West Routt Library District

An overworked architect uses a magical universal remote control to rearrange and control parts of his days but complications arise when it starts to take over his life; thirty-two-year-old Sonny has spent his whole life avoiding responsibility, but when his girlfriend dumps him for an older man, he's got to find a way to prove he's ready to grow up: he adopts five-year-old Julian to impress her; a young man meets his soulmate, who suffers from a memory...

A small baby-faced criminal pretends to be an infant to hide from the police, and is found by a couple eager to become parents who take him into their home.

With four children of their own, Atlanta journalist Greene (There Is No Me Without You) and her husband, a criminal defense attorney, gradually adopted five more--one from Bulgaria and four from Ethiopia--to create a roiling, largehearted family unit.

Dr. Purvis discusses how harm from abuse, trama, drugs/alcohol, or neglect during critical stages of brain growth causes significant disruptions in a child's development and behavior, and offers strategies to overcome these deficits.

Discusses the importance of touch in early childhood development.

Fasten Your Sweet Belt is a must read for any adoptive parent. Using personal stories, firsthand accounts from adopted children and refreshing humor, the author and her daughter dispense insightful wisdom on the do's and don'ts of the journey of building a family through older child adoption.

Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he is ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus...

"Written by Melissa Guida-Richards--a transracial, transnational, and late-discovery adoptee--this book unpacks the mistakes you don't even know you're making and gives you the real-life tools to be the best parent you can be, to the child you love more than anything."--Amazon.com.

"Josie Norris became an instant mommy when her twin sister Nadine handed over her newborn son and vanished. What Josie saw as a temporary arrangement grew into a mother-son bond too deep to uproot. But with her irrational sister threatening to steal him back, Josie has been living the last few years with Kennedy in hiding, afraid to go home. When Aunt Libby -- the only person who knows the truth about Kennedy -- suffers a traumatic head injury, Josie...

Anne is now a writer, struggling to put together a play which requires her to look deeply into her years before coming to Green Gables as an orphan.