GRAND Magazine - September/October 2018 - 35

books
The Grandfamily Guidebook:
Wisdom and Support for Grandparents
Raising Grandchildren

Authors: Andrew
Adesman and Christine
Adamec Publisher: Simon
& Schuster
In The Grandfamily
Guidebook-which leading
medical experts have called
a "must-have" resource
for grandparents raising
grandchildren-authors
Andrew Adesman, MD, and
Christine Adamec offer
expert medical advice,
helpful insights gleaned
from other grandparents, and data mined
from the 2016 Adesman
Grandfamily Study-the
broadest and most diverse research study of its kind to
date. You'll also find hands-on tips you'll be able to reference whenever you need them, including how to cope
with difficult birth parents, school issues and social-life
challenges, problem behaviors that stem from a difficult
past, and your own self-care.
Starting with its foreword by the renowned Dr. William
Sears, across this book you will find practical, inspiring
help as you navigate the financial impacts, legal considerations, and medical issues that commonly arise when
grandparents and grandchildren start becoming a grandfamily. BUY

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Good to be Grand - Making the Most
of Your Grandchild's First Year

Author: Cheryl
Harbour Publisher:
BenBella Books
Good to Be Grand is
the ultimate roadmap
for today's grandparent, combining the
latest information
about infant care-
from medical developments to equipment
innovations to parenting practices-with
honest, down-to-earth
advice and anecdotes
about grandparents'
special role.
Journalist and
new grandmother
Cheryl Harbour gets right to the point of what modern
grandparents really need to know from the time they
begin anticipating the birth to the end of the first year.
Harbour takes the best and most relevant information
from the latest research, expert interviews, and thick
parenting books and tailors it specifically for grandparents, recognizing the unique bond they share with their
children's children.
Each chapter provides interesting facts and observations about what has remained the same and what has
changed about childcare over the years, what you can
do to support the physical and emotional well-being of
your grandchild and, most important, what you can do
to make the most of the experience. BUY

The Grandparents Handbook -
Games, Activities, Tips, How Tos
and All-Around Fun

Author: Elizabeth LaBan
with Nana Barbara Trostler
and Grandpa Myron LaBan
Publisher: Penguin
Random House
No longer content to
sit on rockers and bake
cookies, today's grandparents are involved in the
lives of their grandchildren
more than ever before. The
Grandparents Handbook
features dozens of activities
that will guarantee hours
of fun, educational quality
time-from building dollhouses and catching fish to
flying kites, baking bread,
making your own mini golf
course, creating a family newspaper, and much more. These
illustrated instructions will lead grandparents down surprising paths of discovery as they teach the youngest generation
about family, friendship, and the world around them. It's the
perfect gift for any grandparent and grandparent-to-be!
ELIZABETH LABAN is a Philadelphia-based writer, editor,
and mother of two. BARBARA TROSTLER is Elizabeth's mother
and the grandmother of two. She lives in Philadelphia, about
four blocks from grandchildren Alice and Arthur. DR. MYRON
LABAN is Elizabeth's father-in-law and the grandfather of five.
He hops on airplanes whenever he can to visit grandchildren
Eli, Dahlia, Alice, Arthur, and Logan. BUY
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