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The Philosophical Baby: What Childrens Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life
Alison Gopnik 
(Hardcover - Aug 4, 2009)

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Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human 
Paul Bloom 
(Paperback - April 26, 2005)

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Your Child's Growing Mind: Brain Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence 
by Jane M. Healy 
(May 25, 2004)

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Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child The Heart of Parenting 
by Ph.D. John Gottman, Joan Declaire and Daniel Goleman (Aug 12, 1998)

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Touchpoints-Birth to Three 
by T. Berry Brazelton and Joshua D. Sparrow 
(Sep 26, 2006)

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Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn--and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less 
by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek Ph.D. and Diane Eyer 
(Aug 12, 2004)

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Child Care and Child Development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development 
The NICHD Early Child Care Research Network (Dec 23, 2005)

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Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs 
by Ellen Galinsky (Apr 20, 2010)

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Building Healthy Minds: The Six Experiences That Create Intelligence And Emotional Growth In Babies And Young Children 
by Stanley I. Greenspan, Nancy Lewis (Oct 1, 2000)

The New Brain: How the Modern Age Is Rewiring Your Mind 
by Richard Restak 
(Aug 23, 2003)

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The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive 
by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson 
(Oct 4, 2011)

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The Neurobehavioral and Social-Emotional Development of Infants and Children (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Edward Tronick 
(Jul 31, 2007)

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What's Going on in There? : How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life 
by Lise Eliot 
(Oct 3, 2000)

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A Mind Apart: Travels in a Neurodiverse World
Susanne Antonetta 
(Nov 17, 2005)

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Magic Trees of the Mind : How to Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth Through Adolescence by Marian Diamond and Janet Hopson (Jan 1, 1999)

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The Irreducible Needs Of Children: What Every Child Must Have To Grow, Learn, And Flourish 
by T. Berry Brazelton, Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. T. Berry Brazelton and M.D. Stanley I. Greenspan (Sep 4, 2001)

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The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human 
by Jonathan Gottschall
(Apr 10, 2012)

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