La Leche League of Teaneck, NJ
Lending Library / Books for Sale
Following is a list of titles currently available in our lending library. La Leche League members and non-members are welcome to borrow books for one month. Come to the regular monthly meeting and select a title that interests you. We request that non-members only take one book per month.
We also have certain selections available for sale through our Group, indicated in the table below. LLL Members receive a discount on selected books. Book sales help support the work of our local La Leche League Group.
Books make wonderful gifts for expectant parents!
Breastfeeding | ||
Baumgarner, Norma Jane | Mothering
Your Nursing Toddler A welcome source of support and positive reinforcement for nursing mother's whose happily nursing babies are quickly approaching their first birthday. |
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Brewster, Dorothy | You Can Breastfeed Your Baby...Even in Special Situations | |
Huggins, Kathleen; Ziedrich, Linda | The
Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning Lifting the veil from a subject that distresses countless mothers, the authors suggest alternative ways of resolving breastfeeding problems and help women avoid weaning prematurely. |
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Kippley, Sheila | Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing | |
La Leche League International | The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 35th Anniversary Edition | |
La Leche League International | The Womanly Art
of Breastfeeding, 1997 Edition Latch on to this book for step-by-step guides to early months, common concerns, problems, and weaning. Additional sections on general nutrition, sleep issues, going back to work, discipline, and fathering are useful for all breastfeeding mothers. This Book is also available for sale through our Group |
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Palmer, Gabrielle | The
Politics of Breastfeeding Fully explores the political, economic, and social implications of bottle feeding versus breastfeeding |
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Pryor, Karen | Nursing Your Baby | |
Raphael, Dana | The Tender Gift: Breastfeeding | |
Renfrew, Mary; Fisher, Chloe; Arms, Suzanne | Bestfeeding:
Getting Breastfeeding Right for You Bestfeeding is an excellent book for new mothers wanting to breastfeed. Besides covering breastfeeding "basics," Bestfeeding also deals with many of the difficulties than can arise. Perhaps its best feature are the clear pictures depicting both good and the less-than-perfect positionings of babies on the breast--very helpful for the inexperienced breastfeeding mom. |
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Nutrition | ||
Kenda, Margaret Elizabeth; Williams, Phyllis | Natural Baby Food Cookbook | |
Kushi, Michio and Aveline | Macrobiotic Pregnancy and Care of the Newborn | |
La Leche League International | Mother's in the Kitchen | |
La Leche League International | Whole Foods for the Whole Family | |
Parenting | ||
Briggs, Dorothy Corkille | Your
Child's Self Esteem "A practical book of significant family helpfulness." -- Los Angeles Times "One of the best books on child guidance...simple, practical, and consistently constructive in handling the innumerable questions that arise in any family." --Dr. Paul Popenoe, Family Life "Appropriate advice for all human relationships." --The Circulator (National YMCA) |
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Burton, Linda; Dittmer, Janet; Loveless, Cheri | What's a Smart Woman Like You Doing at Home? | |
Cahill, Mary Ann | The Heart Has Its Own Reasons | |
Cardozo, Arlene Rosen | Sequencing | |
Craig, Sidney | Raising Your Child, Not by Force, but by Love | |
Englehardt, Anne; Sullivan, Cheryl | Playful Learning: An Alternative Approach to Preschool | |
Faber, Adele; Mazlish, Elaine | How
to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids
Will Talk Excellent communication tool kit based on a series of workshops developed by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. The "Reminder" pages, helpful cartoon illustrations, and excellent exercises will improve your ability as a parent to talk and problem-solve with your children. The book can be used alone or in parenting groups, and the solid tools provided are appropriate for kids of all ages. |
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Faber, Adele; Mazlish, Elaine | Siblings
without Rivalry The #1 "New York Times" bestseller-- with three new insightful and informative chapters. "Siblings Without Rivalry" challenges the idea that constant, unpleasant conflict among siblings is natural and unavoidable and uses action-oriented, accessible anecdotes and stories to show parents the many ways to teach children to get along. |
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Good, Julia Darnell; Reis, Joyce Good | A Special Kind of Parenting | |
Gromada, Karen Kerkhoff | Mothering Multiples | |
Hagstrom, Julie and Morrill, Joan | Games Babies Play and More Games Babies Play | |
Hunter, Brenda | In
the Company of Women This book gives insight into the art of friendship, offering wisdom and practical advice on how each of us can make - and nurture - lifelong relationships with other women. |
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Jones, Sandy | Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights | |
Kaplan, Louise | Oneness and Separateness: From Infant to Individual | |
Kitzinger, Sheila | The Crying Baby | |
Kitzinger, Sheila | Woman as Mothers (How they see themselves in different Cultures) | |
Kurcinka, Mary Sheedy | Raising
Your Spirited Child A new approach to raising "spirited" children shows parents how to understand the child's and their own temperamental traits, discover the power of positive suggestion, and much more. |
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LeShan, Eda | When Your Child Drives You Crazy | |
Lewis, Deborah Shaw; and Yoest, Charmaine Crouse | Mother in the Middle | |
Lowman, Kaye | Of Cradles and Careers | |
McCullough, Bonnie Runyan | 401 Ways to Get Your Kids to Work at Home | |
Rogers, Fred | Mr. Rogers Talks with Parents | |
Sears, William M. and Martha Sears, contributor | The
Baby Book This Book is for sale through our Group. We do not have a copy in our lending library. |
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Sears, William, M.D. | Becoming
a Father This Book is also available for sale through our Group |
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Sears, William, M.D. | Creative Parenting : How to Use the Attachment Parenting Concept to Raise Children Successfully from Birth Through Adolescence | |
Sears, William and Martha | The Discipline Book | |
Sears, William, M.D. | The
Fussy Baby This Book is also available for sale through our Group |
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Sears, William, M.D. | Growing
Together : A Parent's Guide to Baby's
First Year If you're concerned or inquisitive about your baby's development, you should have this book! Dr. Sears covers the physical, mental, and emotional develpments of your baby. Hundreds of cute pictures of his own baby. ...a reader from Aberdeen, WA |
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Sears, William, M.D. | Safe and Healthy: A Parent's Guide to Children's Illnesses and Accidents | |
Thenevin, Tine | The
Family Bed This venerable book introduced the increasingly-popular concept of The Family Bed for modern American audiences. This book provides reassurance for parents who feel guilty about letting their kids climb in with them, and for parents who have tried--and failed--at letting the baby "cry it out." Even if you don't sleep with your children, you'll find it an interesting read. |
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Thenevin, Tine | Mothering and Fathering | |
Pregnancy and Childbirth | ||
Bean, Constance | Methods of childbirth : a complete guide to childbirth classes and maternity care | |
Bing, Elizabeth | Six
Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth The classic book on the Lamaze method for pregnant women and their partners, now revised and in a new trade paperback edition. Filled with vital information and reassurance, this essential book will make expectant couples better prepared than ever for this joyous, rewarding experience. |
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Dick-Read, Grantly, M.D. | Childbirth without Fear | |
Hausknecht, Richard, M.D.; Heilman, Joan Ratner | Having a Caesarean Baby | |
Korte, Diana; Scaer, Roberta | A Good Birth, A Safe Birth | |
Noble, Elizabeth | Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year | |
Noble, Elizabeth | Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year, 2nd Edition, revised | |
McCutcheon, Susan and Peter Rosegg | Natural Childbirth, The Bradley Way | |
Various | ||
Aslett, Don | Clutter's Last Stand | |
Berezin, Nancy | After a Loss in Pregnancy | |
Young, Faye Early | Gerald the Third (children's book) |
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