 | The Home School Source Book by Donn Reed
Buy used from: $4.98 The first book I read on alt parenting. A family shares experiences in unassisted orgasmic homebirth, unjobbing, and tons and tons of homeschooling information from a liberal, hippie perspective.
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 | Diaper Free! The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene by Ingrid Bauer
Buy used from: $5.00 No, your baby does not have to wear diapers. How do you think mothers in Africa don't get pooped on? You can learn to be that in tune with your baby, too.
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 | The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development) by Jean Liedloff
Buy new: $12.87 / Used from: $3.84 This is the basic book on how and why to be a radical mama. Highly recommended! This is the heart and soul of alternative parenting. If you only read one from my list, read this one!
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 | Unassisted Homebirth: An Act of Love by Lynn M. Griesemer
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $12.66 To start with, don't have your baby in a hospital! At home is best, with a midwife or, if you are healthy, you may want to carefully consider the benefits and joys of going it alone.
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 | The Family Bed by Tine Thevenin
Buy used from: $11.40 Babies and children were never meant to sleep alone. It's not safe and not healthy, emotionally, developmentally or physically.
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 | Mothering Your Nursing Toddler by Norma J. Bumgarner
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.22 Breastfeeding. Until they're three. On demand. Yep. That's natural and radical all right. And really good for your little one.
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 | Positive Discipline (Revised) by Jane Nelsen Ed.D.
Buy used from: $0.01 How and why to be radically compassionate in child-rearing. This is a basic book on non-punitive discipline.
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 | Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child by Janet Zand
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $3.08 For any common (or not so) childhood ailment, from bruises to diabetes, this book describes conventional treatment, homeopathic, nutritional, herbal + more alternative treatments.
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 | Natural Family Living: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Parenting by Peggy O'Mara
Buy new: $16.11 / Used from: $2.11 Mothering Magazine is chicken soup for the radical mothers' soul.
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 | Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year (Wise Woman Herbal Series, Book 1) (Wise Woman Herbal Series : No. 1) by Susun S. Weed
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $3.25 The author is a wise woman and gives both practical and spiritual advice about pregnancy from a crunchy radical and learned perspective.
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 | The Fussy Baby Book : Parenting Your High-Need Child From Birth to Age Five by William Sears
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $2.85 Among it's many other virtues, this book will convince you it is possible, beneficial, and even normal to hold your baby during all your waking hours.
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 | Feeding the Whole Family: Whole Foods Recipes for Babies, Young Children and Their Parents by Annemarie Colbin
Buy used from: $6.54 An awesome cookbook with do-able whole foods recipes adapted for every member of your family. Great philosophical sections and encouragement, as well.
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 | Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto
Buy new: $5.94 / Used from: $4.65 Please don't send your child's technicolored super-speedy brain off to be processed into a blunt object of the consumerist culture.
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 | Toymaking With Children by Freya Jaffke
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $10.44 A hippie baby should only play with toys made by their loved ones, of natural materials like wood, wool, and cotton.
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 | Starbright--Meditations for Children by Maureen Garth
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $2.81 Preschoolers can learn how, and ought to, if you expect them to grow up as crunchy as their mama. This is the classic on the subject.
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 | A Child's Celebration of Folk Music by Various Artists
Buy used from: $5.00 Of course no radical childhood is complete without a healthy dose of folk music.
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 | The Kid's Guide to Social Action: How to Solve the Social Problems You Choose-And Turn Creative Thinking into Positive Action by Barbara A. Lewis
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $1.24 Your preteens need to learn how to take a stand and make a difference.
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 | King and King by Linda de Haan
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $11.05 A picture book so your littl'uns will grow up knowing two daddies is as normal as any other family. Does a great job of not making gayness the focus of the storyline.
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 | Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon (Barefoot Books) by Jules Bass
Buy used from: $3.80 Animals rights, vegetarianism, and dragons, with pictures and a very cute story. What more could a crunchy preschooler ask for?
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 | If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People (CitizenKid) by David J. Smith
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $7.09 Another picture book for your 3 to 8 year olds on social issues.
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 | Each Breath a Smile by Sister Susan
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $5.50 A book for children on mindful breathing, something a crunchy mama of any religion probably wants her children to learn.
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 | Celebrating the Great Mother: A Handbook of Earth-Honoring Activities for Parents and Children by Cait Johnson
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.99 Following the real mother earth's cycles is a lesson in science, love, and family.
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 | Un-Jobbing : The Adult Liberation Handbook (Second Edition) by Michael Fogler
Buy used from: $6.99 Don't work for money. Work for joy. Or, live for joy, not for work for money.
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 | Living Simply with Children: A Voluntary Simplicity Guide for Moms, Dads, and Kids Who Want to Reclaim the Bliss of Childhood and the Joy of Parenting by Marie Sherlock
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $4.72 The title of this book pretty much says it all. Choose consciously and enjoy your babies.
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 | Raising Healthy Children in A Toxic World (Rodale Organic Style Book) by Philip Landrigan
Buy new: $13.45 / Used from: $1.30 Being organic is important. Here's why, and how to do it.
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