Help! I Have to Study: Scholastic’s A+ Junior Guide to Studying (1987) by Louise Colligan, published by Scholastic
This author asks the question “What was the hardest thing you remember about starting middle school?” to students. The paperback is geared to middle school kids. It has many tips that are still very relevant today. The tips are practical although some are a little dated (the term ditto will make some of us old-timers smile). The concerns that our middle school kids have today aren’t much different than they were ‘in the olden days’. The strategies for overcoming those concerns aren’t much different either. This is a quick and easy read for parents but I don’t think it would hold the attention of most middle school kids.

The Homework Handbook: Practical Advice You Can Use Tonight to Help Your Child Succeed Tomorrow (1998) by Harriett Cholden, M.Ed., and John Fiedman, Ph.D. with Ethel Teirsky, M.A., published by Contemporary Books
This book, while not my favorite resource, has very sage advice on getting homework done. Written by a middle school teacher who had been teaching since the 60’s, consider this advice from page 183:

Should there be a TV set in a child’s bedroom?

No. A recent study of three hundred middle school children confirmed what you might expect: kids with TV sets in their bedrooms tend to watch more than those with TVs in other parts of their homes. And excess TV does not help a child to excel.

The book has many practical tips but I found the parent Q&A to be the most interesting.

How to Help Your Child With Homework: Every caring parent’s guide to encouraging good study habits and ending the Homework Wars (2005) by Jeanne Shay Schumm, Ph.D., published by Free Spirit
Written for parents of children from the ages of 6-13, this guide has chapters with specific ideas of how to help your child with each subject. This is a practical resource from a teacher’s perspective. I also thought the chapters for helping your child learn to Read, Spell and Write offered very specific and easy to use suggestions.