 | Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $0.51 I would recommend giving this book to every parent. It speaks to things we all know, but never could put words to. Very well done.
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 | The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer by Harvey Karp
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.50 This book was a godsend for my "difficult to transition baby". It had practical principles that were immediately useful to me.
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 | Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child / Your Fussy Baby by Marc Weissbluth
Buy new: $17.75 / Used from: $19.58 This explained newborn/infant sleeping to me in a way I understood. Stayed with me. Very helpful.
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 | Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five (Revised Edition) by Penelope Leach
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $0.01 I like her practical way of expressing things. Great for a new mom.
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 | How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike by Esmé Raji Codell
Buy used from: $0.50 Should be given to every parent. Honestly.
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 | The Read-Aloud Handbook: Fifth Edition by Jim Trelease
Buy used from: $0.01 Another excellent book about one of the easiest, most important things you could do as a parent.
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 | Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) by Foster Cline
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $15.00 Many useful principles and ideas nicely stated. I skimmed it but I liked it.
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 | What to Expect the First Year, Second Ed by Heidi Murkoff
Buy used from: $0.01 I kept this in the bathroom and referred to it constantly.
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 | A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children by Caroline Kennedy
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $0.59 Another excellent book that incidentally is about parenting. I love the introduction.
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 | What's Going on in There? : How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life by Lise Eliot
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $8.00 I am reading this right now. It was written by a neurobiologist/mother. It's incredible.
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