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Listing of Children's Books

  • We Like to Nurse, by Chia Martin: Book illustrates nursing as a natural part of life for many different animals, including humans.

  • Mommy Breastfeeds Our Baby, by Teresa Carroll: Small booklet intended to help children understand breastfeeding as a natural and special way to feed a new baby.

  • Maggie's Weaning, by Mary Joan Deutschbein: A child's story of what she remembers about nursing and the thoughts she had when she slowly stopped breastfeeding.

  • We Have a Baby, by Cathryn Falwell: A picture book for the very young child with a new sibling. The mother is shown nursing the baby, her arm around the toddler who is nestled against her eating a snack.

  • Mama, Daddy, Baby, and Me, by Lisa Gewing: The homecoming story of a new baby told from the sibling's point of view. Mother is nursing the baby.

  • The World is Full of Babies!, by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom: A book explaining how human and animal babies grow and develop.

  • A Teeny Tiny Baby, by Amy Schwartz: Book contains many scenes of the mother nursing her baby, and of dad feeding the baby with a bottle.

  • Happy Birth Day!, by Robie H. Harris: A mother tells her child about her birth and first day of life. Illustrations show a newborn breastfeeding and falling asleep cuddled up with both parents.

  • Only the Cat Saw, by Ashley Wolff: The house cat sees all the happenings in the life of a busy farm family, including a mother breastfeeding her baby at dawn.

  • My Mama Needs Me, by Mildred Pitts Walter: An African-American child wants to help his mother care for his new baby sister. He encourages his sister to nurse when she falls asleep in the middle of a feeding.

  • That New Baby, by Sara Bonnett Stein: Parents of an African-American family help their kids accept their new baby. Includes one illustration of breastfeeding.

  • Will There Be a Lap for Me?, by Dorothy Corey: A young child misses his place on his mother's lap as her pregnancy advances and the new baby arrives. Picture of the mother nursing her baby while the older child sits at her side on the sofa.

  • One Round Moon and a Star for Me, by Ingrid Mennen: A family in South Africa reassures the older child of his place in the family after a new baby girl is born. Color illustrations show the mother nursing the new baby.

  • The Baby's Catalogue, by Janet and Allan Ahlberg: Catalog appeals to babies and kids as they follow five British families through the events of a day. One of the babies is breastfed.

  • How You Were Born, by Joanna Cole: A book about conception, fetal development, and birth. Breastfeeding is illustrated.

  • Over the Green Hills, by Rachel Isadora: A young boy, his mother, and baby sister take a long walk to another village in South Africa. Along the way they make stops so the mother can breastfeed the baby.

  • The Story of Christmas: Words from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, illustrated by Jane Ray: Contains three breastfeeding pictures.

  • How Was I Born?, by Lennart Nilsson and Lena Katarina Swanberg: A child tells his story of his baby brother being born. Three pictures show the baby being nursed right after birth.

  • See How You Grow: A lift-the-flap body book, by Patricia Pearse: Explains fetal development and human growth. The baby is shown breastfeeding while in the hospital.

  • Being Born, by Sheila Kitzinger: Book describes a baby's experiences in the womb and at birth, ending with the first nursing.

Coloring Pages

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Click on the page you want to color. Print it out and have fun coloring.

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Coloring Book — Ways I Can Help Mommy

child helping mom breasfeed coloring book first page

Celebrate World breastfeeding Day Placemat 1 

world breastfeeding poster of street scene

Celebrate World breastfeeding Day Placemat 2 

world breastfeeding poster of street scene

5 Things My Mommy Does to Stay Healthy

mom excercising coloring book


Healthy Mothers for Healthy Babies - WBM 2002 

world breastfeeding poster of mom's dancing

Activity Books

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Kid's Corner Games

(coloring, puzzels, guessing games, and more)

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Last Updated September 21, 2007

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