PARENTS

What To Expect When You Are Expecting, by Heidi Murkoff

I'm Pregnant! A Week- to - Week Guide from Conception to Birth , by Lesley Regan

The Mayo Clinic Guide To A Healthy Pregnancy, by Mayo Clinic

The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips and Advice for Dads to Be, by Armin A. Brott

Magic Trees of the Mind : How to Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth Through Adolescence, by Marian Diamond and Janet Hopson

Right From Birth: Building Your Child's Foundation for Life--Birth to 18 Months (Goddard Parenting Guides), by Craig Ramey

Baby Signs: How to Talk With Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk, by Dr. Linda Acredolo and Dr. Susan Goodwyn

Bringing Up Baby: Three Steps to Making Good Decisions in Your Child's First Years, by Claire Lerner and Amy Laura Dombro

Learning & Growing Together: Understanding and Supporting Your Child's Development, by Claire Lerner and Amy Laura Dombro

POLICY

At a Loss For Words: How America Is Failing Our Children And What We Can Do About It, by Betty Bardige

Big Ideas for Children: Investing in Our Nation's Future, by First Focus
Available free here.

One Percent for the Kids: New Policies, Brighter Futures for America's Children, by Isabel Sawhill

Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development, by Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development

Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experiences of Young American Children, by Todd Risley and Betty Hart

Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps, by Sara McLanahan and Gary Sandefur

Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life, by Annette Lareau

Standardized Childhood: The Political and Cultural Struggle over Early Education, by Bruce Fuller

A Vision for Universal Preschool Education, by Edward Zigler

The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politics, by David Kirp

Inequality at the Starting Gate: Social Background Differences in Achievement as Children Begin School, by Valerie Lee

Whatever it Takes, by Paul Tough

CHILDREN (Adapted from the Books From Birth book list)

Thank You World, by Alice McGinty and Wendy Halperin

Chicken of the Family, Mary Amato and Delphine Durand

Cool Time Song, by Carole Lexa Schaefer and Pierr Morgan

Max's First Word (Max and Ruby), by Rosemary Wells

Firefighters to the Rescue, by Kersten Hamilton and Rich Davis

The Gingerbread Man, by Catherine McCafferty

Giggles with Daddy, by Emily Sollinger and Elizabeth Hathon

Ducks Don't Wear Socks, by John Nedwidek

Where's My Nose? by Susan Ring and Stephanie Peterson

Gobble, Gobble, Crash! A Barnyard Counting Bash, by Julie Stiegemeyer and Valeri Gorbachev

The Mine-o-Saur, by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and David Clark

Only You, by Robin Cruise and Margaret Chodos-Irvine

ABC Look At Me! A Lift and Learn Book, by Roberta Intrater

Little Monkey Lost, by Keith DuQuette

Your Kind of Mommy, by Marjorie Blain Parker and Cyd Moore

Tiger Can't Sleep, by S. J. Fore and R. W. Alley

A Place Called Kindergarten, by Jessica Harper and G. Brian Karas

Llama, Llama, Mad At Mama, by Anna Dewdney

Use local and national newspapers and magazines to stay up-to-date on the latest information, current events, and resources!

Memphis Parent Magazine - Memphis Parent is the city's premier parenting publication, with issues published on or around the first of every month.

Le Bonheur Parent - Le Bonheur Parent is a quarterly newsletter full of helpful information about raising and caring for your children. From safety tips to new immunization information, Le Bonheur Parent keeps you up to date on health information that affects your child. All of our articles are reviewed by our pediatric experts, so you know it is information you can trust.

The Daily Parent - The Daily Parent is a newsletter for working parents. It offers the latest information on child development issues, tips for finding quality child care, and numerous resources for busy parents, as well as child care professionals.

Commercial Appeal - Memphis' information source.

Tri-State Defender - The Tri-State Defender is one of the longest, continuously-published African American papers in the United States.