Rainbow Rhino

This adorable children’s book, written and illustrated by Fox Carlton Hughes, tells the tale of a little Rhino with a problem – a tusk five times the size of normal, which makes him the victim of relentless teasing.

Luckily for Homer, though, when he meets a rainbow with a problem of his own, he recognizes what makes him special. With big, colorful illustrations and an important lesson for kids – not to mention a happy ending that will put a smile on any child’s face - this book is both cute and entertaining enough to make the perfect bedtime story.

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Rome With Kids

Okay, this book has a very specific audience, but I couldn’t resist the adorable title.

The guidebook, written by J.M. Pasquesi, who is a Rome travel expert, can make touring Italy with kids a breeze. As she says, Rome is, in fact, the perfect place to bring kids – from the adventurous stories of gladiators and cool looking ruins to the pizza and gelato, it is a city meant for the littlest world travelers. Unlike normal travel books – which, let’s face it, though very informative, can be dry – this book includes tips, stories, and activities related to various locations and all meant for kids.

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Sleep Solutions

Sleep deprivation is something that all new parents are familiar with. So, in the interest of getting their newborn – or even toddler or preschooler – to sleep, they’ve probably invested in a stack of books on the subject and perhaps tried out several different approaches.

Ann Douglas, the author of Sleep Solutions, knows this. And yet she offers something different. Her book is the first to focus on Mom, and helps moms everywhere to let go of the worry and guilt and figure out what truly is best for her child and her lifestyle – while, at the same time, helping Mom find the energy she needs.

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The Secret Life of SuperMom

If you’re a “SuperMom” – a mom who strives to balance home and family with work, you’ll know exactly what Kathy Buckworth is talking about.

If, instead, you’re a “homer” who raises a family but does not work outside of the home, or an “other,” who has no children (and, as Buckworth says, a life), you might still find the humor in the situation described in The Secret Life of SuperMom, although you’re less likely to take pleasure in the book. Any SuperMom who feels harried, overextended, and often not so super, will find solidarity, comfort, and maybe even a little inspiration in Buckworth’s book – not to mention a few laughs.

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Back on the Career Track

Let’s face it – any stay-at-home mom thinking about going back to work needs a little support. Which is exactly where Back on the Career Track by Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin comes in. Both women - Harvard MBAs – stayed home with their children, only to later turn back to the workforce, successfully relaunching their careers and finding the support and balance they needed.

And with this book, they can help you to do the same. With information covering everything from making the decision to return to work and finding the right job options to marketing yourself and making a new job work, this book can help you navigate through the entire process of getting back into the workforce.

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On Becoming Fearless…In Love, Work, and Life

Arianna Huffington’s National Bestseller, On Becoming Fearless, accomplishes what it sets out to do – that is, empower women. Huffington cautions that fear limits us all, and, as she says, “to live in fear is the worst form of insult to our true selves.”

Moved to find and provide a path to fearlessness after discovering that her teenage daughters were experiencing all the same fears and insecurities that Huffington herself had once felt, she set out on her journey – this book is a result of that quest is this book. Recounting her own battles with fear as well as stories from women as varied and inspiring as Nora Ephron and Diane Keaton, Huffington’s book provides both heartwarming stories and advice about being fearless in all aspects of life

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A Suburban Mom

Meredith O'Brien has written one of the most refreshingly honest, hilarious, poignant, and searingly true parenting books that I have read of late. From hiding from her twin toddlers in order to down a couple uninterrupted bites of breafast bagel to the vein throbbing on her forehead as other parents start brag about their children's amazing accomplishments: I kept thinking been there, did that.

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Blindsided by a Diaper

Ever wonder how Neal Pollack or Moon Unit Zappa felt after becoming parents? Even if you’ve never considered it, chances are you’ll be able to relate to the 32 stories by well-known writers contained in Blindsided By A Diaper. Recounting stories of how their relationships changed after welcoming a baby into their home, these writers manage to be funny, shocking, brutally honest, and heartwarming all at the same time.

These accounts – which come from both men and women – might surprise you, but only in their candor and aptness to your own experiences. They are able to capture both the joy and unease of having a baby with all of the feelings new parents everywhere have felt, but may not been able to express.

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A Place to Call Home

This new book by Martha Randolph Car , tells a story many have never heard – the story of modern orphanages and the children who live – and thrive – in them.

There has been a resurgence in orphanages lately, and they have increased not only in number, but in quality as well. In fact, Carr tells us that lessons learned in these new “residential education facilities” are ones that we can all apply to our own parenting. Heartwarming, poignant, and bittersweet, Carr tells us stories that we may think we have heard before, but really could never imagine.

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The Making of a Mother

This often moving, sometimes bittersweet, and ultimately heartwarming book by Dr. Valerie Davis Raskin, subtitled, “Overcoming the Nine Key Challenges – from Crib to Empty Nest,” is one of the first books to focus on the growth of a mother more so than that of a child.

The stories it contains come from both Dr. Raskin’s interviews with mothers as well as things she encountered in her clinical practice, but regardless of each story’s background, they are all universal. Every mother everywhere will find her deepest fears expressed, her doubts reassured, and her joy validated in this book and the heartening words and advice Dr. Raskin provides.

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