(Part 2) Top products from r/atheistparents

as /u/shafafa mentioned, library is a great source. We're reading Brigid's Cloak right now. The 200s are the Dewey decimal system for religion/mythology.

The way I introduced comparing these stories is something I like to call "Comparative Cinderology". Get a bunch of Cinderella stories: Disney Cinderella, Irish Cinderlad, Korean Cinderella, there's all sorts. They all exist to tell the story of an underdog who succeed due to a combination of good luck and virtue. They aren't true, they are just a convenient and memorable form to teach some form of morality. Which we may or may not agree with.

While not specifically for pregnancy, I found these books incredibly helpful. They're written by neuroscience researchers at the University of Washington and my daughter and I ended up being selected as participants in some of their student's studies! The second book heavily influenced my parenting style (or reinforced what I was doing instinctively) and either I got lucky with a good kid or they're quite effective.

What's Going on In There: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First 5 Years of Life

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The Scientist in the Crib

Ah! I can relate to this thread. I have bought a lot of parenting books and mean to get through them when I can. My favorites so far have been

• Peaceful Parenting
  https://www.amazon.com/Peaceful-Parent-Happy-Kids-Connecting/dp/0399160280
  
  
• Gentle Discipline
  https://www.amazon.com/Gentle-Discipline-Emotional-Connection-Not-Punishment/dp/0143131893
  
  
• Parenting Beyond Belief
  https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0814437419/ref=dp_ob_neva_mobile
  
  
  
• Raising Freethinkers
  https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Freethinkers-Practical-Parenting-Beyond/dp/0814410960
  
  
• Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
  https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Cain-Protecting-Emotional-Life/dp/0345434854
  
  
  I own the Whole Brain Child and just can’t finish it. The technical parts about the brain have stumped me and i kept having to reread paragraphs over and over so I moved on to something else.
  

I can't recommend Emily Oster's Book Expecting Better highly enough! She provides a thoughtful review of current research on topics like alcohol/caffeine/epidurals, etc., and empowers women to make decisions for themselves. I encourage every pregnant woman to give it a read. http://www.amazon.com/Expecting-Better-Conventional-Pregnancy-Wrong/dp/0143125702

You could take a page from Twain and tell them it's a lot like the billions of years before they were born, only longer. You could also get a copy of the wonderful All My Friends Are Dead and read it together. It's a hoot!

Each Peach Pear Plum - get the boardbook version, it's adorable.

It's something you'll read to a kid for years and years: it's not overly long, it rhymes well, and as they get older they love trying to find the "hidden" fairytale characters.

Bridge to Tarabithia comes to mind - not exactly promotion of reason, but does present an atheist family in a positive light. Death of a child may be age sensitive.

Scooby Doo does wonders for my eldest.

I'd love for a film of The Green Book to be made - pure sci fi w/ emphasis on reason and empowered kids.

> she loves...loves...magical things like Unicorns and Heaven

> Jesus brings everyone back from the dead (she's a Jehovah's Witness)

So feed into your daughters imagination and sense of wonder. 6 years old is a magically time when simple answers make sense.

How about sharing more stories of resurrection? Use them to dilute the swoon resurrection narrative of the Jesus character. Equate the similarities of myth and religion (themes, memes, morality, anthropomorphism of non-human characters) and the differences (the worship of Gods in myths is no longer popular, that is why they are called myths). A couple quick references to identify some characters to share with her.

• Pagan Stories of Resurrection
  
  
• The Resurrection Stories
  
  
• General mythology
  
  
• Mythological creatures
  
  Then there is the raising of the dead and other zombie and liche stories. BTW - Jesus, post resurrection, is better described as a liche - as a liche, though undead, is not considered brain dead or highly impaired like zombies, but rather a liche still retains independent thought.
  
  
• ASCLEPIUS God of Medicine "Asclepius' raising of the dead aroused the wrath of Zeus. Not only was Zeus angered to see many of his old enemies, whom he had struck dead with his thunderbolts, returning to life, but his brother Hades, king of the underworld, was complaining about the dearth of new arrivals. " Emphasis how the Gods act and bicker amoung themselfs - like spoiled children.
  
  By blurring the line between what the grannie will claim as myth and what she claims as true, you will have the opportunity to teach your daughter to think critically about the claims made.
  
  You can also share some stories from the Bible with her (please note some are rather graphic):
  
  
• Illustrated Stories from the Bible (that they won't tell you in Sunday School) there are some free previews in the right pane of that page
  
  Or how about more stories of Jehovah/Yahweh/YHWH that relate to the pre-Torah/pre-OT worship of Jehovah in a large polytheistic Pantheon? And don't forget Asherah, the wife/consort of Jehovah.
  
  
• The origins of Yahweh
  
• The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel by Mark Smith
  
• The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts by Mark S. Smith
  
• A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong
  
• The Religion of Ancient Israel (Library of Ancient Israel) by Patrick D. Miller
  
• Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches by Ziony Zevit
  
  Edit: Thank you anonymous redditor for the gold! :D

I would recommend The Children's Book of Virtues it is a collection of moral tales from various sources. It also had a 3 season animated television show.

I know this is not bible stories, but rather stories from various faiths, myths and folklore.

Thank you for the reply. I'm surprised no other parents replied.

I ended up using The Story of Religion. It's a picture book, but is a bit heavy on words, explaining the role religion played in early human development. It covers the basic beliefs of some early religions and then all of the major ones in present day. The book, maybe, has a bias toward Eastern religions in word choices, but isn't bad.

I love the way my religious relatives pretend not to scowl when we bring out Grandmother Fish. It's a children's book on evolution.
https://www.amazon.com/Grandmother-Fish-Childs-First-Evolution-ebook/dp/B01KFWX4ZA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485054026&sr=8-1&keywords=grandmother+fish

It’s Thursday (in the states), plan a hike to look at nature for Sunday morning. Go look at some rocks and plants, and just let it sink in.
Check this book out, it’s great!

Life Story by Virginia Lee Burton
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Story-Virginia-Lee-Burton/dp/0547203594

What about: http://www.amazon.com/One-World-Many-Beliefs-Nonbelievers/dp/0615641482/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1338558879&sr=8-2