The Book Sense Parenting Bestseller List

Posted Wednesday, Jul 9, 2003

Based on four weeks of sales from over 400 independent bookstores across America.

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Parenting Bestsellers
1. Father to Daughter
Harry H. Harrison, Jr., Workman, $7.95, 0761129774
2. Odd Girl Out
Rachel Simmons, Harvest, $14, 0156027348
3. Queen Bees and Wannabes
Rosalind Wiseman, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400047927
4. A Mind at a Time: America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Every Child Can Succeed
Mel Levine, Touchstone, $14, 0743202236
5. Father to Son
Harry H. Harrison, Jr., Workman, $7.95, 0761118691
6. Dads and Daughters: How to Inspire, Understand, and Support Your Daughter
Joe Kelly, Broadway, $12.95, 0767908341
7. The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance
Louis Borgenicht, Joe Borgenicht, Quirk, $14.95, 1931686238
8. Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate With Your Baby
Tracy Hogg, Ballantine, $13.95, 0345440900
9. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber, Quill, $13, 0380811960
10. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Marc Weissbluth, Ballantine, $14, 0449004023
11. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
Mary Pipher, Ballantine, $14.95, 0345392825
12. The Quotable Dad
Devon Payne-Sturges, Lyons, $9.95, 1585748013
13. Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager
Anthony E. Wolf, FSG, $13, 0374528535
14. Parenting With Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility
Foster W. Cline, Pinon, $21, 0891093117
15. Baby Signs: How to Talk With Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk
Linda Acredolo, McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, $14.95, 0071387765
16. The Incredible Truth About Motherhood
Bradley Trevor Greive, Andrews McMeel, $9.95, 0740719890
17. Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
Anne Lamott, Fawcett, $12.95, 044990928X
18. The Greatest Baby Name Book Ever
Carol McD. Wallace, Avon, $6.99, 0380789825
19. The Myth of Laziness
Melvin D. Levine, S&S, $26, 074321367X
20. The Wonder of Girls: Understanding the Hidden Nature of Our Daughters
Michael Gurian, Atria, $14, 0743417038
21. Monkey Dancing: A Father, Two Kids, and Journey to the Ends of the Earth
Daniel Glick, PublicAffairs, $26, 1586481541
22. Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Perennial, $13, 0060923288
23. Your Three-Year-Old
Louise Bates Ames, Ph.D., Frances L. Ilg, M.D., Carl C. Haber, Dell, $12.95, 0440506492
24. Chicken Soup for the Mother and Daughter Soul
Jack Canfield, Health, $12.95, 075730088X
25. The Twelve Gifts of Birth
Charlene Costanza, HarperCollins, $19.95, 0066211042
26. The Don't Sweat Guide for Dads: Stopping Stress From Getting in the Way of What Really Matters
Don't Sweat Press (Ed.), Hyperion, $10.95, 0786887249
27. Your Baby & Child: From Birth to Age Five
Penelope Leach, Knopf, $20, 0375700005
28. When We're in Public, Pretend You Don't Know Me: Surviving Your Daughter's Adolescence So You Don't Look Like an Idiot and She Still Talks to You
Susan Borowitz, Warner, $12.95, 0446679518
29. Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons From the Myths of Boyhood
William S. Pollack, Owl, $16, 0805061835
30. The Mother of All Baby Name Books: Over 94,000 Baby Names Complete With Origins and Meanings
Bruce Lansky, Meadowbrook, $15, 0684018705
31. Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How to Hear What They're Really Saying
Michael Riera, Perseus, $16, 0738208450
32. Chicken Soup for the Father's Soul
Jack Canfield, Health, $12.95, 1558748946
33. Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
Daniel J. Kindlon, Ballantine, $15, 0345434854
34. Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years
Karen Levin Coburn, Madge Lawrence Treeger, Quill, $13.95, 0060521260
35. Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5
American Academy of Pediatrics, Bantam, $18.95, 0553379623
36. Your Four Year Old
Louise Bates Ames, Ph.D., Frances L. Ilg, M.D., Carol C. Haber, Dell, $12.95, 0440506751
37. Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
Peggy Vincent, Scribner, $13, 0743219341
38. The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-to-Be
Armin A. Brott, Abbeville, $11.95, 0789205386
39. Touchpoints: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development
T. Berry Brazelton, HarperCollins, $18.95, 020162690X
40. The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived
Lee Carroll, Light Technology, $13.95, 1561706086
41. The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
Ross W. Greene, Quill, $14, 0060931027
42. Baby: An Owner's Manual
Steve Tague, Broadway, $9.95, 0767914198
43. The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping With Sensory Integration Dysfunction
Carol Stock Kranowitz, Perigee, $14, 0399523863
44. 35,000+ Baby Names
Bruce Lansky, Meadowbrook, $5.95, 0671519751
45. Father Figures: Three Wise Men Who Changed a Life
Kevin Sweeney, ReganBooks, $21.95, 0060511923
46. The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
Harvey Karp, Bantam, $13.95, 0553381466
47. 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter: And Other Tips From a Beleaguered Father (Not That Any of Them Work)
W. Bruce Cameron, Workman, $11.95, 0761126333
48. Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care
Benjamin Spock, M.D., Stephen J. Parker, M.D., S&S, $7.99, 0671537628
49. The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors, and Educators Can Do to Shape Boys Into Exceptional Men
Michael Gurian, Putnam, $13.95, 0874778875
50. The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood
Vicki Iovine, Perigee, $13.95, 0399523308
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