Saturday, February 11, 2012

Books...

I'm going through boxes of books, and am going to get rid of most of them.  I'm going to start posting titles here in case any of the readers of this blog might want any of them.  Here's the first list:
(all books are paperback unless otherwise noted [HC means hardcover]; also, all books are older than 20 years unless otherwise noted.) 
Children's Books
The Forbidden Forest, by William Pene du Bois  (HC)
The Twenty-One Balloons, by William Pene du Bois
The Book of Dragons, by E. Nesbit 
Henry Reed's Journey, by Keith Robertson, pictures by Robert McCloskey (HC)
Homer Price, by Robert McCloskey
The Adventures of Benjamin Pink, written and illustrated by Garth Williams
Ginnie's Baby-sitting Business, by Catherine Woolley
Blue Willow, by Doris Gates
The Practical Princess and other Liberating Fairy Tales, by Jay Williams
Paddington books -- 4 of them
729 Puzzle People, by Helen Oxenbury Spiral-bound, pages split in thirds horizontally
Mardie, by Astrid Lindgren
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic, by Betty MacDonald, pictures by Hilary Knight

Parenting Books   (books I used a lot or loved are starred)
Between Parent & Child, by Haim Ginott
**Liberated Parents, Liberated Children, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
   (this is based on the work of Dr. Hain Ginott but much more readable)
Calm Birth, New Method for Conscious Childbirth, by Robert Bruce Newman (2005)
The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, by Thomas Verny, MD
**Learning a Loving Way of Life, LLL --- a selection of mothers' and fathers' stories published in
    the first 26 years of LLL News [2 copies]
**What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know - The Truth about Diet and Drugs in Pregnancy, by
      Gail Sforza Brewer with Tom Brewer, MD
**Every Child's Birthright: In Defense of Mothering, by Selma Fraiberg
*Raising Cain (& Abel Too), The Parents' Book of Sibling Rivalry, by John F. McDermott, MD (HC)
**Siblings Without Rivalry, By Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish (HC)
Confessions of a Happily Organized Family, by Deniece Shofield   [no, I didn't misspell that!]
***Growing with Children, by Joseph and Laurie Braga
**The Child under Six, by James L. Hyme, Jr.
*How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of your Doctor, by Robert S. Mendelsohn, MD
The Politics of Breastfeeding, by Gabrielle Palmer
How to Really Love your Child, by Ross Campbell
**The Gesell Institute’s Child Behavior, by Frances Ilg, MD and Louise Bates Ames, PhD
Fresh Milk, The Secret Life of Breasts, by Fiona Giles (2003)
Child & Family Reprints (small booklets):
     Child Spacing (Herbert Ratner, MD, 1982);
     The Childbearing Experience: Is Anatomy Destiny? (an article follooed by comments by some of
         the LLL Founding Mothers and others, 1970);
     Spring, 1969 issue with various articles on fertility, motherhood, family, etc.
**On Discipline, a symposium -- LLL reprint from 1973 LLL News
****Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, LLLI (1981 edition)
**The Other Side Makes Chocolate, by Joan McCartney (Cartoons about breastfeeding)
Breastfeeding Source Book, by Marilyn Grams, MD
***You Can Breastfeed Your Baby...even in special situations, by Dorothy Patricia Brewster
Scientific American -- February 2002 issue, with article "TV: Are You Addicted?"
The Block Book, Elisabeth S. Hirsch, ed.  (all about how playing with blocks contributes to
     children's development)
National Forum (Phi Kappa Phi Journal), Fall 1979 -- "Children in Contemporary Society"
      -- 10 articles including an article by Selma Fraiberg

That's all for now -- let me know asap if you are interested in any of these!





















2 comments:

AnaliaRose said...

I want the following!
Homer Price, by Robert McCloskey


The Practical Princess and other Liberating Fairy Tales, by Jay Williams

Paddington books -- 4 of them

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic, by Betty MacDonald, pictures by Hilary Knight

I MUST have my Paddington books! (unless Natalie wants them of course)

AnaliaRose said...

oh, and I'd also be interested in reading:
The Childbearing Experience: Is Anatomy Destiny? (an article follooed by comments by some of
the LLL Founding Mothers and others, 1970);
Spring, 1969 issue with various articles on fertility, motherhood, family, etc.