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Amber Waiting. Nan Gregory, illustrated by Kady Macdonald Denton.

Amber loves everything about Kindergarten. Except not being picked up on time when school is done. Her father is always running late, so she must wait and wait and wait in the secretary's office after everyone else has left. So Amber concocts a world in which she sends her dad to wait for her — on the moon — while she has all kinds of wonderful adventures. This, she knows, would teach Dad a lesson he'd never forget, and all the moms and dads around the world would, like him, turn up on time to collect their children and not leave them feeling so sad and scared.


Behavior Matters: Making Child Care Work for You. Deborah Hewitt & Yvonne Pearson, $16.95

“Put simply, children are challenging. Specifically written for parents with children in child care, Behavior Matters looks at the ways parents can work with their child care provider, to address the most common and perplexing behavioral challenges in consistent and appropriate ways-from separation anxiety and toilet training to sharing with others and power struggles.”


Creating Connections: How to Lead Family Child Care Support Groups. Joan Laurion & Cherie Schmiedicke, $33.95

End isolation, solve problems with children and parents, develop new leadership skills, find support and shared community. Sound too good to be true? Peer-based support groups can offer family child care providers all these benefits and others.

Creating Connections presents step-by-step methods for organizing effective family child care support groups. Six detailed chapters offer providers specific techniques ideal for building support, developing leadership, sharing knowledge and experiences, and improving the quality of care within your community. With an easy-to-read format and practical techniques that can be put into use quickly, Creating Connections will help you create the support your family child care career deserves. Also ideal for support staff, trainers, and policymakers.

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How to Start a Home-Based Day Care Business. Shari Steelsmith, $22.95

Whether you plan to care for newborns, toddlers or preschoolers, this guide can help you establish and build your own home-based business. This comprehensive guide has all the necessary tools and strategies you'll need to be a successful home-care provider.


Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives and Their Families. Leslie Morgan Steiner, editor, $19.95

“With motherhood comes one of the toughest decisions of a woman's life: stay home or pursue a career? As an executive at the Washington Post and a mother of three, Leslie Morgan Steiner has lived and breathed every side of the mommy wars. Rather than just watch the battles rage, she decided to do something about it. She asked 26 outspoken mothers to write about their lives and the choices that have worked for them. The result is a frank, surprising, utterly refreshing look at American motherhood. Mommy Wars is a book by and for and about the real experts on motherhood and hard work: the women at home, in the office, on the job every day of their lives.”


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And Nanny Makes Three: Mothers and Nannies Tell the Truth about Work, Love, Money and Each Other. Jessika Auerbach, $29.95

Jessika Auerbach explores the complex and unique interactions between families and nannies. By presenting both perspectives, she gives a balanced view of this highly complicated, often emotionally charged relationship. Looking at issues of race and racism, class, power, sex, parental insecurities and guilt, Auerbach opens a dialogue that needs to be heard.


The Parent’s Guide to Family-Friendly Work: Finding the Balance Between Employment and Enjoyment. Lori Long, $18.95

“Work and family are often opposing forces that cause stress and conflict for parents. The demands of work spill over into family life, while personal responsibilities create hurdles in succeeding at your job. However, you can solve this problem—and this book can help. Packed with helpful tips, success stories, and resources, The Parent’s Guide to Family-Friendly Work is a must-have for any parent who wants to take control and find more family time.”


Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Write about the Relationships Between Mothers and Nannies. Susan Davis & Gina Hyams, editors, $18.00

Twenty-five bestselling and award-winning female writers explore the emotional minefield of mother-nanny relationships. Providing hope, solace, and welcome perspective on this one-of-a-kind relationship, Searching for Mary Poppins sheds light on why nannies make us think so hard about who we are and what we want.


Three-Ring Circus: How Real Couples Balance Marriage, Work and Family. Dawn Comer Jefferson & Rosanne Welch, editors, $20.95

"Finally, here is a book that replaces spin with the spit-up covered truth, offering a variety of real situations and honest stories by … couples in the trenches."

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The 24-Hour Family: a Parent's Guide to Work-Life Balance. Polly Ghazi, $24.95

Inspiring and practical, The 24-Hour Family is a great resource for parents and employers who want to overcome the barriers to a balanced work and family life.


Understanding Infant Development. Margaret Puckett, Janet Black & Joseph Moriarity, $25.95

Understanding Toddler Development. Margaret Puckett, Janet Black & Joseph Moriarity, $25.95

Understanding Preschooler Development. Margaret Puckett, Janet Black & Joseph Moriarity, $25.95

Learn how to support children's physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development with this series of three practical handbooks, adapted from The Young Child, a textbook used in academic programs nationwide. The Understanding Child Development Series provides a comprehensive overview of the most relevant theories and research on child development. Each book focuses on a specific age group and explains:

  • the impact and long-term effects of biology and environment on early brain development
  • how children learn
  • important theories of child development
  • how early life experiences lay the ground work for evolving language and thinking
  • the effects of nurturing care on emotional development and stability in later life
  • milestones and windows of opportunity for children's development

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The Working Mother's Guide to Life: Strategies, Secrets and Solutions. Linda Mason, $25.95

"Everything you ever wanted to know about being a busy working mom but were too busy to ask…"


Working without Weaning: a Working Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding. Kirsten Berggren, $29.95

Do you want to breastfeed your baby, but do not think you can because you have to go back to work? Are you concerned about the challenges of combining breastfeeding and a full-time job? Working without Weaning describes in detail how you can work and still breastfeed your baby, with stories and advice from mothers who have been in your shoes.

Working without Weaning gives you step-by-step guidance to help you work and continue to breastfeed, including:

  • Talking to your boss about breastfeeding in a language they will understand
  • Figuring out the time and place to pump during the day
  • Maintaining your milk supply when you are pumping
  • Choosing the best pump for your needs
  • Storing and feeding breastmilk from a bottle
  • Getting enough rest when you have work all day and baby all night
  • Keeping balance in your life
  • Supplementing without weaning
  • And most importantly, preserving your breastfeeding relationship with your baby when you are together.

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Complete Booklist

Amber Waiting. Nan Gregory, illustrated by Kady Macdonald Denton.

Ask the Children: What America’s Children Really Think about Working Parents. Ellen Galinsky, $20.95

Behavior Matters: Making Child Care Work for You. Deborah Hewitt & Yvonne Pearson, $16.95

Child Care Today: Getting It Right for Everyone. Penelope Leach, $30.00

Creating Connections: How to Lead Family Child Care Support Groups. Joan Laurion & Cherie Schmiedicke, $33.95

Everyday Goodbyes: a Guide to the Separation Process. Nancy Balaban, $21.50

From Babysitter to Business Owner: Getting the Most Out of Your Home Child Care Business. Patricia Dischler, $26.95

From High Heels to Bunny Slippers: Surviving the Transition from Career to Home. Christine Connors, $24.95

Home Child Care: a Caregiver’s Guide. Lee Dunster, $21.99

How She Really Does It: Secrets of Successful Stay-at-Work Moms. Wendy Sachs, $18.95

How to Start a Home-Based Day-Care Business, 3rd Edition. Shari Steelsmith, $22.95

In Mrs. Tully’s Room: a Childcare Portrait. Vivian Gussin Paley, $18.50

Millenium Mom: Tips to Help You Go from a Working Woman to a Working Mom. Joanna Zucker, $19.50

Minding the Children; Child Care in America from Colonial Times to the Present. Geraldine Youcha, $27.95

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Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives and Their Families. Leslie Morgan Steiner, editor, $19.95

Mompreneurs: a Mother’s Step-by-Step Guide to Work-at-Home Success. Ellen Parlapiano & Patricia Cole, $21.95

Mothers on the Fast Track: How a New Generation Can Balance Family and Careers. Mary Ann Mason & Eve Mason Ekman, $17.95

The Nanny Book: The Smart Parent’s Guide to Hiring, Firing, and Every Sticky Situation in Between.  Susan Carlton & Coco Myers, $22.99

And Nanny Makes Three: Mothers and Nannies Tell the Truth about Work, Love, Money and Each Other. Jessika Auerbach, $29.95

Not Just a Babysitter:  Making Child Care Work for You. Julie Powers & Yvonne Pearson, $16.95

Nursing Mother/Working Mother: The Essential Guide for Breastfeeding and Staying Close to Your Baby after You Return to Work. Gayle Pryor, $17.95

Our Children’s Future: Child Care Policy in Canada. Edited by Gordon Cleveland and Michael Krashinsky, $75.00

The Parent’s Guide to Family-Friendly Work: Finding the Balance Between Employment and Enjoyment. Lori Long, $18.95

The Practical Guide to Quality Child Care. Pam Schiller and Patricia Carter Dyke, $41.95

Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Write about the Relationships Between Mothers and Nannies. Susan Davis & Gina Hyams, editors, $18.00

Single Mother’s Book: a Practical Guide to Managing Your Children, Career, Home, Finances and Everything Else. Joan Anderson, $17.95

The Stay-at-Home Parent Survival Guide:  Real-Life Advice from Moms, Dads, and Other Experts. Christina Baglivi Tinglof, $21.95

Strategies for Stay-at-Home Parents. Kristine Berggren, $15.95

The Stay-at-Home Parent Survival Guide: Real Life Advice from Moms, Dads and Other Experts. Christina Baglivi Tinglof, $21.95

The 24-Hour Family: a Parent's Guide to Work-Life Balance. Polly Ghazi, $24.95

Three-Ring Circus: How Real Couples Balance Marriage, Work and Family. Dawn Comer Jefferson & Rosanne Welch, editors, $20.95

Understanding Infant Development. Margaret Puckett, Janet Black & Joseph Moriarity, $25.95

Understanding Preschooler Development. Margaret Puckett, Janet Black & Joseph Moriarity, $25.95

Understanding Toddler Development. Margaret Puckett, Janet Black & Joseph Moriarity, $25.95

What We Know about Childcare. Alison Clarke-Stewart & Virginia Allhusen, $57.95

What’s Wrong with Day Care: Freeing Parents to Raise their Own Children. Charles Siegel, $30.95

Who Cares? Women’s Work, Childcare, and Welfare State Redesign. Jane Jenson et al, $27.95

Who’s Bringing Up Baby? A Critical Look at Contemporary Child Care Choices. Gay Ochiltree, $16.95

The Working Gal’s Guide to Babyville: Your Must-Have Manual for Life with Baby. Paige Hobey, $21.50

The Working Mother's Guide to Life: Strategies, Secrets and Solutions. Linda Mason, $25.95

Working without Weaning: a Working Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding. Kirsten Berggren, $29.95

A World of Babies: Imagined Childcare Guides for Seven Societies. J. DeLoache & A. Gottlieb, $24.95

You Can Afford to Stay at Home with Your Kids: a Step-by-Step Guide for Converting Your Family from Two Incomes to One. Malia McCawley Wyckoff & Mary Snyder, $23.95

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