June 2010

Booklists · Parents and Children: Growing Together

Parenting is often a challenge, whether your child is 6 months, 6 years, or sweet 16! This sampling of parenting books from the Library's collection will help you raise your kids from diapers to driving and everywhere in between.

Classic Handbooks

Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5

American Academy of Pediatrics

Touchpoints Birth to 3: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development

T. Berry Brazelton

Between Parent and Child: The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication

Haim G Ginott

Your Baby & Child: From Birth to Age Five

Penelope Leach

The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby--From Birth to Age Two

William Sears

Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care

Benjamin Spock

Infants

cover of Eat, Sleep, Poop: A Common Sense Guide to Your Baby's First Year

Eat, Sleep, Poop: A Common Sense Guide to Your Baby's First Year--Essential Information from an Award-Winning Pediatrician and New Dad

Scott W. Cohen

Your Baby's First Year: Week by Week

Glade B. Curtis

The Baby Bible: The Complete Guide to Your Baby's First Year

Birgit Gebauer-Sesterhenn

The Essential First Year

Penelope Leach

Knack Baby's First Year: A Complete Illustrated Guide for Your Child's First Twelve Months

Robin McClure

New Babycare

Miriam Stoppard

Special Issue: Sleep

Helping Baby Sleep: The Science and Practice of Gentle Bedtime Parenting

Anni Gethin

Baby Sleep Guide: Sleep Solutions for You & Your Baby

Marcie Jones

The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

Elizabeth Pantley

The Sleep Lady's Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy

Kim West

Toddlers and Preschoolers

Toddler 411: Clear Answers & Smart Advice for Your Toddler

Denise Fields

Toddler Care Book: A Complete Guide from 1 to 5 Years Old

Jeremy N. Friedman

Knack Raising Your Toddler: A Complete Illustrated Guide--From First Steps to Preschool

Marsha Greenberg

The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old

Harvey Karp

The Preschooler Problem Solver: Tackling Tough and Tricky Transitions with Your Two- to Five-year-old

Carol Baicker-McKee

Is It a Big Problem Or a Little Problem?: When to Worry, When Not to Worry, and What to Do

Special Issue: Discipline

You're Not the Boss of Me: Brat-Proofing Your Four- to Twelve-Year-Old Child

Betsy Brown Braun

The New Strong-Willed Child: Birth through Adolescence

James C. Dobson

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

Ross W. Greene

The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child: With No Pills, No Therapy, No Contest of Wills

Alan E. Kazdin

Have a New Kid by Friday: How to Change Your Child's Attitude, Behavior & Character in 5 Days

Kevin Leman

The Well-Behaved Child: Discipline That Really Works!

John K. Rosemond

Raising Twins and Multiples

Twin Set: Moms of Multiples Share Survive & Thrive Secrets

Christina Boyle

Emotionally Healthy Twins: A New Philosophy for Parenting Two Unique Children

Joan A. Friedman

Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding & Caring for Twins or More!

Karen Kerkhoff Gromada

Ready or Not--Here We Come!: The Real Experts' Guide to the First Year with Twins

Elizabeth Lyons

Duble Duty: The Parents' Guide to Raising Twins, from Pregnancy through the School Years

Christina Baglivi Tinglof

Raising Twins: From Pregnancy to Preschool

Shelly Vaziri Flais

Raising Boys

It's a Baby Boy!: The Unique Wonder and Special Nature of Your Son from Pregnancy to Two Years

Stacie Bering

Packaging Boyhood: Saving Our Sons from Superheroes, Slackers, and Other Media Stereotypes

Lyn Mikel Brown

Bringing Up Boys

James C. Dobson

The Purpose of Boys: Helping Our Sons find Meaning, Significance, and Direction in Their Lives

Michael Gurian

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Raising Boys

Laurie A. Helgoe

The Secret Lives of Boys: Inside the Raw Emotional World of Male Teens

Malina Saval

Raising Girls

It's a Baby Girl!: The Unique Wonder and Special Nature of Your Daughter from Pregnancy to Two Years

Stacie Bering

Bringing up Girls: Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Women

James C. Dobson

The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today's Pressures

Stephen P. Hinshaw

The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence

Rachel Simmons

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Raising Girls

Gary J. Weisenberger

Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence

Rosalind Wiseman

Raising Preteens & Teens

Talking to Tweens: Getting It Right Before It Gets Rocky with Your 8- to 12-Year-Old

Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer

Not Much, Just Chillin': The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers

Linda Perlstein

Your Defiant Teen: 10 Steps to Resolve Conflict and Rebuild Your Relationship

Russell A. Barkley

When Things Get Crazy with Your Teen: The Why, the How, and What to Do Now

Michael J. Bradley

Inside the Teenage Brain: Parenting a Work in Progress

Sheryl Feinstein

The Agony and the Agony: Raising a Teenager Without Losing Your Mind

Betty Londergan

Special Issue: Bullying

Taking Action Against Bullying

Jane Bingham

A Smart Kid's Guide to Online Bullying

David J. Jakubiak

Why Good Kids Act Cruel: The Hidden Truth About the Pre-Teen Years

Carl E. Pickhardt

The Stopping School Violence Manual: The Newly Revised Guide for Parents and Educators on Bullying

Derek Randel

Special Issue: Divorce, Single Parents, and Stepfamilies

Smart Parenting During and After Divorce

Peter J. Favaro

The Divorced Child: Strengthening Your Family Through the First Three Years of Separation

Joseph Nowinski

Single Parenting That Works: Six Keys to Raising Happy, Healthy Children in a Single-Parent Home

Kevin Leman

Single Parent Families

Rae Simons

8 Strategies for Successful Step-Parenting

Nadir Baksh

The Happy Stepmother: Stay Sane, Empower Yourself, and Thrive in Your New Family

Rachelle Katz

Need more suggestions? Contact the Information & Reference Department (513-369-6900) and a reference librarian will be happy to assist you.