Caring for Your Baby and Young Child

Title: Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Birth to Age Five

Authors: The American Academy of Pediatrics

Price: 22.95

Pages: 928

Publiser: Bantam

Date: 2009

Edition: 5th

ISBN: 0553386301

Genre: Parenting

Subject: Childhood Care

Annotation: The American Academy of Pediatric's mammoth up to date and comprehensive book and guide about childhood care.

Evaluation: The author, Steven P. Shelov, MD, MS, FAAP, is a Professor of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Chairman of Pediatrics at Maimonides Medical Center and Lutheran Medical Center, and Vice President of the Infants' and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn. This book is a resource that can answer any question you may have about children’s health, emergency situations, routine care, and the recently updated version has information on organic care and other trendy healthcare topics. A not to be missed guide this book is a trusted staple in parenting and childcare.

You Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful

Title: You Four Year Old: Wild and Wonderful

Author: Ames

Price: $15.00

Pages: 160

Publishing Date: 1989 (First Edition Printing)

Publisher: Dell

ISBN: 0440506751

Genre: Non-Fiction

Subject: Parenting, Childhood

Annotation: Everything about your four year that makes them so wild and wonderful, we well as expert advice about the special developmental points during this time.

Evaluation: In this short, easy read, the authors address that particular age that is so “wild and wonderful.” From childhood behavioral techniques to development, as well as advice to help parents of four-year-olds, this book, which was co-written by doctors, offers insight into this particularly amazing time of growth, challenge, and loveable phases. This book is part of a wonderful series that starts at one-year-old and gives us a book for each age up to nine-years-old.

The Read Aloud Handbook

Title: The Read Aloud Handbook

Author: Jim Trelease

Price: $16.99

Pages: 432

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Publishing Date: July 25, 2006

ISBN: 0143037390

Annotation: The who, why, what, how, do’s and don’ts of read-alouds for children. A handbook for parents, teachers, librarians, and care-givers.

Evaluation: I really like how the author looks at read alouds in this book and I think everybody can benefit from reading it. “How old must a child be before you start reading to him? That’s a question I am most often asked by parents. The next is: When is the child too old to be read too? In answer to the first question, I ask one of my own. When did you start talking to the child? Did you wait until he was six months old?” As you can see this classic book, already in it’s sixth edition, is a staple and a mid opener on the topic of reading aloud. Though not exclusively for babies or toddlers, it does address questions such as the one above, as well as, sets a primer for the way we view read-aloud for an entire childhood. And there is nothing wrong about developing ideas about the future and worth of read-alouds. In this book, Trelease covers the why, what, how and do’s and don’ts of read-alouds. He includes current trends, information on libraries of every kind, and a treasury of read-aloud ideas.

Author Website: http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/