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Isn't it amazing how there are over 100 books on raising kids! This site is to help parents narrow their choices
of books down. Send in the books you loved and hated. Don't forget to send in books that you enjoy reading to your kids.
Pregnancy
Your Pregnancy Week by
Week by Glade B Curtis and Judith schuler
Loved this book, I give it as gifts! Goes week by week and informs
you with what is going on with your baby and your body. Shows pictures that helps out a lot. Not information overload.- Jamie
R.
What To Expect When Expecting by Murkoff, Eisenberg and Hathaway
This book was to much
for me. I would skip several pages because the information was not relevant to me. It was nice to have on hand if I had a
certain question. Information overload for a first time mom! -Jamie R.
Babies
The Baby Book by
William and Martha Sears
I still use this book. Very informative about the stages throughout the baby years. Dr. Sears
talks about attachment parenting. Everything from bringing baby home, food, teething, sleeping, medical, etc. Great book!
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Toddlers
What To Expect The
Toddler Years by Murkoff, Eisenberg, and Hathaway
Very informative, but lots of it, good resource book. -Jamie
R.
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Entertaining Little Ones
Entertaining
& Educating Babies & Toddlers by Caroline Young
All in all this is just a great book!~ It is about children
from newborn-2 1/2 years. Gives great ideas on what to expect and age appropriate activities. I have really used it a lot
for ideas. Especially on indoor activities. -Melissa M.
Sleeping or lack of it
The No-Cry Sleep
Solution by Elizabeth Pantley
This book gives ideas on how to put your baby to sleep. Not a great book to read
when you are at your last resort, a lot of the ideas are timely. But good to read before birth. -Jamie R.
Babywise
by Gary Ezzo & Robert Bucknam
This book informs you on how to put your baby to sleep and feeding. This book talks
about letting the baby cry it out. Good information. -Jamie R.
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Kids Books
The Going To Bed Book
by Sandra Boynton
We read this book to our daughter every night and she loves it! It has a great
rhyming melody and fun bright pictures. It goes through the bedtime routine for a bunch of animals such as bath, pajamas,
brushing teeth and excersise. She actually asks to read this one! -Charissa W.
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Parenting
The Discipline Book by
Dr Sears
This book is great for setting you up with a great foundation for discipline. It's got some great information
and ideas that will make your relationship with your child stronger thus making your discipline easier! -Charissa W.
Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
This
is a very intriguing book that I recommend for every parent. The author presents the idea that by using rewards and punishments,
we are undermining our child's internal moral compass and thereby encouraging them to act in accordance to how they think
they are expected to act, instead of acting in a way that they truly know is right. -Lindsay G.
The Five
Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell
Gary Chapman presents the idea that everyone has
one primary way of feeling loved (through quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service or physical touch) and
this book focuses on how to discover and work with your child's own love language. Very insightful if you've never
heard of the concept. -Lindsay G.
Mothering Magazine
I've subscribed to this magazine
for nearly 2 years now and always look forward to it's arrival! If you're interested in natural living, and learning
about alternatives to many of the conventional mainstream aspects of child-rearing I suggest you check it out. The magazine
frequently covers topics such as extended breastfeeding, co-sleeping, vaccination choices, natural foods, baby-wearing and
so on. -Lindsay G.
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Raising Healthy Kids
6 point plan for Raising Happy Healthy Children by John Rosemond
This I believe is the only book you need
for raising a child and is always highly recommended by many of the Pediatricians I work with. He encourages families to return
to tried and true parenting truths that people did naturally before the "Experts" like Dr Spock and all of his followers
came along. Common sense parenting is how I look at it.- Jen J.
Who's Raising Your Child? Battling
the Marketers for Your Child's Heart and Soul by Laura Buddenberg and Kathleen Mcgee
A book to help kids
care less about things and more about people. This is a book I think most parents should read. It urges parents to carefully
guard the media that their children are exposed to by revealing the calculated techniques of the marketing and advertising
industries. -Lindsay G.
Books That Build Character: A Guide to Teaching Your Child Moral Values Through
Stories by William Kilpatrick and Gregory and Suzanne Wolfe
This is a reference guide for parents who wish to
find books with a bit more substance for their children. Roughly half a page is spent giving a summary of each of the books
that are recommended.-Lindsay G.
Chemical-Free Kids: How to Safeguard Your Child's
Diet and Environement by Allan Magaziner, Linda Bonvie and Anthony Zolezzi This
book is a very informative beginner's guide to minimizing the amount of chemical contact that your family has, specifically
your children. A great book. -Lindsay G.
Alaska's Kids
Anchorage, Alaska
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