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Popular Child Development Books
Popular Child Development Books
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NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children (Hardcover)
by Po Bronson (shelved 15 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.04 — 10,116 ratings — published 2009
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Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children (Hardcover)
by David Elkind (shelved 9 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.71 — 304 ratings — published 2006
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What's Going on in There? : How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life (Paperback)
by Lise Eliot (shelved 9 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.03 — 749 ratings — published 1999
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The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us about the Mind (Paperback)
by Alison Gopnik (shelved 8 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.73 — 482 ratings — published 1999
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder (Paperback)
by Richard Louv (shelved 7 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.90 — 6,001 ratings — published
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Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn--and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less (Paperback)
by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff (shelved 7 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.85 — 884 ratings — published 2003
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What to Expect the First Year (Paperback)
by Heidi Murkoff (shelved 6 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.66 — 4,627 ratings — published 1989
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Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Paperback)
by Alfie Kohn (shelved 5 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,173 ratings — published 2005
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The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition)
by William Sears (shelved 5 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,925 ratings — published 1993
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Bright From the Start: The Simple, Science-Backed Way to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind from Birth to Age 3 (Hardcover)
by Jill Stamm (shelved 4 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.04 — 339 ratings — published 2007
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Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (Paperback)
by Marc Weissbluth (shelved 4 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.92 — 4,149 ratings — published 1987
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Your Child's Growing Mind: Brain Development And Learning From Birth To Adolescence (Paperback)
by Jane M. Healy (shelved 4 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.08 — 140 ratings — published 1986
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The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon (Paperback)
by David Elkind (shelved 4 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.73 — 376 ratings — published 1981
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From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development (Hardcover)
by Committee on Integrating the Science of (shelved 4 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.36 — 61 ratings — published 2000
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The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer (Mass Market Paperback)
by Harvey Karp (shelved 4 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,512 ratings — published 2000
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On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep (Paperback)
by Gary Ezzo (shelved 4 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.48 — 3,387 ratings — published 1993
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A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play (Paperback)
by Vivian Gussin Paley (shelved 4 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.09 — 163 ratings — published 2004
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Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children (Paperback)
by Michael Thompson (shelved 4 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.73 — 203 ratings — published 2001
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The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach (Paperback)
by Howard Gardner (shelved 4 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.89 — 527 ratings — published 1991
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Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five (Audiobook)
by John Medina (Goodreads Author) (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.23 — 862 ratings — published 2010
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Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences (Paperback)
by Leonard Sax (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,317 ratings — published 2005
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Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs (Paperback)
by Ellen Galinsky (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.59 — 549 ratings — published 2010
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What to Expect the Toddler Years (Paperback)
by Heidi Murkoff (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.56 — 1,591 ratings — published 1994
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The Emotional Life of the Toddler (Paperback)
by Alicia F. Lieberman (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.68 — 229 ratings — published
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How Children Learn (Paperback)
by John Holt (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,196 ratings — published 1967
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Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think And What We Can Do About It (Paperback)
by Jane M. Healy (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.05 — 348 ratings — published
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What to Expect When You're Expecting (Paperback)
by Heidi Murkoff (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.50 — 12,545 ratings — published 1984
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (Paperback)
by Adele Faber (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,100 ratings — published 1980
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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Paperback)
by Mary Bray Pipher (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,636 ratings — published 1994
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The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self (Paperback)
by Alice Miller (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,648 ratings — published 1979
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Your Child's Self-Esteem: Step-by-Step Guidelines for Raising Responsible, Productive, Happy Children (Paperback)
by Dorothy Corkille Briggs (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.08 — 118 ratings — published 1975
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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Education (Paperback)
by John Taylor Gatto (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,277 ratings — published 1991
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Magic Trees of the Mind: How to Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth Through Adolescence (Paperback)
by Marian Diamond (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.04 — 124 ratings — published 1998
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A Mind at a Time (Paperback)
by Melvin D. Levine (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.98 — 654 ratings — published
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Touchpoints: Birth to 3 : Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development (Paperback)
by T. Berry Brazelton (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.80 — 469 ratings — published 1992
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You Can't Say You Can't Play (Paperback)
by Vivian Gussin Paley (shelved 3 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.79 — 335 ratings — published 1992
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Taking Back Childhood: Helping Your Kids Thrive in a Fast-Paced, Media-Saturated, Violence-Filled World (Hardcover)
by Nancy Carlsson-Paige (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.67 — 151 ratings — published 2008
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Playful Parenting (Paperback)
by Lawrence J. Cohen (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,450 ratings — published 2001
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It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health (Paperback)
by Robie H. Harris (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.03 — 305 ratings — published
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Fifteen Minutes Outside: 365 Ways to Get Out of the House and Connect with Your Kids (Paperback)
by Rebecca Cohen (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.70 — 212 ratings — published 2011
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Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child (Paperback)
by Katie Allison Granju (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.95 — 229 ratings — published 1999
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing (Hardcover)
by Bruce D. Perry (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,946 ratings — published 2007
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Every Child Has a Thinking Style (Paperback)
by Lanna Nakone (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.00 — 5 ratings — published 2006
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Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief (Paperback)
by Dale McGowan (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.28 — 771 ratings — published 2009
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The Fussy Baby Book : Parenting Your High-Need Child From Birth to Age Five (Paperback)
by William Sears (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.05 — 233 ratings — published 1987
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The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children (Paperback)
by Stanley I. Greenspan (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.88 — 88 ratings — published 1995
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The Irreducible Needs Of Children: What Every Child Must Have To Grow, Learn, And Flourish (Paperback)
by T. Berry Brazelton (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.83 — 69 ratings — published 2000
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Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear (Paperback)
by Pam Leo (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.37 — 261 ratings — published 2005
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The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids (Hardcover)
by Madeline Levine (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 3.66 — 906 ratings — published 2006
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Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever (Paperback)
by Mem Fox (shelved 2 times as child-development)
avg rating 4.05 — 677 ratings — published
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“The path of development is a journey of discovery that is clear only in retrospect, and it’s rarely a straight line.”
― Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Smart Parenting for Smart Kids: Nurturing Your Child's True Potential
― Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Smart Parenting for Smart Kids: Nurturing Your Child's True Potential
“Since the earliest period of our life was preverbal, everything depended on emotional interaction. Without someone to reflect our emotions, we had no way of knowing who we were.”
― John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You
― John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You
