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Helpful Books

General

  • Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care by Benjamin Spock

  • What to Expect the First Year by Heidi Murkoff

  • The Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg

  • Baby 411 by Ari Brown

Healthy Development

  • The Gift of Failure by Jessica Lahey

  • All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenting by Jennifer Senior

  • The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp

  • The Care and Keeping of You (for Girls) by Cara Natherson

  • What's Going on Down There? (for Boys) by Karyn Gravelle

  • What's Happening to My Body (for Boys) by Lynda Madaras

Communication

  • Liberated Parents, Liberated Children by Adele Faber

  • How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber

  • Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber

  • Peaceful Parents, Happy Kids by Laura Markham

Toilet Training

  • Mommy, I Have to go Potty by Jan Faull

  • Oh Crap! Potty Training by Jamie Glowacki

  • Keys to Toilet Training by Meg Zweiback

  • Potty by Leslie Patricelli

  • Where's the Poop by Julie Markes

  • The Princes and the Potty by Wendy Lewison

Sleep Training

  • The Happy Sleeper by Heather Turgeon

  • Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth

  • The Sleep Easy Solution by Jennifer Waldburger

  • Babywise by Robert Buckman

Behavior/Discipline

  • Annie Stories: A Special Kind of Storytelling by Doris Brett

  • The Difficult Child by Stanley Turecki

  • First the Broccoli, Then the Ice Cream by Tim Riley

  • There's an Alligator Under my Bed by Mercer Mayer

  • The Orchid and The Dandelion by W. Thomas Boyle

Personality

  • Your Child's Self Esteem by Dorthy Briggs

  • The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel Siegel

Learning Challenges/ADHD/Autism

  • Thinking Differently by David Flink

  • The Dyslexia Advantage by Brock Eide

  • ADHD: A Complete and Authoritative Guide by Michael Reiff

  • Thriving with ADHD by Kelli Miller

  • Taking Charge of ADHD by Russell Barkley

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder bib Alan Rosenblatt

  • Uniquely Human by Barry Prizant

  • I See Things Differently by Pat Thomas

Depression/Anxiety

  • Freeing Your Child from Anxiety by Tamar Chansky

  • What to Do When You Worry Too Much by Dawn Huebner

  • The Universe is Listening by Jill Pedalino

  • I Got This! by Steven Herman

Divorce

  • Helping Children Cope with Divorce by Edward Teyber

  • Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Two Homes for Your Child by Isolina Ricci

  • Dinosaur's Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families by Marc Brown

Death

  • The Invisible String by Patrice Karst

  • Dog Heaven by Cynthia Rylant

  • The Rabbit Listened by Lori Doerrfeld

Vaccines

  • Deadly Choices by Paul Offit

  • Bad Advice by Paul Offit

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