Bookstores have a vast collection of parenting and family books.  While all contain some helpful insights and ideas, some are more worthy of being read than others!

The following are the parenting books we treasure in our library:

Child Development

Touchpoints: Your Child’s Emotional and Behavioural Development (Dr. Berry Brazelton)

The Irreducible Needs of Children (Drs. Brazelton and Greenspan)

Discipline

Every Parent: A Positive Approach to Children’s Behaviour (Dr. Matt Sanders)

The Heart of Parenting (Dr. John Gottman)

Between Parent and Child (Dr. Haim Ginott)

Hold on to your Kids (Drs Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate)

Parenting

Hold on to your Kids (Drs Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate)

And Baby Makes Three (Drs. John and Julie Gottman)

The First Seven Years (Dr. Kay Kuzma)

Couples

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (Dr. John Gottman)

Hold Me Tight (Dr. Sue Johnson)

Children’s literature

These are stories that speak gently to the hearts of our children and engender security, warmth and love.

A POCKETFUL OF KISSES, by Audrey Penn

ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY, by Judith Viorst

CAN’T YOU SLEEP, LITTLE BEAR?, by Martin Waddell

GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU, by Sam McBratney

IF I ONLY HAD A GREEN NOSE, by Max Lucado

LET’S GO HOME, LITTLE BEAR, by Martin Waddell

LOVE YOU FOREVER, by Robert Munsch

MISS RUMPHIUS, by Barbara Cooney

THE INVISIBLE STRING, by Patrice Karst

THE KISSING HAND, by Audrey Penn

THE RUNAWAY BUNNY, GOOD NIGHT MOON, by Margaret Wise Brown

TOUGH BORIS by Mem Fox

YOU ARE MINE, by Max Lucado