It’s the season of school supplies and new shoes for most kids, which is why it’s also an excellent time for parents to go “back to school” with a great book about parenting.

For parents or even future parents, we are excited to share these four titles that can help you feel prepared and ready for this season of your life.

*What About Us? Safeguard Your Over-Anxious, Over-Extended, Sleep-Deprived Relationship*

By Karen Kleiman, Illustrated by Molly McIntyre
Published by Familius (11/1/2021)
**World Rights Available**

This guidebook of essays, comics, and journal prompts can guide you and your partner through the many different, and exhausting, tests of being a couple with a new baby. With a goal of opening up communication and tapping into your strength as a couple, this demanding phase of life can become that much easier.

Most parents know that they can expect sleep deprivation and disagreements, but they may not put in the time to read, reflect, and work through these obstacles. What About Us? aims to help prepare and protect relationships with wisdom and encouragement.

*Parent Goals: The Millennial’s Guide to New Parent Preparedness*

By Lindsay C.M. Garrett
Published by Wonderwell (11/16/2021)
**World Rights Available**

Am I ready to have a baby? This book starts at the very beginning with a new approach to questions that many parenting books leave untouched: including emotional readiness, attachment theory, and determining your values as a parent.

Child welfare and adoption specialist author Lindsay Garrett ensures that Parent Goals is up-to-date with the Millennial, modern approach to parenting. Topics such as co-parenting and an equitable division of labor are incorporated in this down-to-earth title for the planning Millennial.

*Born to Read: Our First Five Years in Books*

By L.J. Tracosas
Published by Girl Friday Books
**World Rights Available**

This keepsake memory book will help you and your child broaden their reading list and create memories together all while helping them develop language skills and imagination. Keep track of milestones, dive into their particular interests, and get to know your child as a unique reader,

Born to Read would make a wonderful gift for kids and parents who can revisit this journal as they grow: by reading one book a day for the first five years, it’s possible for a child to log almost two thousand books before kindergarten! That journey can start here, with Born to Read.

*Flooded: A Brain-Based Guide to Help Children Regulate Emotions*

By Allison Edwards
Published by the National Center for Youth Issues
**World Rights Available**

The Flood Zone describes a moment when the brain perceives danger and reacts with a flight, fight, or freeze. For children, this Flood Zone can create behavioral changes that can be difficult to control or regulate.

Counselor and bestselling author Allison Edwards shares how to identify the Flood Zone, and how children and teens (even adults!) can learn to regulate their emotions and build up emotional awareness. Managing these can aid in response to stressful circumstances, and provide helpful strategies for managing feelings.

We hope you will enjoy these new and upcoming titles through the new school season and beyond!