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Adult Services

Strive for Academic Success

Posted August 30, 2010 | Posted in Adult Services

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ABCs of School Success
by Wesley Sharpe

Adult Student’s Guide to Survival and Success
 by Al Siebert

Essential 55: an award-winning educator’s rules for discovering the successful student in every child
 by Ron Clark

Everything Homeschooling Book
 by Sherri Linsenbach

How to Maximize Your Child’s Learning Ability
 by Lauren Bradway

How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way
 by Tim Seldin

How to Win at College: simple rules for success
 by Cal Newport

Insider’s Guide to High School: a parent’s handbook
 by Tim Healey

It Doesn’t Take a Genius: five truths to inspire success
 by Randall McCutcheon

Organized Student: teaching children the skills for success
 by Donna Goldberg

Overcoming School Anxiety
 by Diane Mayer

Parents’ Guide to the Middle School Years
 by Joe Bruzzese

Preparing for College: practical advice for students and their families
 by John Rooney

Preschool for Parents
 by Diane Dodge

Straight Talk About Schools Today
 by Judy Molland

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Writing Basics

Posted August 16, 2010 | Posted in Adult Services, Teen Services

With the start of school just around the corner, one thing is sure to follow: writing papers. Begin the school year right with some of the following instructional titles available at the Villa Park Public Library:

How to Say It, by Rosalie Maggio

Writing Great Essays, by Molly McClain and Jacqueline D. Roth

Write in Style: A Guide to Good English, by Richard Palmer

The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr., and E.B. White

Write Right! by Jan Venolia

Writing Creative Nonfiction, edited by Carolyn Forche and Philip Gerard

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Back to School

Posted August 16, 2010 | Posted in Adult Services, Teen Services

With the Fall school session creeping up on us, here are some books to help with studying, and possibly improving your grades:

“Ace” Any Test, by Ron Fry

How to Get Straight A’s in School and Have Fun at the Same Time, by Gordon W. Green

How to Study, by Ron Fry

A Parent’s Guide to School Projects, by Kathie Weir

The Secrets of Getting Better Grades, by Brian Marshall

Taking the Anxiety out of Taking Tests, by Susan Johnson

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Fresh from the Garden

Posted August 2, 2010 | Posted in Adult Services

 

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Better Homes and Gardens Presents America’s All-Time Favorite Canning & Preserving Recipes

Classic Zucchini Cookbook
by Nancy Ralston

Complete Book of Year-Round Small-Batch Preserving
 by Margaret Howard

Edible Gardening for the Midwest
 by Colleen Vanderlinden

Family Kitchen Garden
 by Karen Liebreich

Farmers Market Cookbook
 by Southern Living

Herbal Vinegar
 by Maggie Oster

In Season: Cooking with Vegetables and Fruits
 by Sarah Raven

Joy of Cooking.  All About Canning and Preserving
 by Irma Rombauer

Joy of Pickling
 by Linda Ziedrich

Perfect Preserves
 by Nora Carey

Preserving Summer’s Bounty: a quick and easy guide to freezing, canning, preserving, and drying
 

Rustic Fruit Desserts: crumbles, buckles, cobblers, pandowdies, and more
 by Cory Schreiber

Tomato Festival Cookbook
 by Lawrence Davis-Hollander

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Fall and Winter Gardens

Posted July 29, 2010 | Posted in Adult Services

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 Bulbs in the Basement, Geraniums on the Windowsill: how to grow and overwinter 165 tender plants
 by Brian McGowan

Fallscaping: extending your garden season into autumn
 by Nancy Ondra

Winter Gardening
 by Steven Bradley

Winter Harvest Handbook
 by Eliot Coleman

Wonders of the Winter Landscape: shrubs and trees to brighten the cold-weather garden
 by Vincent Simeone

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