Book Recommendations From Our Providers

Reading Lists

We recommend the following books for you and your family.

Infants and Toddlers

The New Baby Blueprint, Whitney Casares, MD, MPH, FAAPBaby 411, Ari Brown, MD, FAAPThe Breastfeeding Answer Book, Jack Newman, MDNew Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding, 3rd Ed, Joan Younger Meek, MD, MS, RD, FAAPYour Baby's First Year, 5th Ed, American Academy of PediatricsCaring for Your Baby Birth to Age Five, 7th Ed, American Academy of PediatricsGuide to Buying for Babies, Consumer ReportsThe Read Aloud Handbook, Jim Trelease

School Age Children

Caring For Your School Age Child, 3rd Ed, American Academy of Pediatrics

Behavior

1-2-3 Magic, Thomas Phelan, PhDParent Effectiveness Training, Dr. Thomas GordonHow To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish and Kimberly Ann CoeGet Out of My Life But First Coud You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated, Anthony E. Wolfe, PhD

Feeding

The Picky Eater Project, Natale Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RDN, FAAP and Sally SampsonFood Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed with Insight, Humornand A Bottle of Ketchup, 2nd Ed, Lara Jana, MD, FAAP, and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP

Illness

My Child Is Sick, Barton Schmidt, MD, FAAP

Sleep

What Every Parent Needs to Know, Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP, EditorSolve Your Child's Sleep Problems, Richard Ferber, MDHealthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child, Marc Weissbluth

Puberty

The Teenage Body Book, Kathy McCoy , PhD and Charles Wibbelsman, MDAmerican Medical Association Boy's Guide to Becoming a TeenAmerican Medical Association Girl's Guide to Becoming a TeenBoy's Body Book, Kelli DunhamGirl's Body Book, Kelli DunhamThe Care and Keeping of You, Valerie Lee Schafer (The American Girl Dolls Collection), Volume 1 for early puberty and Volume 2 for later pubertyEverthing You Never Wanted Your Kid to Know About Sex (But were Afraid They'd Ask), Justin Richardson and Mark ShusterWhat's Going On Down There? Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask, Karen Granville, Nick Castro and Clara Castro

A group of young children reading at the library.