Book List | Hyde Park Pediatrics
Baby and child care
- Caring for Your Baby and Young Child by American Academy of Pediatrics
- Your Baby’s First Year (Second Edition) by American Academy of Pediatrics
- Baby 411: Clear Answers and Smart Advice for Your Baby’s First Year by Ari Brown and Denise Fields
- Baby and Child Care by Benjamin Spock
- Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age 5 by Penelope Leach
- What to Expect in the First Year by Eisenberg, Murkoff, and Hathaway
Breastfeeding
- The Nursing Mother’s Companion, Seventh Edition by Kathleen Huggins
- Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers by Nancy Mohrbacher and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
- The Complete Book of Breastfeeding by Sally Wendkos Olds, Laura Marks, and Marvin Eiger
- Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (revised, 9th Edition) by Diane Weissinger, Diana West, and Teresa Pitman
- New Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding by the American Academy of Pediatrics and Joan Younger Meek
Medical care
- Your Child’s Health by Barton Schmidt
- My Child is Sick! Expert Advice for Managing Common Illnesses and Injuries by Barton Schmidt
- Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child, 9th Edition by Lynn Marotz
- Baby and Child Emergency First Aid Handbook by Mitchell Einzing
- How to Help Children Through a Parent’s Serious Illness by Kathleen McCue
Infant/child development
- The Magic Years by Selma Friedberg
- Your One Year Old (series continues up to age 5) by Ames and Ilg
Parenting
- The Hurried Child by David Elkind
- The Difficult Child by Stanley Turecki
- Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
- Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon
- The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Child by Ross W. Green, PhD
- The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them by Elaine N. Aron, PhD
- Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two-to-Six Year Olds by Rex Forehand and Nicholas Long
- Getting to Calm: Cool-Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens and Teens by Laura Kastner and jennifer Wyatt
- The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer by Harvey Karp
- The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative One- to Five-Year-Old by Harvey Karp
Discipline
- 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 by Thomas W. Phelan
- SOS: Help for Parents by Lynn Clark
- PET: Parent Effectiveness Training; the Tested Way to Raise Responsible Children by Thomas Gordon
- Setting Limits with Your Strong Willed Child by Robert Mackenzie
- No-Drama Discipline by Daniel Siegler and TIna Payne Bryson
- Discipline Made Easy by Sandra Leon
Feeding and nutrition
- What to Feed Your Baby: A Pediatrician’s Guide to the Eleven Essential Foods to Guarantee Veggie-Loving, No-Fuss, Healthy Eating Kids by Tanya Altmann
- Ending the Food Fight by David Ludwig
- The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Food in Kids Favorite Meals by Missy Chase Levine
- Honest Pretzels: And 64 Other Amazing Recipes for Cooks Ages 8 & Up by Mollie Katzen
- Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers & Up by Mollie Katzen and Ann Henderson
- Feed Me I’m Yours by Vicky Lansley
- How to Get Your Kid to Eat, But Not Too Much by Ellyn Satter
- What to Feed Your Baby: A Pediatrician’s Guide to the 11 essential Foods to Guarantee Veggie-loving, No-Fuss, Healthy-Eating Kids by Tanya Altmann
- In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan
Sleep problems
- Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems, New, Revised, and Expanded by Richard Ferber
- Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child: A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night’s Sleep by Michael Weissbluth
- The Sleepeasy Solution: The Exhausted Parent’s Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep from Birth to Age 5 by Jennifer Waldburger and Jill Spivack
- The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep: Simple Solutions for Kids from Birth to 5 Years by Harvey Karp
Toilet training
- Mommy! I Have to Go Potty (A Parent’s Guide) by Jan Faull
- Potty by Leslie Patricelli (board book)
- Oh Crap! Potty Training by Jamie Glowacki
- Easy Peasy Potty Training by Julie Schooler and Kate Kearns
- Once Upon the Potty (to be read to child) by Alona Frankel
- Going to the Potty (to be read to child) by Fred Rogers
- Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day by Teri Crane
- Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Nathan Azrin and Richard Foxx
- “The Poo in You”- Youtube Video
Thumb-sucking
- David Decides About Thumb-Sucking: A Story for Children (to be read with your child) by Heitler Singer
Adolescence
- He’s Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe in Himself by Adam Price
- Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall? by Anthon Wolf
- The Boy’s Body Book: Everything You Need to Know for Growing up YOU by Kelli Dunham
- Surviving Your Adolescents by Thomas W. Phelan
- Help Me I Have a Teenager by Annie Drake, MA, RN, CS
- The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls by Valorie Schaefer and Norm Bendell
- Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World by Rosalind Wiseman
- Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World by Rosalind Wiseman
- Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour
- Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons
- Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children by Michael Thompson and Cathe O’Neill-Grace
Depression
- Where’s Your Smile Crocodile? by Claire Freedman
- Feeling Good by David Burns
Anxiety/OCD
- Freeing Your Child from Anxiety by Tamar Chansky, PhD
- What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner and Bonnie Matthews
- Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Tamar Chansky
Teaching social skills
- Teaching Social Skills to Youth by Tom Dowd and Jeff Tierney
- Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success by Marshall Duke, Elisabeth Martin, and Stephen Nowicki
- 101 Ways to Teach Children Social Skills: A Ready-to-Use Reproducible Activity Book by Lawrence Shapiro
- Quirky Kids: Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn’t Fit In- When to Worry and When Not to Worry by Perri Klass and Eileen Costello
- 8 Keys to Raising the Quirky Child: How to Help a Kid Who Doesn’t (Quite) Fit In (8 Keys to Mental Health by Mark Bowers
Attention concerns, ADD/ADHD, executive function difficulties
- Taking Charge of ADHD by Russell Barkley
- How to Reach and Teach Children and Teens with ADD/ADHD by Sandra Rief
- Making the System Work for Your Child with ADHD by Peter Jensen
- ADHD: What Every Parent Needs to Know by Michael Reiff
- Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
- Smart But Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
- The ADD & ADHD Answer Book: Professional Answrs to 275 of the Tom Questions Parents Ask by Susan Ashley
- Understanding Girls with ADHD by Kathleen Nadeau and Ellen Littman
Autism
- www.autismspeaks.org
- www.autismconsortium.org
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (revised): A Complete Guide to Understanding Autism by Chantal Sicile-Kira
- An Early Start for Your Child with Autism: Using Everyday Activities to Help Kids Connect, Communicate, and Learn by Sally Rogers and Geraldine Dawson
- A Parent’s Guide to High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder, Second Edition by Sally Ozonoff and Geraldine Dawson
Sex education
- From Diapers to Dating (for young children) by Debra Haffner
- It’s so Amazing(for school-aged children) by Robie H. Harris, Michael Emberley
- It’s Perfectly Normal (for pre-teens) by Robie H. Harris, Michael Emberley
- Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They’d Ask) by Justin Richardson
Books that encourage kindness toward others
- 13 Children's Books that Encourage Kindness Toward
- We All Sing With the Same Voice by J. Philip Miller and Sheppard M. Greene
- Have You Filled A Bucket Today? A Guide To Daily Happiness For Kids by Carol McCloud
- A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead
- Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
- Last Stop On Market Street by Matt de la Pena
- Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
- Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
- Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
- Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson and Fumi Kosaka
- The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig
- The Three Questions by Jon Muth
- Rude Cakes by Rowboat Watkins
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Parent recommended books
- On the Day You Were Born by Debra Frasier
- The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
Additional websites
- Healthychildren.org (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Youngwomenshealth.org (Boston Children’s Hospital)
- Youngmenshealthsite.org (Boston Children’s Hospital)
- Psychological Care Associates Resource List: http://psycare.info/reading-list/
