Recommended Reading

Growth and Development

• Baby 411 by Dr. Ari Brown and Denise Fields
• Toddler 411 by Denise Fields and Dr. Ari Brown
• The Happiest Baby on the Block (DVD) by Harvey Karp, MD
• The Care & Keeping of You: Body Book for Older Girls 2 by Dr. Cara Natterson
• What’s Going On Down There? (Boys) by Karen Gravelle with Nick and Chava Castro
• What’s Happening To My Body (Boys) by Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras
• Boy’s Guide To Becoming A Teen by Amy B. Middleman, MD, MSEd, MPH and Kate Gruenwald Pfeifer, LCSW

Sleep

• The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight by Kim West
• Sleep, What Every Parent Needs to Know by Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP

Nutrition

• Nutrition by William Dietz, MD, PhD and Lorraine Stern, MD, FAAP
• If Your Child is Overweight by Susan M. Kosharek, MS,RD
• A Parent’s Guide to Childhood Obesity by Sandra G. Hassink, MD, FAAP
• The American Academy of Pediatrics New Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding by American Academy Of Pediatrics

Parenting

• How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
• 1-2-3 Magic by Thomas W. Phelan, PhD
• Your Defiant Child by Russell A. Barkley, PhD and Christine M. Benton
• Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Anxiety, Stress, and School Issues

• What to do When You Worry Too Much by Dawn Huebner, PhD
• Freeing Your Child From Anxiety by Tamar E. Chansky, PhD

Special Interest

• ADHD: A Complete and Authoritative Guide by Michael I. Reiff, MD, FAAP and Sherill Tippins
• Autism Spectrum Disorders Editors: Alan I. Rosenblatt, MD, FAAP, Paul S. Carbone, MD, FAAP and Winnie Yu
• Cybersafe by Gwenn Schurgin O’Keefe, MD, FAAP
• Thinking Differently by David Flink
• Vaccines and Your Child by Paul Offitt, MD and Charlotte A. Moser

Death of a grandparent recommended books

Ages 3 to 8

• Animal Crackers by Bridget Marshall
• Blow Me a Kiss, Miss Lilly by Nancy Carlstrom
• Bye, Mis’ Lela by Dorothy Carter
• Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie de Paola
• Badger’s Parting Gifts by Susan Varley
• Dinah Forever by Claudia Mills
• Grandma’s Gone to Live in the Stars by Max Haynes
• Eleanor, Arthur and Claire by Diana Engel
• Poppy’s Chair by Karen Hesse
• The Grandad Tree by Trish Cooke
• The Hickory Chair by Lisa Fraustino
• Where is Grandpa? by T.A. Barron
• My Grandson Lew by Charlotte Zolotow
• My Grandma Died: A Child’s Story About Death and Loss by Lory Britain
• Grandma, I’ll Miss You by Kathryn Slattery
• Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles
• My Letter from Grandma by Ruth Cullen
• Grandma Bill’s Song by Jane Yolen

Ages 9 to 12

• Sun & Spoon by Kevin Henkens

Young Adult

• After the Rain by Norma Fox Mazer