It's Time to Give Up Your Pacifier (The Transition Times Series) - Hardcover

Shapiro PhD, Lawrence E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572245859 ISBN 13: 9781572245853

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2008

Synopsis

Talking, eating, singing, and more—think of all the things little ones can do without pacifiers in their mouths! This book shows toddlers the benefits of becoming big kids to gently wean them off their pacifiers.

It's Time to Give Up Your Pacifier is written by child psychologist Lawrence Shapiro and includes advice for parents on guiding young children through this often difficult transition. This compassionate and engaging story will help your child say bye-bye to binky once and for all.

About this title

About the Authors

Lawrence E. Shapiro, PhD, is an internationally known child psychologist and parenting expert in Norwalk, CT. He has written over fifty books for parents, children, and mental health professionals.

Hideko Takahashi was born and raised in Japan. She graduated from Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, and Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. She has illustrated many children's books, including Come to My Party and Other Shape Poems. Her favorite things to paint are kids, bugs, and dogs.

www.hidekotakahashi.com

Reviews

PreS—Each book tackles a problematic transition that many children go through. Bed and Sit Still include a small story about a child with the title concern and how the parents solve it. The other two are more universal, highlighting a series of different situations and depicting a multiethnic cast of children. The illustrations are amateurish, portraying round-headed, round-eyed children on pastel backgrounds. The back matter includes step-by-step advice in handling the title situation, a Web site to help, and a disclaimer stating that the publisher is not "engaged in rendering psychological or other professional services." Perhaps not, but these titles read more like an attempt at self-help books for children and their parents than any form of literature. There are plenty of good books that deal with developmental issues. Leave these titles for the pediatrician's office.—Amy Lilien-Harper, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
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Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572245859
• ISBN 13: 9781572245853
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Takahashi Hideko
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32