1. Baby Whales Drink Milk, by Esbensen, Barbara Juster. Full color illustrations by Lambert Davis. 32 pages. Harper Collins, 1994.

A "Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science" book about humpback whales, emphasizing that whales are mammals and feed their babies milk. "Humans are mammals. Cats, dogs, horses and pigs are mammals too. They all feed their babies milk that comes from their bodies." Shows a human mother holding but not breastfeeding her baby

2. Baby's Day, by Sarah Pooley. Published by Peter Bedrick Books in New York.

It shows various things the baby does through the day with simple words under each picture. On the last page, as the baby is getting ready for bed, the child is nursed with "milk" written under the picture. There are not bottles or pacifiers in this book. The child does drink out of a sippy cup at meals (typical of an older baby).

3. Contemplating Your Bellybutton, by Jun Nanao. Kane/Miller.

Breastfeeding is portrayed as a natural part of a baby's life.

4. Daniel's Dog, by Jo Ellen Bogart. Scholastic Canada.

Breastfeeding mother pictured in the course of the story.

5. Feeding Babies, by Chiyoko Nakatani. Full-color illus. 24 pp., Puffin Books.

A collection of small babies feeding, e.g., a giraffe, hippo, etc., ending with a human baby breastfeeding.

6. Francois Crozat, Barron's Educational Series, 1995-1997

• I am a little Dog
• I am a little Elephant
• I Am a Little Giraffe
• I Am a Little Hedgehog
• I Am a Little Kangaroo
• I Am a Little Pig
• I Am a Little Whale

The books in this series are narrated by the baby animal, and all make mention of nursing at least once. In I Am a Little Pig, the mommy pig has more babies than nipples, and the baby pig that tells the story is bottle-fed by the farmer's daughter, while all its siblings nurse. The baby elephant says that mommy's milk "is so good, and it keeps me healthy."

7. Mommy Breastfeeds our Baby, Teresa Carroll. Full color illus. by Linda Gray. 22 pp. NuBaby, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1993.

"Helps children to understand breastfeeding as a natural and special way to feed the new baby." (LLL).

8. Over the Green Hills, Rachel Isadora, Greenwillow Books, 1992.

Set in South Africa. Nursing is incidental to story--younger sister is fed several times during story. Good example of baby weaning (toddler) and extended nursing.

9. The Pirate Queen, by Emily Arnorld McNully.

This is a book for older children or read-aloud book, with a wonderful illustration of a nursing mother.

10. A Teeny Tiny Baby, by Amy Schwartz. Full-color illus. by the author. 32 pp. Orchard Books, 1994.

It's "told by" the newborn ("I am a teeny tiny baby. Mom and Dad cater to my every need.") and one sequence shows the mother nursing in many different locations in the house, ending up with a scene of her nursing in the middle of the night with all the lights off but where she is.

11. We Have A Baby, by Cathryn Falwell. Full-color illus. by the author. Clarion Books, 1993.

Shows a family with a new baby in a very nurturing way. Each page is "a baby to xxx" (hold, bathe, love, feed, etc.)--the "feed" page shows the mom nursing the baby while snuggling with the older child.

12. We Like to Nurse, by Chia Martin. Full-color illus. by Shukyo Lin Rainey. 30 pp. Hohm Press, 1995.

"Presents breastfeeding as a natural part of life for many different kinds of animals" (LLL).