The Book Sense Parenting Bestseller List

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Based on the four weeks of sales ending November 2, 2003, as reported by hundreds of independent booksellers across the U.S.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

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The Book Sense Parenting Bestseller List
1. How to Get Your Child to Love Reading
Esme Raji Codell, Algonquin, $18.95, 1565123085
2. A Mind at a Time
Mel Levine, M.D., Touchstone, $14, 0743202236
3. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber, Quill, $13, 0380811960
4. Odd Girl Out
Rachel Simmons, Harvest, $14, 0156027348
5. 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
6. Queen Bees and Wannabes
Rosalind Wiseman, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400047927
7. Not Much Just Chillin': The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers
Linda Perlstein, FSG, $24, 0374208824
8. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Parenting
Joshua Piven, Sarah Jordan, David Borgenicht, Chronicle, $14.95, 0811841553
9. The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction
Carol Stock Kranowitz, Perigee, $14, 0399523863
10. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Marc Weissbluth, Ballantine, $14.95, 0449004023
11. Secrets of the Baby Whisperer
Tracy Hogg, Ballantine, $13.95, 0345440900
12. The Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn From Each Other
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Random House, $24.95, 037550527X
13. Raising Your Spirited Child
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Perennial, $13, 0060923288
14. Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?
Anthony E. Wolf, FSG, $13, 0374528535
15. Parenting With Love and Logic
Foster Cline, M.D., Jim Fay, Navpress, $21, 0891093117
16. The Twelve Gifts of Birth
Charlene Costanza, HarperCollins, $19.95, 0066211042
17. Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
Anne Lamott, Fawcett, $12.95, 044990928X
18. Father to Daughter
Harry H. Harrison Jr., Workman, $7.95, 0761129774
19. Raising Cain
Daniel J. Kindlon, Ballantine, $15, 0345434854
20. Reviving Ophelia
Mary Pipher, Ballantine, $14.95, 0345392825
21. The Epidemic: The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and the Resultant Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children
Robert Shaw, ReganBooks, $24.95, 0060011831
22. The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
Wendy Mogel, Penguin, $14, 0142196002
23. The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
Ross W. Greene, Quill, $14, 0060931027
24. Girls Will Be Girls
Joann Deak, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786886579
25. The Baby Owner's Manual
Louis Borgenicht, M.D., Joe Borgenicht, Quirk, $14.95, 1931686238
26. Your Three-Year-Old
Louise Bates Ames, Ph.D, Frances L. Ilg, M.D., Dell, $12.95, 0440506492
27. Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5
American Academy of Pediatrics, Bantam, $20, 0553379623
28.

Baby Signs: How to Talk With Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk
Linda Acredolo, McGraw-Hill, $14.95, 0071387765

29. The Incredible Truth About Motherhood
Bradley Trevor Greive, Andrews McMeel, $9.95, 0740719890
30. Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care
Stephen J. Parker, M.D., Benjamin Spock, M.D., S&S, $7.99, 0671537628
31. Your Four-Year-Old
Louise Bates Ames, Ph.D, Frances L. Ilg, M.D., Dell, $12.95, 0440506751
32. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
La Leche League, Plume, $15.95, 0452279089
33. The Myth of Laziness
Mel Levine, M.D., S&S, $26, 074321367X
34. Your Baby & Child: From Birth to Age Five
Penelope Leach, Knopf, $20, 0375700005
35. The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy
Edward M. Hallowell, Ballantine, $12.95, 0345442334
36. Father to Son
Harry H. Harrison Jr., Workman, $7.95, 0761118691
37. The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-to-Be
Armin A. Brott, Abbeville, $11.95, 0789205386
38. The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood
Vicki Iovine, Perigee, $13.95, 0399523308
39. Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers
Tracy Hogg, Ballantine, $13.95, 0345440927
40. Einstein Never Used Flash Cards
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D., Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D., Rodale, $22.95, 1579546951
41. Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems
Richard Ferber, M.D., Fireside, $14, 0671620991
42. The Wonder of Girls: Understanding the Hidden Nature of Our Daughters
Michael Gurian, Atria, $14, 0743417038
43. School of Dreams: Making the Grade at a Top American High School
Edward Humes, Harcourt, $25, 0151007039
44. The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived
Lee Carroll, Light Technology, $13.95, 1561706086
45. Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever
Mem Fox, Harvest, $12, 0156010763
46. Mom, Jason's Breathing on Me!: The Solution to Sibling Bickering
Anthony E. Wolf, Ballantine, $12.95, 0345460928
47. Mom's House, Dad's House: A Complete Guide for Parents Who Are Separated, Divorced, or Living Apart
Isolina Ricci, Fireside, $14, 0684830787
48. Grandmother Remembers: A Written Heirloom for My Grandchild
Judith Levy, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, $17.95, 094143432X
49. Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy!: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind
Michael J. Bradley, Ed.D., Harbor, $14.95, 0936197447
50. The No-Cry Sleep Solution
Elizabeth Pantley, McGraw-Hill, $14.95, 0071381392