"...an essential childcare resource brought to you by the nation's finest pediatricians."

"...prepared by a team of expert pediatricians, enabling parents to quickly identify a symptom, learn its possible cause, and determine how to best proceed...symptoms are in alphabetical order and include easy-to-follow charts."

"...gives parents all the info & strategies they need to meet the dietary needs of children from birth through adolescence...also covers standards of weight & height; eating disorders; alternative diets; and food safety." Appropriate for: Parents.

"Compact and accessible, this book from the American Academy of Pediatrics helps to ensure that even the most bleary-eyed parents and their children get a good night's sleep."

Maturation/the male & female athlete/athletes in hot & cold environments/nutrition/steroids/physical fitness.

ISBN: 0440506859
Title: Infants and Mothers
Author: T. Berry Brazelton
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company, Incorporated
Date Published: July 1983

"Touchpoints" are the spurts of development, and the trying periods of regression that accompany them, throughout childhood. From pregnancy to first gradxe, all the concerns and questions that parents have about their child's behavior, feelings, and development are anticipated and answered in both chronological and reference form.(Addison-Wesley)

ISBN: 0316779059
Title: The Baby Book:
Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby-From Birth to Age Two
Author: William Sears, With Martha Sears
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Date Published: January 1993

Pediatric specialists and the parents of seven children, William and Martha Sears write from unparalleled professional and personal experience. They emphasize five basic needs of babies--eating, sleeping, development, health, and comfort--and provide specific information on the most recent findings regarding treatment of illnesses, infant nutritional requirements, parent-child bonding, and much more. 230 line drawings.

ISBN: 1561450448
Title: When Someone Dies
Author: Sharon Greenlee, Bill Brath (Illustrator)
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Date Published: May 1992

In this simple book, counselor Sharon Greenlee explains the hurt, fear, and confusion felt by children and adults alike after a death has occurred. Accompanied by delicate watercolors, When Someone Dies offers suggestions for easing the pain, surviving the changes, and remembering the good times. 15 watercolor illustrations.

ISBN: 0807025011
Title: Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love
Author: Earl A. Grollman
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: January 1993

Suggests ways to deal with the grief and other emotions felt after the death of a loved one and to discover how to go on living.

ISBN: 0807023639
Title: Talking about Death: A Dialogue between Parent and Child
Author: Earl A. Grollman, Susan Avishai (Illustrator)
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: July 1991

Whether through war, a natural disaster, or the serious illness of a loved one or pet, many children must face the reality of death much sooner than their parents would like. This book is designed to help parents and children talk about this difficult time. Illustrated.

...a new printing that covers guidelines for dealing with traumatic events in the school setting, the death of a sibling, major life transitions, teen suicide, and much more."

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ISBN: 0316109177
Title: When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death: A Guide to Understanding Death
Author: Laurene Krasny Brown, Marc Brown
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Date Published: April 1996

Explains in simple language the feelings people may have regarding the death of a loved one and the ways to honor the memory of someone who has died.

When they find a dead bird, a group of children bury it in the woods, sing a song to it, and put flowers on the grave.

Freddie and the other leaves on his tree pass through the seasons and, with the coming of winter, fall to the ground. This warm and sympathetic parable explains the delicate balance between life and death.

After his dog is hit by a truck and killed, Christopher must deal with his own feelings of depression and guilt.

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The heartwrenching story of how a young girl comes to terms with her sister's death. "Here is a book to read and remember."--Publishers Weekly. "A touching, poignant story."--Booklist. An ALA Notable Book and an IRA-CBC Children's Choice.

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ISBN: 1561230413
Title: No New Baby : For Siblings Who Have a Brother or Sister Die before Birth
Author: Marilyn Gryte, Shari Borum (Illustrator)
Publisher: Centering Corporation
Date Published: November 1988

After her unborn sibling dies, a young child tells how she feels about the baby's death and how her grandmother explains it.

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Explains what death is, what happens at a funeral, and how a funeral service is a way of saying goodbye to a dead person.

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ISBN: 0761308709
Title: When People Die
Author: Sarah Levete, Christopher O'Neill, Roger Vlitos
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Date Published: September 1998

Describes how people feel about death, discussing what happens when someone dies, why people die, and how to cope with grief.

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.

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ISBN: 0807023639
Title: Talking about Death: A Dialogue between Parent and Child
Author: Earl A. Grollman, Susan Avishai (Illustrator)
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: July 1991

Whether through war, a natural disaster, or the serious illness of a loved one or pet, many children must face the reality of death much sooner than their parents would like. This book is designed to help parents and children talk about this difficult time. Illustrated.

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"...revised & updated to reflect recent findings in medical procedures, laws governing pregnancy termination, & the complex issues surrounding pregnancy loss & reproductive technologies...a straightforward yet sympathetic guide."

This is based on the premise that "grief is not an enemy; it is a friend."

ISBN: 0553344021
Title: Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
Author: Bryan Mellonie, Robert Ingpen
Publisher: Bantam Books, Incorporated
Date Published: December 1999

This compassionate, step-by-step guide to talking about death with children is updated with new material on AIDS, the loss of a companion animal, and talking about the mentally handicapped.

ISBN: 1558321519
Title: The Nursing Mother's Companion
Author: Kathleen Huggins, Harriette Hartigan (Photographer),
Foreword by Ruth A. Lawrence
Publisher: Harvard Common Press
Date Published: July 1999

Huggins explains new developments in indentifying infants at risk for underfeeding, tells how to make sure an infant is getting enought milk, and covers such common concerns as preventing sore nipples, dealing with night waking, and managing nursing while working. A rating of breast pumps and an appendix on drugs and their safety during breastfeeding are included. 22 photos. 35 illustrations.

Lifting the veil from a subject that distresses countless mothers, the authors suggest alternative ways of resolving breastfeeding problems and help women avoid weaning prematurely. Offering expert answers to many related questions, this guide will prove as indispensable as Huggins' classic book The Nursing Mother's Companion. Includes a foreword by William Sears, M.D.

"...includes photographs and diagrams with text...Kitzinger, a respected authority on pregnancy, childbirth, & motherhood discusses the biology, psychology, & sociology of breastfeeding."

"Mothers of healthy babies and those with special needs will learn how to recognize and overcome common problems, maintain an ample milk supply, and safely lose weight while breastfeeding...revised and updated."

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ISBN: 0802772226
Title: A Hospital Story: An Open Family Book for Parents and Children Together
Author: Sara Bonnett Stein, Gilbert Kliman, Doris Pinney (Illustrator)
Publisher: Walker & Company
Date Published: July 1983

Separate text for parents and children explores the fears surrounding a little girl's hospital stay for a tonsillectomy operation.

Grover visits the hospital to find out what to expect when he goes to have his tonsils out.

Simple text and photographs present a hospital, its people, and its objects.

Describes the experience of a young boy whose chronic ear infections are affecting his hearing, until he goes into the hospital for a simple operation.

Readers can learn all about the hospital as George goes in for an operation to remove a puzzle piece he has eaten. Written in collaboration with the Children's Hospital Medical Center of Boston. Special Citation, Child Study Association.

Lee is diagnosed as having epilepsy, but medicine to control her seizures reduces her worries and she learns she can still lead a normal life.

Explains what a hospital is, what happens there, and when a patient can go home.

ISBN: 0811471535
Title:The Hospital Scares Me
Author: Paula Z. Hogan, Mary Thelen (Illustrator), With Kirk Hogan
Publisher: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers
Date Published: October 1992

After being rushed to the hospital with a broken ankle, Dan gradually grows less afraid as he receives emotional support and explanations of everything that happens to him.

ISBN: 1572551186
Title: Tubes in My Ears: My Trip to the Hospital
Author: Virginia Dooley, Miriam Katin (Illustrator)
Publisher: Mondo Publishing
Date Published: April 1996

A boy describes what happens when he goes to the hospital to have tubes put in his ears.

Anna's little sister Molly needs to go to the hospital for an operation.

ISBN: 0787940488
Title: Living with Life-Threatening Illness: A Guide for Patients, Their Families, and Caregivers
Author: Kenneth J. Doka, Kenneth J. Doka
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Incorporated
Date Published: January 1998

A valuable resource for families faced with severe illness, either their own or that of a loved one. Emphasizing the experience of living with illness, rather than simply focusing on its terminal phase, this guide outlines the tasks and issues that must be faced at each phase of illness, and offers workable suggestions for effective coping.

Presents true accounts of young people living with a chronic illness including how they have learned to cope and remain hopeful; also includes strategies for living with a chronic medical problem.

Each year, hundreds of thousands of young families face the crisis of a parent's serious illness. Now, a leading counselor offers supportive, practical advice for helping children age 3-19 cope with their pain and fears and move toward a healthy future, regardless of the outcome of the parent's illness.

ISBN: 0945354495
Title: What about Me?: When Brothers and Sisters Get Sick
Author: Allan D. Peterkin, Frances Middendorf (Illustrator)
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Date Published: January 1992

Laura experiences conflicting emotions when her brother becomes seriously ill. Includes suggestions for parents to help their well children cope with a chronically ill sibling.

Sean's nebulizer mask and his imagination aid in his recovery following an asthma attack. Includes information on childhood asthma and how to control its symptoms.

Though he enjoys life with his family and attends school, Howie, a child with cerebral palsy, wants more than anything else to be able to move his wheelchair by himself.

Nine-year-old Michelle describes the joys, loving times, difficulties, and other special situations involved in living with her older sister Amy Emmert, who was born severely disabled with cerebral palsy.

ISBN: 0811472698
Title: My Heart Is Full of Wishes
Author: Joshua Grishaw,Lane Yerkes (Illustrator)
Publisher: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers
Date Published: February 2000

A young boy with cystic fibrosis describes some of his fears and his dreams for a better life.

ISBN: 0929173279
Title: My Sister Rose Has Diabetes
Author: Monica Driscoll Beatty, Kathy Parkinson (Illustrator)
Publisher: Health Press Date
Published: December 1997

Discusses the management of Type I diabetes, highlighting the issues of those without diabetes who sometimes feel forgotten in a family preoccupied with this chronic condition.

"...a completely updated, award-winning text offering information on the ketogenic diet, which can help those who do not respond to, or experience side effects from, their regular therapy." Appropriate for: Parents.