Book List | Hyde Park Pediatrics

• Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Birth to Age 5 (7th Edition) by American Academy of Pediatrics
• Your Baby’s First Year (4th Edition) by American Academy of Pediatrics
• Baby 411: Your Baby Birth to Age 1 (9th Edition) by Dr. Ari Brown and Denise Fields
• Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care (10th Edition) by Benjamin Spock MD and Robert Needlman MD

• The Nursing Mother’s Companion, (8th Edition) by Kathleen Huggins
• Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers (2nd Edition) by Nancy Mohrbacher and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett PhD
• The Complete Book of Breastfeeding (4th Edition) by Sally Wendkos Olds and Laura Marks MD
• Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (8th Edition) by Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, and Teresa Pitman
• New Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding (3rd Edition) by the American Academy of Pediatrics and Joan Younger Meek MD

• Your Child’s Health by Barton Schmidt
• My Child is Sick! Expert Advice for Managing Common Illnesses and Injuries by Barton Schmidt
• Baby & Child Emergency First-Aid by Mitchell Einzing MD and Paula Kelly MD

• The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood by Selma Fraiberg
• Your One Year Old (series continues up to age 5) by Louise Bates Ames PhD and Frances L. Ilg MD

• The Hurried Child (25th anniversary edition) by David Elkind
• The Difficult Child by Stanley Turecki
• Raising Your Spirited Child (3rd Edition) by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka EdD
• Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson PhD
• The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene, 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 + Teens (Updated and Expanded) by Laura Kastner PhD and Jennifer Wyatt PhD
• The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer (2nd Edition) by Harvey Karp MD
• The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old (Revised Edition) by Harvey Karp MD
• The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey
• How to Talk so Kids will Listen & Listen so Kids will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish 
• How to Talk so Little Kids will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 by Joanna Faber and Julie King

• 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

• Ending the Food Fight by David Ludwig MD PhD
• The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Food in Kids Favorite Meals by Missy Chase Lapine
• How to Get Your Kid to Eat, But Not Too Much by Ellyn Satter
• In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
• 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 MD
• The Complete Baby and Toddler Cookbook by America’s Test Kitchen Kids
• 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

• Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems, New, Revised, and Expanded by Richard Ferber MD
• Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child: A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night’s Sleep (4th Edition) by Marc Weissbluth MD
• The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep: Simple Solutions for Kids from Birth to 5 Years by Harvey Karp MD
• It’s Never Too Late to Sleep Train: The Low-Stress Way to High-Quality Sleep for Babies, Kids, and Parents by Craig Canapari MD, and his website https://drcraigcanapari.com/

• Mommy! I Have to Go Potty!: A Parent’s Guide to Toilet Training (2nd Edition) by Jan Faull and Helen Neville
• Oh Crap! Potty Training by Jamie Glowacki
• Easy Peasy Potty Training by Julie Schooler
• Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day by Teri Crane
• Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Nathan Azrin PhD and Richard Foxx PhD
• “The Poo in You”- Youtube Video
• To read to your child: Potty by Leslie Patricelli, Once Upon a Potty by Alona Frankel

• David Decides About Thumb-Sucking: A Story for Children, a Guide for Parents by Susan Heitler, PhD

• The Boy’s Body Book: Everything You Need to Know for Growing up (5th Edition) by Kelli Dunham
• The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls by Valorie Schaefer (ages 8 and up)
• The Care and Keeping of You 2: The Body Book for Older Girls by Cara Natterson MD (ages 10 and up)
• It’s Not the Stork! A Book about Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families, and Friends by Robie Harris and Michael Emberly (ages 4+)
• It’s So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families by Robie Harris and Michael Emberley (ages 7+)
• It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health (ages 10+) by Robie Harris and Michael Emberley
• Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They’d Ask) by Justin Richardson MD and Mark Schuster MD PhD

• Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall? (Revised and Updated) by Anthony Wolf PhD
• Surviving Your Adolescents: How to Manage and Let Go of your 13-18 Year Olds (3rd Edition) by Thomas W. Phelan PhD
• Help Me… I Have a Teenager!! by Annie Drake
• Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boys, and the New Realities of Girl World (3rd Edition) 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 PhD
• Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls by Lisa Damour PhD
• Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls (Revised and Updated) by Rachel Simmons
• Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children by Michael Thompson PhD and Catherine O’Neill-Grace
• Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety: A Complete Guide to Your Child’s Stressed, Depressed, Expanded, Amazing Adolescence by Dr. John Duffy
• How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haimes
• He’s Not Lazy: Empowering your Son to Believe in Himself by Adam Price PhD

• Freeing Your Child from Anxiety (Revised and Updated) by Tamar Chansky PhD
• What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner PhD
• Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Tamar Chansky
• Books for younger children with worries and fears:Chrysanthemum, Wemberly Worried, and Sheila Rae, the Brave all by Kevin Henkes
• There’s a Nightmare in My Closet and There’s an Alligator Under my Bed by Mercer Mayer

• Danny and the Blue Cloud: Coping with Childhood Depression by James Foley
• Depression: A Teen’s Guide to Survive and Thrive by Jaqueline Toner PhD and Claire Freeland PhD

• A Still Quiet Place: A Mindfulness Program for Teaching Children and Adolescents to Ease Stress and Difficult Emotions by Amy Saltzman, MD
• Relaxation and Self Regulation Techniques for Children and Teens by Dr. Mary Karapetian Alvord

• 101 Ways to Teach Children Social Skills: A Ready-to-Use Reproducible Activity Book by Lawrence Shapiro
• The Social Skills Picture Book: Teaching Play, Emotion, and Communication to Children with Autism by Jed Baker, PhD
• Quirky Kids: Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn’t Fit In- When to Worry and When Not to Worry by Perri Klass MD and Eileen Costello MD
• 8 Keys to Raising the Quirky Child: How to Help a Kid Who Doesn’t (Quite) Fit In by Mark Bowers

• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD): www.chadd.org
• Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents (3rd Edition) by Russell Barkley, PhD
• Teenagers with ADD, ADHD & Executive Function Deficits: A Guide for Parents and Professionals (3rd Edition) by Chris Zeigler Dendy
• Thinking Organized for Parents and Children: Helping Kids get Organized for Home, School, and Play by Rhona Gorgon and her website, www.thinkingorganized.com
• Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children with Executive Function by Joyce Cooper-Kahn PhD and Laurie Dietzel PhD
• Making the System Work for Your Child with ADHD by Peter Jensen MD
• ADHD: What Every Parent Needs to Know (3rd Edition) by the American Academy of Pediatrics with Mark Rolraich MD and Joseph Hagan Jr MD
• Smart But Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson EdD and Richard Guare PhD
• Understanding Girls with ADHD (2nd Edition) by Kathleen Nadeau PhD, Ellen Littman PhD and Patricia Quinn MD 

• www.autismspeaks.org
• Autism Spectrum Disorder: 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 PhD, Geraldine Dawson PhD and Laurie Vismara PhD
• A Parent’s Guide to High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (2nd Edition) by Sally Ozonoff PhD, Geraldine Dawson PhD and James McPartland PhD

• How to Help Children Through a Parent’s Serious Illness by Kathleen McCue
• Why Are You So Sad? A Child’s Book about Parental Depression by Beth Andrews

For younger children:

• The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages by Leo Buscaglia, PhD
• The Goodbye Book by Todd Parr
• The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
• I Miss You: A First Look at Death by Pat Thomas
• Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen
• Missing Mommy by Rebecca Cobb
• Grandma’s Gloves by Cecil Castelluci

For older children:

• When a friend dies: a book for teens about grieving and healing by Marilyn Gootman, EdD
• You are not alone: Teens talk about life after the loss of a parent by Lynne Hughes
• The grieving teen: a guide for teenagers and their friends by Helen Fitzgerald
• Straight talk about death for teenagers: how to cope with losing someone you love by Earl Grollman

• 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
• 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