If you’ve visited the Parenting section at the local bookstore, you know the choices can seem overwhelming. We design Talaris materials as easy-to-access and practical sources for research-based information on early childhood learning and development. If you would like to delve deeper into these and related subjects, our staff recommends the following books.
Talaris Books
What Am I Feeling?
This is an easy-to-read guide for parents and caregivers that identifies four parenting styles and outlines five steps of Emotion Coaching. It is based on John Gottman's book, "Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child."

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Books on parenting:

TouchPoints: Birth to 3
T. Berry Brazelton, M.D
Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk (1987)
David Elkind

The Hurried Child: Growing up too Fast too Soon (2001)
David Elkind

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
John M. Gottman, Ph.D. & Joan DeClaire
Guide to Your Baby’s Sleep (2000)
George G. Cohen, M.D., F.A.A.P, Editor-in-Chief only available through AAP.org
The Emotional Life of the Toddler  (1993)
Alicia F. Lieberman, Ph.D.
Bringing Up Baby: Three Steps to Making Good Decisions in Your Child's First Years
Claire Lerner and Amy Dombro only available through www.ZeroToThree.org 

Your Child at Play: Birth to One
Marilyn Segal, Ph.D

Your Child at Play: One to Two
Marilyn Segal, Ph.D
Your Child at Play: Two to Three
Marilyn Segal, Ph.D
The Complete & Authoritative Guide: Caring for your Baby and Young Child Birth to Age 5 (American Academy of Pediatrics) (1998)
Steven P. Shevlov, M.D., F.A.A.P., Editor-in-Chief

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Books on early childhood learning and development:

Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers
Barbara T. Bowman, M. Suzanne Donovan, and M. Susan Burns, Editors National Research Council

What's Going On in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life
Lise Eliot, Ph.D.

The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn
Alison Gopnik, Ph.D., Andrew N. Meltzoff, Ph.D., and Patricia K. Kuhl, Ph.D

How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
National Academy Press

From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development
Jack P. Shonkoff and Deborah A. Phillips, Editors National Research Council and Institute of Medicine

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Books on the scientific study of the brain and genetics:

Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine
Candace B. Pert, Ph.D.
The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
Joseph LeDoux

Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are
Joseph LeDoux

The Genetic Inferno: Inside the Seven Deadly Sins
John J. Medina, Ph.D.
Behavioral Genetics (2004)
by Catherine Baker only available through AAAS.org

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