Best parents books for children according to redditors
We found 285 Reddit comments discussing the best parents books for children. We ranked the 162 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 285 Reddit comments discussing the best parents books for children. We ranked the 162 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We have the guy version of this, Daddy, Papa, and Me.
EDIT: added link
http://www.amazon.com/Daddy-Papa-Me-Lesl%C3%A9a-Newman/dp/1582462623
The thing is, it was a really, really good book. It's touching and only the most heartless or joyless people don't cry by the end. I gave it to my wife on Mother's Day from my yet-to-be-born daughter. And if you like Berkeley Breathed's artistic style, it's all the better.
This movie, though, barely resembles the book. Once we saw the trailer I just felt sad. I knew it was bad and lifeless. It immediately reminded me of the Hitchhiker's Guide movie, and I imagined that thousands would never read the delightful books because of the god-awful movie version. Same goes for Mars Needs Moms. Great book, ruined for a generation...
edit: OK, maybe not everyone cries from reading it. I welled up with tears, my wife bawled. It's just a touching book.*
http://www.amazon.com/Coraline-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0380807343
Fionn has two moms
But I do wonder what route fate will take there relationship? Are they gonna go friends route or the lovers route?
I think we all know which one is superior.
Mine started doing this to the moon after we read the Eric Carle book about not being able to reach the moon. It has super fun fold-out pages.
https://www.amazon.com/Papa-Please-Moon-World-Carle/dp/0689829590/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=eric+carle+moon+book&qid=1562738816&s=gateway&sprefix=eric+carle+moon&sr=8-1
The two Neil Gaiman children's books: The Graveyard Book and Coraline
Both are amazing fantasy, at a mid-elementary reading level. The Graveyard Book is set up so that most chapters could almost function as a stand-alone short story, which would solve the pacing problem you mentioned earlier.
EDIT: And since i just read the whole thread and was super surprised none of them were mentioned: The Roald Dahl books (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Witches, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, the BFG, Fantastic Mr. Fox, etc.) are all excellent, and are probably closer to a low-mid elementary school reading level.
Sounds like she's taking a leaf out of this book, a childhood favorite of mine. And I quote:
>'What if I turned into a polar bear, and I was the meanest bear you ever saw and I had sharp, shiny teeth and I chased you into your tent and you cried?'
>
>'Then I would be very surprised and very scared. But still, inside the bear, you would be you, and I would love you.'
Learn your girlfriend's tricks! Buy it today!
This list needs more Neil Gaiman.
Children/YA books: Coraline, The Graveyard Book, and Stardust are my favs. Do yourself a favor and read the version illustrated by Charles Vess, it is far superior to the (non-illustrated) mass-market paperback. I would link to it, but I can't seem to find it on Amazon. Sorry.
Now, at no point did you ask for short-fiction, though I would think it fits your criteria of being able to pick up and set down at a moment's notice, so I'm gonna rec some fine short fiction as well. Smoke and Mirrors is quite good, as is Fragile Things.
Now as long as I'm here I would be remiss if I did not at least mention The Princess Bride and the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. I linked to the first one in the series, but it has been my experience that you can read them in just about any order you want with very little trouble. I usually just go to my local library and grab whichever one strikes my fancy. Terry Pratchett is an amazing storyteller and he also made a sword out of metal ore mined from a meteor after being knighted. That is a true thing that happened. I kid you not. Read his books. They will make your life better. Also to bring this comment full circle, he co-authored a book with Neil Gaiman called Good Omens that is just fantastic.
> For instance, in reality while people with ASD-1 struggle to understand nonliteral language, they certainly don't miss absolutely every single instance of it.
I completely agree with this. Also, his therapist is terrible, so it almost seems like he was getting basically no support to start with in the first place. He barely learns a single thing about interacting with people (or learning idioms) in the entire season. The only person who tries to teach him anything is his dad. The therapist seems like she's never interacted with an autistic person in her life (and maybe she is supposed to be new at this? i'm not sure, she is young). That's my biggest gripe about it.
I just started reading this book called Mockingbird, a fictional book about an autistic girl. I feel like she is actually an autistic person rather than putting a bunch of symptoms together. I'm really enjoying it. I'm about halfway through. It's hilarious just to remember similar things that I would do or think as a kid as well.
And the best part about that fictional book is she has a real school counselor who does actually try to teach her how to interact with people. And if she accidentally uses idioms, she either apologizes or actually explains the idiom to her, and she doesn't use idioms that much at all, because of course she knows she won't completely understand a lot of times.
Also in that book she thinks her dad is saying "fun raiser" and not "fund raiser." I also thought this as a kid Lol.
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse?
There are a ton! I got them from Amazon. Once I looked at one, I just followed the recommended titles and found more lol. These are the ones I got:
Just me and my dad: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307118398
My dad loves me: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1934082848
I love you daddy: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1445462893
Because I'm your dad: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1484726618
"Just me and my dad" is his favorite. "Because I'm your dad" is a good one but at the end it says "I do all these things because that's what my dad did for me," so I'd only recommend it if your husband has a good relationship with his dad. My husband's dad passed away a decade ago, so I think it's a little bittersweet for him.
I hate that book "The Red Crayon". It is so stupid.
One of the librarians where I work didn't even pick up on how it was clearly about promoting transgenderism to kids. Totally went over her head. I flipped through it and gotvit immediately. And so did the head of the children's department.
While we're on the subject of indoctrinating kids, there's another book I hate, Purim Superhero. Which turns out to be about neither Purim nor superheroes, but uses them as a backdrop to tell a story of a little Jewish boy and his two gay Jewish dads. Real bait-and-switch. Oh, and did you know they re-issued Heather Has Two Mommies a few years ago with new illustrations? Comparing the illustrations is fascinating. The original is kind of ugly and one of thr moms is kind of butch and a liberal stereotype example, whereas the new one looks like this, all soft watercolors and less political.
Mommy, Mama and Me
Resources from past discussions:
Feminist Parenting: Struggles, Triumphs & Comic Interludes
>This collection of essays, stories, and poetry edited by Taylor (Women of the 14th Moon, LJ 10/1/91) includes 61 contributions from feminists sharing their parenting experiences. Unlike Carrie Carmichael's Non-Sexist Childraising (1977), this is not so much a how-to book as a collection of short reports from the home front detailing successes-and some failures-in the struggle to raise children free of sexism, racism, and homophobia. In an apt summary for the whole collection, Rosalind Warren writes, "It's not easy teaching a handsome little middle-class white boy to think like a feminist-everybody else is telling him that the world is his oyster; meanwhile we're telling him he has to share." Other noteworthy contributors include Anna Quind-len, Audre Lorde, and Ms. magazine's Robin Morgan. While this book will have to search for an audience of parents who actually have time to read, it is recommended for public libraries. [See also Mother Journeys]
100 Young Adult Books for the Feminist Reader - http://bitchmagazine.org/100-young-adult-books-for-the-feminist-reader
The Amelia Bloomer project http://libr.org/ftf/bloomer.html
Some past recommendations from our users about inspiring/strong young women:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/dec/04/feminist-books-five-year-olds
http://www.amightygirl.com/books
http://www.amazon.com/Mama-Do-You-Love-Me/dp/0811821315/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392687674&sr=1-1&keywords=mama+do+you+love+me
Coraline by Neil Gaiman is full of adventure, and is even named after a girl!
I know some of these have already been mentioned, so just consider this a second vote for those titles. Also, my list skews heavily towards sci-fi/fantasy, because that is what I tend to read the most of.
By women, featuring female protagonists:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
The Female Man by Joanna Russ
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Circus in Winter by Cathy Day (It's not entirely fair to characterize this as a book about women; it's really a set of interconnected stories featuring both male and female characters. On the other hand, many of the most memorable characters, IMO, are women, so I'm filing it in this category anyway. So there!)
The Protector of the Small Quartet by Tamora Pierce, beginning with First Test (Really, anything by Tamora Pierce would fit the bill here. They're young adult novels, so they're quick reads, but they're enjoyable and have wonderful, strong, realistic female protagonists.)
These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer (Heyer wrote really fun, enjoyable romances, typically set in the Regency period, though These Old Shades is actually Georgian. This one is probably my favorite, but they're really all quite wonderful. Not super heavy stuff, but don't write her off just because of the subject matter. She was a talented, witty writer, and her female protagonists are almost never the wilting "damsel in distress" type - they're great characters who, while still holding true to their own time and place, are bright and likeable and hold their own against the men in their lives.)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (Another young adult book. And, again, I think it's worth noting that L'Engle's books almost always feature strong and interesting female characters. This one is probably her most famous, and begins a series featuring members of the same family, so it's a good jumping off point.)
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
By men, featuring female protagonists:
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle (This is another one that is perhaps not a perfect fit for this category; the titular unicorn is female, but the book is as much about Schmendrick the magician as it is about her. However, there's also Molly Grue, so on the strength of those two women, I'm classifying this book as having female protagonists.)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (It's a children's book, but there's plenty to enjoy about it as an adult, too.)
By women, featuring male protagonists
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Oh this immediately reminded me of this book we have! It's a really lovely one
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Papa-Please-Moon-Classic-Board/dp/0689829590
My daughter is the same age as your little one. The book that has caused the most reading development is Poke-A-Dot - The interactive really helps with learning and it has several layers of challenge so you can be flexible and keep it at their level.
For narrative nothing beats Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale but I just love everything by Mo Williams.
A relevant book you might enjoy, "I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President:" http://www.amazon.com/Genius-Unspeakable-Evil-Class-President/dp/B003A02R58
Wonder by R.J. Palacio, about a boy with facial deformities who goes to public school for the first time.
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, as recommended above.
Rules by Cynthia Lord, about a girl who has a brother with autism.
Pretty much anything by Laurie Halse Anderson, although her books tend to gear a little older than middle school (in my opinion, anyway).
Mockingbird by Erin Erskine, about a girl with aspergers.
The Thing About Luck, a National Book Award winner about a Japanese-American girl in the Midwest dealing with family issues.
Books that might be a stretch, but I'm not sure since I don't know all the details of your assignment (and some I just like for that age):
Holes by Lois Sachar. The Giver by Lois Lowry. Maniac Magee by Jerri Spinelli. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool. Savvy by Ingrid Law.
Hope these help!
I got him three books: Daddy Cuddles, Daddy Kisses, and Daddy Dreams. The store wrapped them up, and I had him open it at lunch.
He had some idea because we had been on medicated cycles, but he hadn't put everything together yet. I waited until after I got my second beta back.
Some of our favorites:
The Rainbow Goblins
The Knuffle Bunny Trilogy
City Dog, Country Frog
Short and sweet Angela Johnson Books
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me
Night Shift Daddy
If I Were a Lion
As well as countless other staples that you'll surely receive as gifts (Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Are You My Mother?, Dr. Seuss, etc..).
But really, just read to your kid and he/she will learn to love books. Sometimes my daughter gets hung up on the dumbest books in history but I have fun with it. Like the Biscuit books for instance which you can read while thinking about other things. Another that comes to mind is this one which I've grown to love:
[I Love Colors] (http://www.amazon.com/Love-Colors-Hello-Reader-Level/dp/0439192889)
This is How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found by Sara Nickerson, I'm pretty sure. Cover matches and so does the summary.
I've never actually read the book but the way you described the title triggered a memory of seeing it in a bookstore or library at some point and the rest of the title popped into my head. (It is apparently also the name of a true-crime nonfiction book about how to literally disappear and hide your identity so be careful when looking that up!)
Past Work: Indie comics and political cartoons. Latest pencils and ink work here. I also recently completed this children's book.
Speciality: Comics most any style but prefer slightly stylistic cartoonish styles.
How long have you been drawing: I'm 40 years old so...most of that. :)
What would you like to draw? I love drawing comics, graphic novels, and cartoons of any type.
How active do you think you can be? I can probably commit about five hours a week. My plate is completely clean at the moment.
Do you like to work alone or in a group? Either is fine. I play well with others but am also independent enough to be self disciplined.
Also: I'm a programmer by day (web development) if that helps. I also don't mind inking.
I was waiting for this thread.
Ok, so, you're all going to hate it, but this: https://www.amazon.com/Creatch-Battler-Billy-Clikk-Crilley/dp/0385731116
I read it as a little kid, and it always stuck in my mind as being really good. I finally realized why a few months ago: it's pretty much a Nickelodeon-ized version of the Foundation, to the point of being a rip-off:
It's kinda silly, but still really, really, good.
Self Improvement:
Stuff for your daughter:
From what I remember, it doesn't quite fit, but "mama do you love me?" https://www.amazon.com/Mama-Do-You-Love-Me/dp/0811821315
There are plenty of gay couples out there happily married with children, and plenty of single dads as well. Why sacrifice your happiness and true self for an outdated, limiting idea of what a family "should" be? Not sure where you live, I know it's still less common some places, but in a major U.S. city at least chances are your kid would have other classmates being raised by gay or lesbian parents as well. Even children's books are starting to catch up with modern family structures - check out this book and this book, for example.
If your concern is more about having the support of other adults during the parenting process, aside from marrying another guy, you could also think about leaning on extended family, grandparents, etc or finding a supportive community (whether it's a religious institution or ethical society, a parenting group, etc). There are plenty of places to find good female role models for your child as well, like big brothers/big sisters programs, school programs, etc.
Berkeley Breathed, creator of Bloom County and Outland, has created some wonderful kids' books:
Goodnight Opus - my favorite
Mars Needs Moms!
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
I was a total girly-girl at your daughter's age, and LOVED The Secret Garden at her age. Would Coraline be too scary for her?
For your son, 6th grade is when I discovered Ender's Game and got WAY into the Star Trek novels. Franchise books tend to be pretty clean, would he be interested in the Star Wars novels?
I illustrated a children's book with an author who had done previous children's book and we used Createspace (print on demand) on Amazon to self publish.
This is how she did her last books and she was pretty successful with it. These are full-color books and most likely give you the best rate of return out of other options (short of printing it in your basement).
This is the book if you're interested.
Send her this: [Pierre: A Cautionary Tale] (https://www.amazon.com/Pierre-Cautionary-Tale-Chapters-Prologue/dp/0064432521/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520721649&sr=8-1&keywords=maurice+sendak+pierre)
Agreed. There are kid's books on alternative families.
This suggestion might not be good for a few years, but I would suggest buying them now anyways since they are no longer in print.
[Meridian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_(comics) was (and still is) one of my favorite comic book series growing up (despite it being short lived). The series is written around the main character, Sephie, and documents her travels and experiences as the Minister of Meridian. The art style is gorgeous and I greatly enjoyed the storyline. While its unfortunate that there are only seven volumes, it makes it much less expensive to purchase the entire series. I now own them all and they are some of my favorite books to read whenever I am feeling down.
As for books appropriate for her age now, one of my favorites to read to the children I used to work with was Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale. The art style is super unique and combines photographs as the background scenery, and the foreground has been illustrated. There are three books total in the series (so far) and I recently purchased all three for my friends baby shower. As an adult, these books are especially enjoyable for me to read, and they always seemed to captivate my 3-5 year old audience.
Check out Papa, Do You Love Me?, the sequel to one of my favorite books, Mama, Do You Love Me?
Maybe some books like these? You didn't specify his issues so I'm just throwing some random ones out there. Therapy is a good thing too.
Wishing Wellness: A Workbook for Children of Parents with Mental Illness https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591473136/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_LTCwxb8NQ22DH
A Child's Guide to Parental Depression https://www.amazon.com/dp/1929622716/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_ISCwxb87ASNH4
The Bipolar Bear Family: When a Parent Has Bipolar Disorder https://www.amazon.com/dp/1425929524/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_bVCwxbVAD1TK5
Daddy Kisses
My Dad Loves Me
Dada
Because I'm Your Dad
I Love You Daddy
Edit: Not daughter specific, but I think all are gender neutral.
Tolkien's The Hobbit or Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
Sidebar, Gaiman recently mentioned this interesting tidbit regarding Miss Forcible and Miss Spink.
I love my job because it's the bizarro opposite of my last job. I'm like an actual human being here, it's weird. I actually don't mind waking up to go to work! That's about the highest compliment I can pay to working :)
I'm currently trudging through Pride and Prejudice and would like Coraline as a light read (comparatively!) after.
Thanks for the contest, and don't forget to glitter all the things!
For little kids, books like Goodnight Moon, The Velveteen Rabbit, Mama Do You Love Me?, the Corduroy Bear Series, the Beatrix Potter books (Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Tom Kitten, The Tale of Mr. Tod, etc) are all amazing. Also The Poky Little Puppy, The Original Winnie the Pooh books, and Paddington Bear are all great.
Magic Tree House is a good series for 5/6+.
Get an anthology of Grimm's Fairy Tales for ages 8+. Percy Jackson and the Olympians books are good to introduce Greek Myths to kids. As they get older, a Shakespeare anthology for children, like this one can be really awesome as well. My aunt got books like these for me to introduce me to classic literature as I grew up.
Hope this helps!
Things are getting better. When I was new in dadhood, you couldn't find any references to dads in kids stuff ever. I guess it was considered inconsiderate to single moms to portray dads as ever involved in anything. Parenting advice was limited to "quit being a pig and wash a dish dammit". Don't even get me started on things like the Berenstain Bears.
Now, we have daddit, 8-bit dad and a slew of other blogs, and I was able to buy my second daughter this book which she adores. In the past couple years, suddenly dads are referenced on onesies, bibs, shirts, etc.
TV, on the other hand, well that's pretty much a backwater in progress here just like it is everywhere else. Happily, the only way this intersects with my life now is online when I hear about the latest ragu commercial or some silliness, since I long ago cut the cord
It might be Creatch Battler by Mark Crilley. The agency is called AFMEC (Allied Forces for the Management of Extraterritorial Creatches)
>Then one day, things suddenly get more interesting. Billy discovers his insect-exterminating parents—supposedly the best in Piffling—have been living a double life. In just a few short hours, he’s sucked into a world that his parents have been trying to hide from him. And this world is much bigger, stranger, and scarier than the one he left behind. How could his own dull parents have so many secrets that even their secrets have secrets?
Coraline by Neil Gaiman is currently under $5.
Look at this little hitchhiker http://imgur.com/a/xn2U9
Mama Do You Love Me by Barbara Joose
These are all books I read with my kiddos when they were very young. They're all simple board books perfect for babies and young toddlers. They're are a lot of other great books about diversity for older children as well, but those might be too complex for a baby or young toddler.
https://www.amazon.com/More-Said-Board-Caldecott-Collection/dp/0688156347/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503326006&sr=8-1&keywords=more+more+more+said+the+baby
https://www.amazon.com/Everywhere-Babies-Susan-Meyers/dp/0152053158/ref=pd_sim_14_15?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0152053158&pd_rd_r=03G4D8KHRQ81K252DW9M&pd_rd_w=M1K8i&pd_rd_wg=DajyG&psc=1&refRID=03G4D8KHRQ81K252DW9M
https://www.amazon.com/Snowy-Day-Board-Book/dp/0670867330/ref=pd_sim_14_42?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0670867330&pd_rd_r=KF9GJMSGWKBA4TR0JR8M&pd_rd_w=bre80&pd_rd_wg=matKi&psc=1&refRID=KF9GJMSGWKBA4TR0JR8M
https://www.amazon.com/Please-Baby-Classic-Board-Books/dp/1416949119/ref=pd_sim_14_6?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1416949119&pd_rd_r=7DG5ZZCV3HPNYHX4VC00&pd_rd_w=aeFFb&pd_rd_wg=1TMyj&psc=1&refRID=7DG5ZZCV3HPNYHX4VC00
https://www.amazon.com/Mama-Do-You-Love-Me/dp/0811821315/ref=pd_sim_14_33?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0811821315&pd_rd_r=K0M5BEFZ3TZP0XJ5B3K8&pd_rd_w=TMMUN&pd_rd_wg=KBmnl&psc=1&refRID=K0M5BEFZ3TZP0XJ5B3K8
https://www.amazon.com/Here-Are-Hands-Bill-Martin/dp/0805059113/ref=pd_sim_14_24?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0805059113&pd_rd_r=CP42F8A3YVB0CPGBFZXD&pd_rd_w=PGghS&pd_rd_wg=KOL6z&psc=1&refRID=CP42F8A3YVB0CPGBFZXD
https://www.amazon.com/Making-Faces-First-Book-Emotions/dp/1419723839/ref=pd_sim_14_23?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1419723839&pd_rd_r=YJX929CFH2D0Q86GA0SA&pd_rd_w=POdwL&pd_rd_wg=5cPO4&psc=1&refRID=YJX929CFH2D0Q86GA0SA
https://www.amazon.com/Global-Babies-Fund-Children/dp/1580891748/ref=pd_sim_14_17?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1580891748&pd_rd_r=JFYA8H7YCGH5KMJAAS8N&pd_rd_w=PWnxU&pd_rd_wg=AZqYt&psc=1&refRID=JFYA8H7YCGH5KMJAAS8N
My favorite author, Neil Gaiman, has written all sorts of things, including a few children's books.
Fortunately, The Milk
The Graveyard Book (a retelling of The Jungle Book)
Coraline
Coraline in the wishlist Books
The Old Apartment
This book used is currently the cheapest on my wishlist. Thanks for the contest, fellow bookie! :)
Mama, Do You Love Me? is one of our most favorites. I love that it teaches about Eskimo culture and shows the child that, even when you get in trouble, their mama's love will never end.
Tomorrow is bitter sweet: on the one hand, I don't have to get up for work; on the other, I don't get to see my work kids, as I call them. I consciously had to remember to turn off my alarm for tomorrow; it is set for weekdays only.
For my work kids, I offer a copy of Knuffle Bunny used. I recently borrowed this from the library and my kids loved it. Sadly, it is due back soon after renewing it already. I would like a copy for the kids to look at and "read" themselves. (They are 3 to 5 years of age.)
Five Alive
Billy Clikk books?
https://www.amazon.com/Creatch-Battler-Billy-Clikk-Crilley/dp/0385731116
Ah, not dark, or gritty, maybe not even sci-fi, but
I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President
is a really fun read. Well done, too.
Knuffle Bunny.
Mars Needs Moms is my favourite sci-fi children's book.
Congrats! Here are a few that came to mind from my childhood:
The Value of Believing in Yourself: The Story of Louis Pasteur
I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X This one's for a little older age range than the others, but still one I remember fondly.
Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
[James and the Giant Peach] (http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=james+and+the+giant+peach+book&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=3Cc&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnsb&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=610&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=9505609397904188789&sa=X&ei=xGHOTtO5LuGJsgL89vm1Dg&ved=0CGUQ8wIwAA)
Reminds me of Knuffle Bunny
http://www.amazon.com/How-Disappear-Completely-Never-Found/dp/0064410277
This is it. Found it with a random google search that lead to this: http://www.whatsthatbook.com/?xq=8822
Silly joke.
https://www.amazon.com/Heather-Has-Mommies-Leslea-Newman/dp/0763690422
part 2:
books:
copy of chapter "Children of Depressed Parents" from the book The Edge of Darkness by Kathy Cronkite: http://imgur.com/QsW1D,neLcM,KeByl,tKhTz,Y2VzK
http://www.amazon.com/Sorrows-Web-Understanding-Depressed-Children/dp/B004JZX1TE/ref=sr_1_sc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1329195154&sr=8-3-spell
http://www.amazon.com/Pregnant-Prozac-Essential-Making-Decision/dp/0762749407/ref=pd_sim_b_3
http://www.amazon.com/Mommy-Childs-Guide-Parental-Depression/dp/1929622716/ref=pd_vtp_b_5
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-House-Maternal-Depression-Children/dp/B003B3NWXU/ref=pd_vtp_b_3
http://www.amazon.com/Deeper-Shade-Blue-Recognizing-Childbearing/dp/0743254759/ref=pd_vtp_b_5
http://www.amazon.com/Pregnancy-Blues-Every-Depression-During/dp/0385338678/ref=pd_vtp_b_4
http://www.amazon.com/Pregnancy-Decision-Handbook-Women-Depression/dp/0976581418/ref=pd_vtp_b_5
http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Your-Moods-Youre-Expecting/dp/0547053622/ref=pd_vtp_b_8
http://www.amazon.com/Pregnancy-Postpartum-Anxiety-Workbook-Compulsions/dp/1572245891/ref=pd_vtp_b_7
http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Mother-Postpartum-Depression-Support/dp/0425208087/ref=pd_vtp_b_6
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Blue-Surviving-Depression-Anxiety/dp/B004X8W91S/ref=pd_vtp_b_10
http://www.amazon.com/Therapy-Postpartum-Woman-Depression-Clinicians/dp/0415989965/ref=pd_rhf_ee_shvl2
http://www.amazon.com/Sucked-Then-Cried-Breakdown-Margarita/dp/B004J8HXA4/ref=pd_sim_b_6
http://www.amazon.com/Down-Came-Rain-Postpartum-Depression/dp/1401308465/ref=pd_sim_b_4
http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Having-After-Postpartum-Depression/dp/1413473474/ref=pd_sim_b_6
http://www.amazon.com/Parenting-Well-When-Youre-Depressed/dp/1572242515/ref=pd_vtp_b_11
http://www.amazon.com/Bipolar-Bear-Family-Parent-Disorder/dp/1425929524/ref=pd_vtp_b_2
http://www.amazon.com/My-Mothers-BiPolar-So-What/dp/1419620061/ref=pd_vtp_b_4
http://www.amazon.com/Bipolar-Pregnant-Planning-Parenting-Depression/dp/0757306837/ref=pd_sim_b_9
http://www.amazon.com/Sometimes-My-Mommy-Gets-Angry/dp/0142403598/ref=pd_vtp_b_4
http://www.amazon.com/Hand-Me-Down-Blues-Depression-Spreading-Families/dp/0312263325/ref=pd_vtp_b_13
http://www.amazon.com/When-Parent-Depressed-Children-Depression/dp/0316738891/ref=pd_vtp_b_6
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Will-Never-Same-Postpartum/dp/0982641001/ref=pd_sim_b_9
http://www.amazon.com/This-Isnt-What-Expected-Overcoming/dp/0553370758
videos: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/takeonestep/depression/video-ch_01.html - pbs out of the shadows (this is a full documentary but it has parts about postpartum depression that I think are worth watching)
check out my original post as well for lots more info.
Things to keep in mind if you are a mother with depression; quotes from two resources:
Harvard maternal postpartum depression links:
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/reports_and_working_papers/working_papers/wp8/
Serious depression in parents and caregivers can affect far more than the adults who are ill. It also influences the well-being of the children in their care. The first joint Working Paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs summarizes recent evidence on the potentially far-reaching harmful effects of chronic and severe maternal depression on families and children. When children grow up in an environment of mental illness, the development of their brains may be seriously weakened, with implications for their ability to learn as well as for their own later physical and mental health. This report examines why the continuing failure to address the consequences of depression for large numbers of vulnerable, young children presents a missed opportunity to help families and children in a way that could support the future prosperity and well-being of society as a whole.
Here is a quote from The Noonday Demon from the section on mothers with depression (my own added comment is in the parentheses and not part of the original quote),
"Depressed mothers are usually not great mothers, though high-functioning depressives can sometimes mask their illness and fulfill their parenting roles," (this is not an insult against depressed parents, it's an inevitable consequence of what happens when you are depressed because you are more irritable, have less energy, can be less outwardly loving, sometimes fail to respond to social cues from your children, possibly unaffectionate and withdrawn...), "In general, the children of a depressed mothers not only reflect but also magnify their mother's state. Even ten years after an initial assessment, such children suffer significant social impairment and are at a threefold risk for depression and a fivefold risk for panic disorders and alcohol dependence. To improve the mental health of children, it is sometimes more important to treat the mother than to treat the children directly..."
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Resources for men with postpartum depression:
http://www.postpartummen.com/resources.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/postpartum-depression-fathers/story?id=10672383#.TydWX8VAb6k
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/32403497/ns/today-relationships/t/new-dads-coping-baby-blues/#.TydWZsVAb6k
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/time-to-focus-on-sad-dads/
book: Kleinman, K. (2001). Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression. Xlibris Corporation.
You... You need to read this...
http://www.amazon.com/Daddy-Papa-Me-Lesl%C3%A9a-Newman/dp/1582462623
It's called "Daddy, Papa, and Me" and it will help you understand.
My son absolutely loves this one, and my husband loves reading it to him! It's probably their favorite book: https://www.amazon.com/Because-Your-Dad-Ahmet-Zappa/dp/1484726618/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495554311&sr=8-1&keywords=because+im+your+dad
There's also Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me: https://www.amazon.com/Papa-Please-Moon-World-Carle/dp/0689829590/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495554364&sr=8-1&keywords=papa+get+the+moon+for+me
http://www.amazon.com/How-Disappear-Completely-Never-Found/dp/0064410277
this book.
no one i've ever met has heard of it. through middle school it held me together. even now, being 21, i come back to it when i'm feeling down. it's an amazing book. go buy it!