Hello parents, guardians and caregivers!

Librarian Liz and Ms. Amber here to recommend books for expecting, new and experienced parents! We have a large parenting section here on the third floor and Ms. Amber has put together a booklist of her favorite books to recommend to parents, guardians and caregivers! You can find all these books in our Parenting and Special Needs section. We encourage you to come check out the sections and ask a librarian for further recommendations! 

  

Pregnancy

• What To Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff – PARENTS 618.24 MUR 
• Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong—and What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster – PARENTS 618.25 OST 

 

Babies 

• Caring For Your Baby and Young Child by the American Academy of Pediatrics – PARENTS 618.9201 REM 
• The Wonder Weeks by Hetty vanderijt – PARENTS 649.122 VAN 
• The Nursing Mother’s Companion by Kathleen Huggins – PARENTS 649.33 HUG 
• Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster – PARENTS 618.2 OST 
• What About Us: A New Parents Guide by Karen Kleiman – PARENTS 306.8743 KLE 
• Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman – PARENTS 618.76 KLE 

 

Toddlers 

• How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 by Joanna Faber and Julie King – PARENTS 649.12 FAB 
• Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler: Tackling These Crazy Awesome Years—No Time Outs Needed by Jamie Glowacki – PARENTS 306.874 GLO 
• Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right by Jamie Glowacki – PARENTS 649.62 GLO 
• 150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids by Asia Citro – PARENTS 796.5083 CIT 

 

School Age

• The Family Firm : A Date-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years by Emily Oster – PARENTS 306.874 OST 
• Positive Discipline for Preschoolers by Jane Nelsen ED. D. – PARENTS 649.123 NEL  
• Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka – PARENTS 649.1 
• The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. – PARENTS 649.1019 SIE 
• No-Drama Discipline by Daniel J. Siegal, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, PH. D. – PARENTS 649.1 SIE 

 

Teens 

• Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults by Lisa Heffernan – PARENTS 306.874 HEF 
• Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety: A Complete Guide to Your Child’s Stressed, Depressed, Expanded, Amazing Adolescence by John Duffy – PARENTS 649.125 DUF 

 

Special Needs  

• The Out-Of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A. – PARENTS 618.92 KRA 
• The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child by Attorney Lawrence M. Siegal – SPECIAL NEEDS 371.9 SIE