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Books


Parenting

Siblings Without Rivalry by Elaine Mazlish and Adele Faber
Hold on to Your Kids, why Parents Matter More than Peers by Gordon Neufeldt, PhD.
Parent Effectiveness Training by Thomas Gordon  
Pick Up Your Socks by Elizabeth Crary  
Without Spanking or Spoiling by Elizabeth Crary   
Between Parent And Child by Haim Ginott
Raising Self Reliant Children In a Self Indulgent World By Stephen Glenn
The Magic Years by Selma Fraiberg    

Homeschooling / Teaching
How Children Learn by John Holt
Teach Your Own by John Holt
Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn 

Knitting
Sweater Design in Plain English by Maggie Righetti
Simple Socks:  Plain and Fancy by Priscilla A Gibson-Roberts
Knitting Without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmerman
The Sweater Workshop by Jacquiline Fee
Knitted Embellishments by Nicky Epstein
Knitting on the Edge by Nicky Epstein
Knitting over the Edge by Nicky Epstein
Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles by Cat Bordi
The Joy of Knitting by Lisa R Myers

Heath
Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine by Murray & Pizzorno
Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine by Chevallier & Emerson-Roberts
The Green Pharmacy by James A Duke
The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook by James A Duke

Food & Cooking

I'm Just Here for the Food Alton Brown
I'm Just Here for More Food (baking) Alton Brown
On Food and Cooking:  The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee
Cookwise:  The Hows and Whys of Successful Cooking Shirley O Curriher
Salt:  A World History by Mark Kurlansky

Simply In Season (World Community Cookbook) by Mary Beth Lind
Extending the Table (World Community Cookbook) by Joetta Handrich Schlabach



Other Non-Fiction
Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields
Breastfeeding:  Biocultural Perspectives by Katherine Dettwyler
Milk, Money, & Madness by Naomi Baumslg, MD


Fiction
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Sarah, Women of Genesis by Orson Scott Card
Rebekah, Women of Genesis by Orson Scott Card
Rachel and Leah, Women of Genesis by Orson Scott Card

Magazine Subscriptions

Mothering
Interweave
Vogue Knitting
Family Circle Knitting



Videos

Videos
Into the Woods
Les Miserables



Kitchen

Cast Iron Chicken Fryer
Meat Hammer
Ramekin:  7oz French White, 4 oz French White,
Fondue Pot
Angel Food Cake Pan
Wedding China  - serving bowls, vegetable bowl, serving platter, several place settings
Wedding Flatware - place settings & serving peices
Cherry Pitter
Poppyseed Grinder



Clothes & Other Practical Things

Shirts & Pants: 

Birkenstock shoes:  size 40  (very wide feet, so anything narrow, the size needs to go up)




Future things for Zane


Games
Zometool
Classic Wooden Marbles & Blocks
Marble Run

K'nex

Books
Old Turtle by Douglas Wood