From Publishers Weekly
Parenting literature is rife with specialization, and all-encompassing guides are often too general to be helpful; this new book from Children's Hospital Boston is an admirable exception. Assembled by a highly credentialed team of Harvard educators, with input from over 75 members of the hospital's staff, and presented in a friendly, matter-of-fact style with simple but helpful illustrations, it is a veritable encyclopedia on current developmental theory, medical recommendations and diverse parenting ideas, divided into five major sections: Setting the Stage discusses preparing for birth and postdelivery procedures; Your Child Age-by-Age includes five detailed chapters covering development, behavior, safety and parenting for newborns through school-age kids; Getting Help elucidates selecting and working with a pediatrician and choosing child care; Childhood Illness & Injury addresses what to do for a sick child and how to prepare for emergencies; and the Guide to Common Childhood Illness, Injury & Conditions is a 300-page catalogue of health issues arranged alphabetically. Break-out boxes (Questions Parents Ask, A Father's Story and When to Call the Doctor) are sprinkled throughout to emphasize crucial issues and summarize major points. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.


From Library Journal
From the faculty and specialists at Harvard Medical School's pediatric teaching hospital comes this comprehensive parental guide to a child's physical, behavioral, and psychological health and development. The book is divided into five sections: prenatal preparation and birth of the newborn; norms at one month, one year, toddler, preschooler, and school age; choosing a doctor and childcare; sickness and emergencies; andDby far the largest sectionDan alphabetical list of common childhood illnesses and injuries. Generously illustrated, the book answers questions frequently asked by inexperienced parents or those facing a new phase in their child's life. It contains in one volume topics similar to those found in the American Academy of Pediatrics' Caring for Your Baby and Young Child (Bantam, 1998. rev. ed.) and Caring for Your School-Age Child (Broadway, 1999. rev. ed.) but covers a larger number of illnesses. A glossary, growth charts, a parental resource list, and an index were not available at the time of review. Recommended for health collections, especially those strong in pediatrics.DAnne C. Tomlin, Auburn Memorial Hosp., New York Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Library Journal
"Comprehensive...generously illustrated...recommended."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Based on the research and clinical experience of America's leading children's hospital, this reference work, several years in the making, is the most complete and authoritative guide to child health and development ever published. Three essential parts form this unique work: a detailed account of all aspects of normal development from birth through the school years, a carefully designed emergency section, and a comprehensive guide to every common illness or condition that affects children.

For the first time, a single work offers parents all the medical, psychological, and practical information they need to raise healthy children from birth through elementary school. Packed full of information on symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, vital, up-to-date advice for choosing medical care and insurance, and finding good childcare, The Children's Hospital Guide includes the charts of normal development at all ages, and a comprehensive resource section.

FROM THE CRITICS

USA Weekend

An information gold mine...Its explanation of child development, both physical and psychological, will go a long way toward alleviating the stresses of raising children...A must for anyone who cares for small children or wants to start a family.

Newsweek

If only children came with a manual. But as they don't, the pediatricians at Children's Hospital in Boston have put together a 796-page reference book that's the next best thing...We especially liked the chapter on preschoolers, which includes a checklist that can help parents spot potential learning problems so their children can get help early.

Library Journal

Comprehensive...generously illustrated...recommended.

Boston Magazine

Who better to offer parenting advice than Children's Hospital? Even the chapter on emergencies is presented with the kind of commonsense tone that makes crises seem manageable...It will help parents sleep better at night.

Publishers Weekly