La Leche League Oxford

Group Library

La Leche League Oxford offers use of a lending library with many books on childbirth, breastfeeding, parenting and related topics. Use of the library is free to LLL members. For non-members we request a donation of £1/book. Or if you would rather keep your favourite books visit the LLLGB book store.

Pregnancy and Birth

The Pregnancy Book, William & Martha Sears
Birthrights, Sally Inch
Birth Reborn, Michel Odent
A child is born, Lennart Nilsson
Active Birth, Janet Balaskas
The Active Birth Partner's Handbook, Janet Balaskas
Home Birth, Nicky Wesson
Birth Without Violence, Frederick Leboyer
The Birth Book, William & Martha Sears
Ina May's guide to childbirth, Ina May Gaskin
Homebirth & other alternatives to hospital by Sheila Kitzinger
New Active Birth, Janet Balaskas

Breastfeeding – general

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by LLLI
Breast is Best, Andrew and Penny Stanway
Bestfeeding: getting breastfeeding right for you, Renfew, Fisher and Arms
The Nursing Mother's Companion, Kathleen Huggins
So, That's What They're For!, Janet Tamaro

Toddler breastfeeding/weaning

How weaning happens, Diane Bengson
Adventures in Tandem Nursing, Hilary Flower
Mothering Your Nursing Toddler, Norma Jane Bumgarner

Breastfeeding – special circumstances

Mothering Multiples, Karen Kerkoff Gromada
Breastfeeding Special Care Babies, Sandra Lang
Breastfeeding Your Premature Baby, Gwen Gotsch
Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery, Diana West

Sleep

Nighttime Parenting, William Sears
The No-cry sleep solution, Elizabeth Pantley
The No-cry sleep solution for toddlers and preschoolers, Elizabeth Pantley
Good Nights, Jay Gordon & Maria Goodavage

Working and Breastfeeding

Hirkani's Daughters: women who scale modern mountains to combine breastfeeding and working. Ed. J. Hicks
Of Cradles and Careers, Kaye Lowman
Nursing Mother, Working Mother, Gale Pryor
The working woman's guide to breastfeeding, Anne Price & Nancy Dana

Motherhood

The Hidden Feelings of Motherhood, Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett
The year after childbirth, Sheila Kitzinger

Politics, sociology, anthropology of breastfeeding etc.

The politics of breastfeeding, Gabrielle Palmer
The Milk of Human Kindness, Solveig Francis et al
The Continuum Concept, Jean Liedloff
Our Babies, Ourselves, Meredith Small

Loving Guidance/ family communication etc.

Liberated Parents, Liberated Children, Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk, Faber & Mazlish
Siblings Without Rivalry, Faber & Mazlish
Nonviolent Communication, Marshall B. Roserberg
Parenting From Your Heart, Inbal Kashtan
Without Spanking or Spoiling, Elizabeth Crary
The Discipline book, William Sears
Little Angels. William Sears
Adventures in Gentle Discipline, Hilary Flower
Raising Your Spirited Child, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Family life – general

The Baby Book, William Sears
The Fussy Baby, William Sears
Do not disturb, Deborah Jackson
Fatherwise - 101 Tips for a new father, Alice Bolster
Attachment Parenting, Katie Allison Granju
Everyday Blessings, The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting, Myla & Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Tightwad Gazette I, Amy Dacyczyn
TheTightwad Gazette II, Amy Dacyczyn
Don't sweat the small stuff with your family, Richard Carlson
Busy But Balanced, Mimi Doe
Raising a Family, Jeanne & Don Elium
Nurture by Nature. Understand Your child's personality type & become a better parent, Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger

Nutrition

Eat Well, lose weight while breastfeeding, Eileen Behan
My Child Won't eat!, Carlos Gonzales

Books for children

Michele the Nursing Toddler, Jane M. Pinczuk
Breastmilk makes my tummy yummy, Cecilia Moen
You were born on your very first Birthday, Linda Walvoord Girard
The Biggest Bed in the World, Lindsay Camp
We like to Nurse, Chia Martin