Books by Laura Walther Nathanson and Complete Book Reviews

The Portable Pediatrician
The Portable Pediatrician, Second Edition: A Practicing Pediatrician's Guide to Your Child's Growth, Development, Health, and Behavior from Birth to A
Laura Walther Nathanson, Author Harper Paperbacks $22.99 (688p) ISBN 978-0-06-093847-5
The updated edition of Nathanson's 1994 The Portable Pediatrician for Parents looks a lot like the original (are those the same kids on the cover?), but the author has done more than give the old version a spit and a polish: she adds, for example,...
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The Portable Pediatricians Guide to Kids: Your Childs Physical and Behavioral Development from Age 5 to Age 12
The Portable Pediatrician's Guide to Kids: Your Child's Physical and Behavioral Development from Age 5 to Age 12
Laura Walther Nathanson, Author HarperCollins Publishers $21 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-273347-4
Following up The Portable Pediatrician for Parents (which focused on birth to age five), Nathanson again proves that she knows kids inside out. Many of the usual concerns--new sibling, moving, making friends--are discussed along with a less widely...
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Kidshapes: A Guide to Helping Your Kids Control Their Weight
Kidshapes: A Guide to Helping Your Kids Control Their Weight
Laura Walther Nathanson, Author HarperCollins Publishers $17.5 (223p) ISBN 978-0-06-270135-0
Being overweight in a culture based on thinness is tough on kids, and no more healthy for them than for adults. But as Nathanson, a California pediatrician and author of The Portable Pediatrician for Parents, notes, excess poundage, often treated as
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