Lending Library / Recommended Reading

 Pregnancy & Birth

  • Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, Gaskin, I.M.

  • Beginning Life, Flanagan, G.L.

  • Active Birth: The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally, Balaskas, J.

  • Pregnancy and Birth: The Best Evidence, Barrett, J. and T. Pitman

  • Having A Baby Naturally, O’Mara, P.

  • Nurturing the Unborn Child, Verny, T and R. Weintraub

  • The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth, Kitzinger, S.

  • The Birth Partner, Simkin, P.

  • Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year, Noble, E.

  • Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn, Keppler, A., P. Simkin and J. Whalley

  • Birthing From Within, England, P. & R. Horowitz, Rob.

Breastfeeding

  • Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers, Mohrbacher & Kendall-Tackett

  • Dr. Jack Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding, Newman, J. and T. Pitman

  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, La Leche League

Parenting

  • Unconditional Parenting, Kohn, A.

  • The Mind of Your Newborn Baby, Chamberlain, D.

  • Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids, Hart, S.

  • How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen, and Listen so your Kids will Talk, Faber, A. & E. Mazlish

  • The Science of Parenting, Sunderland, M.

  • Natural Baby, Balaskas, J.

  • Raising Children Compassionately, Rosenberg, M.

  • Mothering Magazine Supplement: Babywearing 101

  • Natural Family Living, O’Mara, P.

  • Siblings without Rivalry, Faber, A. & E. Mazlish

Sleep

  • The Family Bed, Thevenin, T.

  • Three in a Bed, Deborah J.

  • Night-Time Parenting, Sears, Dr W.

  • Good Nights: The Happy Parent’s Guide, Gordon, Dr J. & M. Goodavage

  • Mothering Magazine Supplement: Co-sleeping Reprint