Resources : Books

Here are some recommended books that provide practical advice in raising your child.

Vaccines and Your Child: Separating Fact from Fiction

Paul A. Offit, M.D., and Charlotte A. Moser

Vaccinated

Paul Offit, M.D.

What to Do When Your Baby is Premature

Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D.

What to Expect in the First Year

Eisenbeg, Murkoff, and Hathaway

The Complete Book of Breastfeeding

Marvin S. Eiger, M.D.

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems

Richard Ferber

David Decides About Thumb-Sucking: A Story for Children (to be read to your child)

Singer, Heitler

American Academy of Pediatrics Books

Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5
Caring for Your School-Age Child: Ages 5-12
Caring for Your Teenager
Your Baby’s First Year
Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality
Immunizations and Infectious Diseases: An Informed Parents Guide
Baby & Child Health: The Essential Guide from Birth to 11 Years
Waking Up Dry
Guide to Your Child’s Sleep
Guide to Your Child’s Allergies and AsthmaGuide to Toilet Training
Guide to Your Child’s Symptoms
Your Child’s Best Shot: A Parents Guide to Vaccination
New Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding
Guide to Your Child’s Nutrition

For Children

Reading can have powerful positive effects on the intellectual development, character, and overall outlook of a child. Early reading of books plays a vital role in the development of both spoken and written language skills. Reading also provides other benefits such as allowing busy parents the opportunity to spend “quality time” with their children. Children who are read to from an early age start to associate books with their parent’s love an attention. We encourage parents to read to their children because it allows them to become closer to their parents, helps in intellectual and character development, and creates an environment for a child to establish a lifelong habit of reading.

Here are some sites that contain information and sell children’s books.

Barnes & Noble
The Childrens Book Council
The Children’s Literature Web Guide
The Caldecott Medal
Children’s Book Central