Top Five Favorite Parenting Books

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Four children later these are the five books that have shaped (and make sense of) how we parent every single day.

Montessori From The Start by Paula Polk Lillard and Lynn Lillard Jessen

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The Montessori Baby by Simone Davies and Junnifa Uzodike

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The Montessori Toddler by Simone Davies

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Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff

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The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read by Philippa Perry

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