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Ashburn Sterling Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Lansdowne Medical Pavilion
19415 Deerfield Ave, Suite 213
Lansdowne, Virginia 20176
(703) 729-9220
Recommended Books for Parents
 New
Baby:
- A
Baby Sister for Frances; Russel Hoban, Julius, Baby of the World;
Kerin Henkes, Arthur’s Baby; Marc Brown, Everett Anderson’s
Nine Months Long; Lucille Clifton, 101 Things To Do With A Baby;
Jan Ormerod, Welcoming Your Second Baby; Vicki Lansky, And Baby
Makes Four: Welcoming a Second Child Into the Family; Hilory
Wagner
Adoption
and Foster Care
- How
I Was Adopted; Joanna Cole, Susan and Gordon Adopt a Baby; Judy
Freudberg, Over the Moon; Karen Katz, An Mei’s Strange
and Wonderful Journey; Stephan Molnar-Fenton, Real Sisters;
Susan Wright, We Don’t Look Like Mom and Dad; Harriet Langsam
Sobel, Journey; Patricia MacLachlan, The Pinballs; Betsy Byars,
The Great Gilly Hopkins; Catherine Patterson, How It Feels To
Be Adopted; Jill Krementz, Parents At Last: Celebrating Adoption
and the New Pathways to Families; Cynthia Peck, The Primal Wound:
Understanding the Adopted Child; Nancy Verrier
Siblings
- The
Very Worst Monster; Pat Hutchins, I’ll Fix Anthony; Judith
Viorst, The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo; Judy Blume,
Later, Gater; Laurence Yep, Who Put That Hair In My Toothbrush?;
Jerry Spinelli, The Secret of Happy Children; Steve Biddulph,
Siblings Without Rivalry; Adele Faber, Puberty and Sexuality,
Where Did I Come From?; Peter Mayle, So That’s How I Was
Born?; Robert Brooks, How Babies and Families Are Made; Patricia
Schafer, One Dad, Two Dads; Brown Dad, Blue Dad; Johnny Valentine,
Asking About Sex and Growing Up; Joanna Cole, What’s Happening
to Me ; Peter Mayle, It’s A Girl Thing; Mavis Jukes, It’s
Perfectly Normal; Robie Harris, Space Station 7th Grade; Jerry
Spinelli, Then, Again, Maybe I Won’t; Judy Blume
Divorce
- Sometimes
a Family Has to Split Up; Jane Watson, It’s Not Your Fault,
Koko Bear; Vicki Lansky, I Live With Daddy; Judith Vigna, Divorce
is Not the End of the World: Zoe and Evan’s Guide for Kids;
Zoe Stern, Dear Mr. Henshaw; Beverly Cleary, How It Feels When
Parents Divorce; Jill Krementz, Taking Sides; Norma Klein, It’s
Not the End of the World; Judy Blume, How To Help Your Child
Overcome Divorce; Elissa Benedek, Mom’s House, Dad’s
House; Isolina Ricci
Eating
Disorders
- Bread
and Jam for Frances; Russel Hoban, D.W., The Picky Eater; Marc
Brown, Good Enough to Eat: A Kid’s Guide to Food and Nutrition;
Lizzy Rockwell, Blubber; Judy Blume, Taking Charge of My Mind
and Body: A Girl’s Guide to Outsmarting Alcohol, Drug,
Smoking and Eating Problems; Gladys Folkers, Nell’s Quilt;
Susan Terris, Anorexia: When Food is the Enemy; Erica Smith,
The Best Little Girl In the World; Steven Levenkron, My Sister’s
Bones; Cathi Hanauer, When Food’s a Foe; Nancy Kolodny,
How to Get Your Kid To Eat, But Not Too Much; Ellyn Satter
Learning
Disabilities
- The
Don’t Give Up Kid; Jeanne Gehret, Charlie’s Challenge;
Ann Root, Josh: A Boy With Dyslexia; Caroline Janover, The Baby-Sitters’
Club #101: Claudia Kishi, Middle School Drop Out; Ann Martin,
Do Bananas Chew Gum?; Jamie Gilson, When Learning Is Tough:
Kids Talk About Their Learning Disabilities; Cynthia Roby, The
Mighty; Rodman Philbrick, The Survival Guide For Kids with LD;
Rhoda Cummings, All Kinds of Minds: A Young Student’s Book
About Learning Disabilities and Learning Disorders; Mel Levin,
Living With Learning Disabilities: A Guide For Students; David
Hall
ADHD
- Shelly,
The Hyperactive Turtle; Deborah Moss, Jumpin’ Johnny, Get
Back To Work: A Child’s Guide to Hyperactivity; Michael
Gordon, Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention; Kathleen Nadeau,
My Brother’s A World Class Pain: A Sibling’s Guide
to ADHD; Michael Gordon, Putting On the Brakes: A Young People’s
Guide to ADHD; Patricia Quinn, I Would if I Could: A Teenagers’
Guide to ADHD; Michael Gordon, Life On The Edge: Parenting a
Child With ADHD; David Spohn, Taking Charge of ADHD; Russel
Barkley
Substance
Abuse
- Think
of Wind; Catherine Mercury, I Can Be Me; Diane O’Connor,
I Can Say No; Doris Sanford, My Big Sister Takes Drugs; Judith
Vigna, Daddy Doesn’t Have To Be a Giant Anymore; Jane Resh
Thomas, I Know The World’s Worst Secret; Doris Sanford,
My Dad Loves Me; My Dad Has a Disease; Claudia Black, Sometimes
My Mom Drinks Too Much; Kevin Kenny, My Dad’s Definitely
Not a Drunk; Elisa Lynn, Bread Sticks and Blessing Places; Candy
Boyd, Nicotine and Cigarettes; Marry McCaffrey, A Right to Smoke?
Emma Haughton
Depression
and Mental Illness
- The
Face at the Window; Regina Hanson, The Bear’s House; Marilyn
Sachs, My Sister Then and Now; Virginia Kroll, From Darkness
To Light; Julie Landsman, Ups and Downs; Susan Klebanoff, A
Slant of Sun; Beth Kephart, A Parent’s Guide for Suicidal
and Depressed Teens; Kate Williams
Chonic
Illness
- When
Eric’s Mom Fought Cancer; Judith Vigna, A Pillow For My
Mom,; Charissa Sgouros, Beautiful; Susi Gregg Fowler, Busy Days;
Dawn Hart, Straight for the Siblings:Another Look at the Rainbow;
Gloria Murray, Ribbons For Her Hair; Jane Carroll, How It Feels
To Fight For Your Life; Jill Krementz, A Night Without Stars;
James Howe, Young People and Chronic Illness; Kelly Huegel,
From Darkness to Light; Julie Landsman, I Will Sing Life: Voices
From The Hole-In-The-Wall-Gang Camp; Larry Berger, How To Help
Children Through A Parent’s Serious Illness; Cathleen McCue,
After The Tears; Robin Simons
Disabilities
- Think
of Lilly’s Secret; Miko Imai, Someone Special, Just Like
You; Tricia Brown, Different and Alike; Nancy McConnell, The
View From Saturday; E.L.Konigsburg, From Darkness to Light;
Julie Landsman, The Acorn People; Ron Jones, The Crazy Horse
Electric Game; Chris Crutcher, Uncommon Fathers; Donald Meyer,
From the Heart; Martha Grady, Raising a Child With a Physical
Disability; Donna Albrecht
Family
Violence
- No
More Secrets From Me; Oralee Wachter, A Safe Place; Maxine Trottier,
Please Tell!; "Jesse", Promise Not To Tell; Carolyn
Polese, What Jaime Saw; Carolyn Coman, May Wolfe; Cynthia Grant,
Straight Talk About Child Abuse; Susan Mufson, I Hadn’t
Meant To Tell You This; Jacqueline Woodson, Children and Trauma;
Cynthia Monahon
Death
- On
Death and Dying; Elisabeth Kubler Ross, Everett Anderson’s
Good-bye; Lucille Clifton, Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs;
Tomie De Paola, Lifetimes:The Beautiful Way to Explain Death
to a Child; Byron Mellonie, The Tenth Good Thing About Barney;
Judith Viorst, Badger’s Parting Gifts; Susan Varley, A
Birthday Present For Daniel; Juliet Vigna, Saying Goodbye to
Daddy; Judith Vigna, Good-bye Papa; Una Leavy, Saying Good-bye
to Grandma; Jane Resh Thomas, Dusty Was My Friend: Coming To
Terms With Loss; Andrea Fleck Clardy, Bridge to Terabithia;
Katherine Patterson, There Are Two Kinds of Terrible; Peggy
Mann, Tiger Eyes; Judy Blume, A Kid’s Book About Death
and Dying By and For Kids; Eric Rofes, Talking About Death:
A Dialogue Between Parents and Children; Earl Grollman, The
Grieving Child: A Parent’s Guide; Helen Fitzgeral
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