Only Child: Resource List
Books for Children
Ages 3 to 8
- Impatient Pamela Wants a Bigger Family; by Mary Koski; Trellis
Publishing, 2002
- Only Emma; by Sally Warner, Viking, 2005
- The Lonely Only Dog; by Adele M. Brodkin; Scholastic, 1998
- Why Am I An Only Child?; by Jane Annunziata; Magination Press,
1998
Books for Adults
- Keys to Parenting the Only Child; by Carl E. Pickhardt;
Barron's Educational Series, 1997
- Parenting an Only Child: The Joys and Challenges of Raising
Your One and Only; by Susan Newman, Broadway Books, 2001 (rev.
ed)
- The Future of Your Only Child: How to Guide Your Child to a
Happy and Successful Life; by Carl Pickhardt; Palgrave
Macmillan; 2008
- The Seven Common Sins of Parenting an Only Child: A Guide for
Parents and Families; by Carolyn White; Jossey-Bass, 2004
- You and Your Only Child: The Joys, Myths, and Challenges of
Raising an Only Child; by Patricia Nachman, Ph.D., with Andrea
Thompson; HarperPerennial Library, 1998
Compiled by Catherine Smith, MLS, medical librarian at the Family Health Library, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.
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Last modified: 2009-02-18
Last reviewed: 2008-05-29
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