Reading
Thanks for checking out my reading list! The following are a few titles (in italics) and blogs that I like to read that deal somehow with my three passions: parenting, photography, and the environment. If you have a title suggestion, please comment or send me an e-mail (jessicamonte (@) jessicamonte.com); I love to open my mind to new ideas and am always, always reading! Again, I love suggestions . . .
Parenting
Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby before Your Baby can Talk by Linda Acredolo
Connection Parenting: Parenting through Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear by Pam Leo
Hands are Not for Hitting by Martine Agassi
How to Talk so Kids will Listen, and Listen so Kids will Talk by Elaine Mazlish
Graceful Parenting by Eve M. Dreyfus
Growing Up Green by Deirdre Imus
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
the natural baby by Janet Balaskas
Our Babies, Ourselves by Meredith Small
Parenting Young Children by Don Dinkmeyer
Raising an Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin
Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
The Baby Book by Martha and William Sears
the natural baby by Janet Balaskas
The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart by Jan Hunt
The No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley
The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
Your Toddler Month by Month by Tanya Byron
Photography
Annie Liebovitz at Work by Annie Liebovitz
Beane Flowers by Christopher Bean, text by Anthony F. Janson
People Photography by Nancy Brown
Visual Poetry by Chris Orwig
Environmentalism
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Green, Greener, Greenest by Lori Bongiorno
Growing Up Green by Deirdre Imus
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
Healthy Child, Healthy World by Christopher Gavigan
Healthy Child Healthy World (the web-site)
National Geographic’s Green Guide Families: The Complete Reference for Eco-friendly Parents by Catherine Zandonella
Rose’s Garden by Peter H. Reynolds
True Green by Kim Mchay and Jenny Bonnin
Spirituality/ Yoga
Living Yoga: Creating a Life Practice by Christy Turlington
Yoga Rx: A Step-by-step Program to Promote Health, Wellness, and Healing for Common Ailments by Larry Payne, Ph.D. and Richard Usatine
Health and Yoga “Yoga Breathing”
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Here are a few parenting books that I love:
“Playful Parenting” by Lawrence Cohen
“Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves” by Naomi Aldort
“You Are Your Child’s First Teacher” By Rahima Baldwin Dancy
And a couple of environmental books I really enjoyed:
“The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan
“Practically Green” by Micaela Preston
Happy reading!
Jessica Reply:
February 24th, 2010 at 8:38 am
I’ve been wanting to read playful parenting. I think I’ll place an order at our public library. I find that I go through about one parenting book every week or two. I’ll also add the other 2 titles to my reading list.
Thanks Amber!
parenting books i really like that have not been mentioned:
hold onto your kids http://www.amazon.com/Hold-Your-Kids-Parents-Matter/dp/0375760288/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266976050&sr=8-1
simplicity parenting http://www.amazon.com/Simplicity-Parenting-Extraordinary-Calmer-Happier/dp/0345507975/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266976081&sr=1-1
Jessica Reply:
February 24th, 2010 at 8:38 am
Adding them to the list. Thank you robin!
I wrote a post about my students’ book reviews of environmental books. Just found it, it was almost 2 years ago! Their summaries may help you choose which ones you’re interested in: http://farmersdaughterct.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/summer-reading/
Jessica Reply:
February 24th, 2010 at 8:38 am
I’m heading over there now. Thank you for putting this post together!
I’m bookmarking this page and starting my order with the library! Great titles!!! This will surely get me back in the swing of things!
Jessica Reply:
February 24th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Me too! That is, I’m starting my order with library regarding those titles suggested here. Do you have any book/blog/article recommendations?
Thanks for starting this list! Here are a few other parenting books…
Giving the Love that Heals
Your Competent Child
Buddhism For Mothers
The Continuum Concept
Mother Nurture: A Mother’s Guide to Healthy Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships
Thank you Stacy! I’ve read the Continuum Concept, and I’d love to read Mother Nurture . . . sounds right up my alley these days.
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