CHILDCARE
& PARENTING
ATRIA
Growing Up Healthy (May, $26) by Joan Lunden and Myron Winick, M.D., advises parents in raising healthy, nutritionally conscious children. Ad/promo. 4-city author tour. 20-city radio satellite tour.
BALLANTINE
The Struggling Child: How Your Kids Can Achieve Success in School and Life (Aug., $23.95) by Michael Thompson with Theresa Barker helps parents distinguish between needless worry and genuine concern over their children's education. Author publicity.
BANTAM
The Happiest Toddler on the Block: The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old (Mar., $22.95) by Harvey Karp, M.D., recommends behavioral techniques to shorten tantrums and outbursts. Advertising. Author publicity.
CUMBERLAND HOUSE
Why a Daughter Needs a Mom: 100 Reasons (Mar.) and Why a Son Needs a Mom: 100 Reasons (Apr., $14.95 each) by Gregory E. Lang addresses the important bond between mothers and their children.
DA CAPO PRESS
Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth (May, $18) by Jenny McCarthy. The former host of MTV's Singled Out reveals what women can really expect.
HARCOURT
Adolescence Abolished: A New Way of Thinking About Our Teenagers (Aug., $26) by Robert Epstein. Psychologist Epstein posits that teens will rise to the occasion when given adult responsibilities. Author publicity.
HARMONY
Cursed by a Happy Childhood: Tales of Growing Up, Then and Now (May, $19.95) by Carl Lennertz collects a dad's reminiscences about the lessons he learned growing up that are still valid today. Author tour.
LITTLE, BROWN
Maternal Desire: On Children, Love, & the Inner Life (Mar., $25.95) by Daphne De Marneffe talks to women who believe that having and rearing children is their life's most important work. Ad/promo.
MCGRAW-HILL
Thinking Parent, Thinking Child: How to Change the Way We Talk to Kids and the Way They Talk to Us (Aug., $21.95) by Myrna B. Shure guides parents on how to teach their children problem-solving skills in life.
PETER PAUPER PRESS
Got Kids? Get Organized: The Personal Organizer for BUSY Families (Mar., $24.95) by Amy Schwartzstein is a three-ring binder for planning and organizing every aspect of family life.
REGANBOOKS
The New Basics: A-to-Z Baby and Child Care for the Modern Parent (Mar., $24.95) by Dr. Michel Cohen is a parenting guide that calls on common sense and natural intuition. 30,000 first printing.
RUNNING PRESS
The Baby Countdown Book & Clock (May, $19.95) by Tracy Guth Spangler helps parents travel through the nine-month countdown and look forward to their new baby.
SHELDRAKE PRESS (dist. by Interlink)
The Kate Greenaway Baby Book: A Record of the First Five Years (Mar., $15) keeps the details of baby's progress in one place and is illustrated with Greenaway's vignettes of early childhood.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
Letters to My Daughters (Apr., $21) by Mary Matalin. The conservative political consultant and TV personality offers moral, ethical and comic lessons in a series of personal letters. Ad/promo. Author publicity. 20-city radio satellite tour.
UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS
A Child's Work: The Importance of Play (May, $19) by Vivian Gussin Paley advocates unstructured creative time for shaping young minds.
WARNER FAITH
To a Child, Love Is Spelled T-I-M-E: What a Child Really Needs from You (Apr., $14) by Mac Anderson and Lance Wubbels reminds parents of the importance of their time. Ad/promo. Author tour. Radio satellite tour.
