Reading Recommendations

Children

Weather Together (Not Quite Narwhal and Friends) Jessie Sima

Rissy No Kissies, Katey Howes

The Invisible String, Patrice Karst

The Invisible Leash, Patrice Karst

The Memory Box: A Book About Grief, Joanna Rowland

A Kids Book about Neurodiversity, Laura Petix

Let’s Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent, and Respect: teach children about body ownership, respect, feelings, choices, and recognizing bullying behaviors, Jayneen Sanders

Super Duper Safety School: Safety Rules for Kids & Grown-ups! By Pattie Fitzgerald

Teens & Tweens

NowMaps: A Tweens Guide to Learning About Your Thoughts, Navigating Big Emotions, and Being a Confident Kid, Dan Siegel MD, & Deena Margolin LMFT

Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture, Virginia Sole-Smith

This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained, Cara Patterson MD, Vanessa Kroll Bennett

The Care & Keeping of You (American Girl Library), Valorie Schaefer

Stand Up for Yourself and Your Friends: Dealing with Bullies and Bossiness and Finding a Better Way, Patti Kelley Criswell

You-ology: A Puberty Guide for EVERY Body, Trish Hutchinson MD

Parenting

No Drama Discipline: The Whole Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind, Dan Siegel MD & Tina Payne Bryson PhD

Hold onto Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers, Gordon Neufeld & Gabor Mate

Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? A Parents Guide to the New Teenager, Anthony E. Wolf

Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies That Really Work, Robyn Gobbel

Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful, Little Humans, Michaeleen Doucleff

Your One Year Old (and beyond) Series, Louise Bates Ames

How to ADHD: An Insider’s Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It), Jessica McAbe

Low Demand Parenting: Dropping Demands, Restoring Calm, and Finding Connection with your Uniquely Wired Child, Amanda Diekman