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How Eskimos keep their babies warm : and other adventures in parenting (from Argentina to Tanzania and everywhere in between) / Mei-Ling Hopgood.
- Description: 292 p. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
- ISBN: 9781565129580 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 156512958X (pbk.)
Available copies
- 7 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).
Current holds
0 current holds with 11 total copies.
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Main | NEW | HQ 755.8 .H657 2012 (Text to phone) | Checked out | 05/09/2013 |
| Danvers | Adult Nonfiction | HQ 755.8 H657 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Gloucester | Adult Nonfiction | 649.1/Hopgood (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Gloucester | Children's On Order | On Order 58234 (Text to phone) | On order | - |
| Lynnfield | Adult Nonfiction | HQ 755.8 .H657 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Melrose | New Books (Browsing Room) | 649.1 Hopgood (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Northern Essex - Haverhill Campus | Stacks | HQ755.8 .H657 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Peabody Main | Adult Nonfiction | NEW HQ 755.8 .H657 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Reading | Adult New Nonfiction | NEW 649.1 HOP (Text to phone) | Checked out | 02/02/2013 |
| Salem | Adult Non-Fiction | 649.1/HOPGOOD (Text to phone) | Checked out | 05/16/2013 |
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| Contents: | How Buenos Aires children go to bed late : sleeping arrangements -- How the French teach their children to love healthy food : the things kids will eat -- How Kenyans live without strollers : ingenious products -- How the Chinese potty train early : managing baby's bottom -- How Aka Pygmies are the best fathers in the world : paternal leave -- How Lebanese Americans keep their families close : on adoption -- How Tibetans cherish pregnancy : a prenatal paradise -- How the Japanese let their children fight : scaring kids straight -- How Polynesians play without parents : historic toys -- How Mayan villagers put their kids to work : the talents of tots -- How Asians learn to excel in school : grading the countries. |
| Summary: | Hopgood discusses how cultural expectations and customs determine the way kids are raised--from how Kenyans live without strollers to how the Chinese potty train early. |
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| Subject: |
Parenting >
Cross-cultural studies. Parent and child > Cross-cultural studies. |
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