what it was like to become a mother, and how she has dedicated herself to loving her little one.

A mother's memoir of her transgender child's odyssey, and her journey outside the boundaries of the faith and culture that shaped her. From the age of two-and-a-half, Jacob, born "Em," adamantly told his family he was a boy. While his mother Mimi struggled to understand and come to terms with the fact that her child may be transgender, she experienced a sense of déjà vu-the journey to uncover the source of her child's inner turmoil unearthed ghosts...

Various animals tell how they saw, fed, sang to, tickled, and kissed the new duckling.

Twin sisters who already compete for their mother's attention have an especially hard time after their baby sister is born.

Leo, upset that he has been hearing the word "no" all day, lets three words slip out that he wishes he could take back.

The 9.8 million viewers of TLC's Jon and Kate Plus Eight recognize Kate Gosselin as the practical mom of eight who has come into their homes for over 100 episodes of her family's hit reality show. In this I Just Want You to Know Ebook, Kate reveals a grateful and faith-filled mother who only wants the best for her children and is willing to sacrifice to make that happen. The story covers the three years her family lived in their Elizabethtown home,...

Jack is disappointed when his mother tells him that he can't do all the wild and fun things he has planned when a toddler visits. In the end, Jack finds out that having fun just takes some creativity.

Get whisked away to the island of Nantucket in this delightful story about two single parents who accidentally rent the same house one sunny summer. Wendy Anderson is 35, the mother of two children, and happily married - until she discovers her husband Zack has cheated on her. Confused, angry, and lost, she rents a house on Nantucket for two summer months. When she and her children arrive at Isle Stay, she discovers that Trevor Black, 30, recently...

This program includes a bonus interview with the author. One morning, Kim Brooks made a split-second decision to leave her four-year old son in the car while she ran into a store. What happened would consume the next several years of her life and spur her to investigate the broader role America's culture of fear plays in parenthood. In Small Animals, Brooks asks, Of all the emotions inherent in parenting, is there any more universal or profound than...