Book List

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Kid's Books

Oh My Baby, Little One

Author: Kathi Appelt
ISBN-13: 978-0152060312

Mouse, Look Out!

Author: Judy Waite
ISBN-13: 978-1854304674

Mama, Do You Love Me?: 10th Anniversary Commemorative Edition

Author: Barbara Joosse
ISBN-13: 978-0811832120

A Mouse Told His Mother

Author: Bethany Roberts
ISBN-13: 978-0316749589

Look-Alikes Jr.: The More You Look, the More You See!

Author: Joan Steiner
ISBN-13: 978-0316713474

Farmer Duck

Author: Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury
ISBN-13: 978-1844280865

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

Author: Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
ISBN-13: 978-0743461511

"More More More," Said the Baby

Author: Vera B. Williams
ISBN-13: 978-0688147365

On the Day You Were Born

Author: Debra Frasier
ISBN-13: 978-0152579951

Time Flies

Author: Eric Rohmann
ISBN-13: 978-0517885550

Amazing Grace

Author: Mary Hoffman
ISBN-13: 978-1854303363

Kid’s Adventures Around San Francisco

Author: Elina Wong
ISBN-13: 978-0974361710

Playful Reading: Positive, Fun Ways to Build the Bond Between Preschoolers, Books, and You

Author: Carolyn Munson-Benson
ISBN-13: 978-1574828573

Parent's Books

The Happiest Toddler on the Block: The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well Behaved One to Four Year Old

Author: Harvey Karp
ISBN-13: 978-0553381436

Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime

Author: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
ISBN-13: 978-0060930431

Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child

Author: Robert MacKenzie
ISBN-13: 978-0761521365

Divorced Dads: 101 Ways to Stay Connected with Your Kids

Author: Nancy J. Wasson and Lee Hefner
ISBN-13: 978-0972009003

Becoming the Parent You Want to Be: A Source of Strategies for the First Five Years

Author: Janis Keyser
ISBN-13: 978-0553067507

Boys Will Be Men: Raising Our Sons for Courage, Caring and Community

Author: Paul Kivel
ISBN-13: 978-0865713956

Child Care That Works: A Parent’s Guide to Finding Quality Child Care

Author: Eva and Mon Cochran
ISBN-13: 978-1589040083

Healing Stories: Picture Books for the Big and Small Changes in a Child’s Life!

Author: Jacqueline Golding
ISBN-13: 978-1590770979

Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Author: Richard Louv
ISBN-13: 978-1565125223

Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children who Thrive

Author: Daniel Siegel
ISBN-13: 978-1565125223

The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind

Author: Alison Gopnik
ISBN-13: 978-0688177881

How Babies Think

Author: Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, and Patricia Kuhl
ISBN-13: 978-0753814178

Toilet Training: A Practical Guide to Daytime and Nighttime Training

Author: Vicki Lansky
ISBN-13: 978-0916773649

When Your Baby Won’t Stop Crying: A Parent’s Guide to Colic

Author: Tonja Krautter
ISBN-13: 978-1402206757

The Nursing Mother’s Companion

Author: Kathleen Huggins
ISBN-13: 978-1558323049

What to Expect the First Year

Author: Arlene Eisenberg
ISBN-13: 978-0743231886

All Alone In the World: Children of the Incarcerated

Author: Nell Bernstein
ISBN-13: 978-1565849525

The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for your Special Ed Child

Author: Lawrence M. Siegel
ISBN-13: 978-1413305104

Quirky Kids: Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn’t Fit In—When to Worry and When not to Worry

Author: Perri Klass and Eileen Costello
ISBN-13: 978-0345451439

Teaching Children with Autism: Strategies for Initiating Positive Interactions and Improving Learning Opportunities

Author: Robert L. Koegel and Lyn Kern Koegel
ISBN-13: 978-1557661807

From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development

Author: National Research Council
ISBN-13: 978-0309069885

The Out of Sync Child : Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction

Author: Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.
ISBN-13: 978-0399531651

How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children Meeting the Five Critical Needs of Children ..and Parent’s Too!

Author: Gerald Newmark, Ph.D.
ISBN-13: 978-0932767073

Special Kids Need Special Parents: A Resource for Parents of Children with Special Needs

Author: Judith Loseff Lavin
ISBN-13: 978-0425176627

An Asset Builder's Guide to Service-Learning

Author: Eugene C. Roehlkepartain (Author), Mary Byers, Thomas Bright, Beth Margolis-Rupp, Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner
ISBN-13: 978-1574821147

Great Places to Learn: Creating Asset-Building Schools that Help Students Succeed

Author: Neal Starkman, Peter C. Scales, Clay Roberts
ISBN-13: 978-1574822458

Raising Healthy Children Day by Day: 366 Readings for Parents, Teachers, and Caregivers, Birth to Age 5

Author: Jolene L. Roehlkepartain
ISBN-13: 978-1575420943

All Kids Are Our Kids: What Communities Must Do to Raise Caring and Responsible Children and Adolescents, 2nd Edition

Author: Peter L. Benson
ISBN-13: 978-0787985189

The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children

Author: David Elkind
ISBN-13: 978-0738211107

Early Development and the Brain: TEACHING RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS

Author: Linda Gilkerson and Rebecca Klein
ISBN-13: 978-0943657899

Finding Our Way: The Future of American Early Care and Education

Author: Moncrieff Cochran
ISBN: 9781934019139

Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever

Author: Mem Fox
ISBN-13: 978-0156010764

The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition (Read-Aloud Handbook)

Author: Jim Trelease
ISBN-13: 978-0143037392

Disorders of Behavioral and Emotional Regulation in the First Years of Life: Early Risks and Intervention in the Developing Parent-Infant Relationship

Author: Mechtild Papousek, Michael Schieche, and Harald Wurmser
ISBN: 9781934019177

Teenagers and Their Babies: A Perinatal Home Visitor’s Guide

Author: Ida Cardone, Linda Gilkerson, and Nick Wechsler
ISBN: 9781934019160

Practical Approaches to Early Childhood Professional Development: Evidence, Strategies, and Resources

Author: Pamela J. Winton, Jeanette A. McCollum, and Camille Catlett
ISBN: 9781934019191

Evidence-Based Practice in the Early Childhood Field

Edited by: Virginia Buysse and Patricia W. Wesley
ISBN: 0943657954

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Edited by: Stefanie Powers
ISBN: 393-OLB

Circles in the Nursery: Practicing Multicultural Family Therapy

By: Leena Banerjee
ISBN: 1934019097

Ready or Not (Early Childhood Education Series)

By: Stacie G. Goffin and Valora Washington
ISBN: 0807747939