30 Children’s Books About Breastfeeding to Read with Your Nursling

16. We Like to Nurse by Chia Martin (paperback)

Brilliantly illustrated, this book celebrates the wonder of breastfeeding in humans and animals. A lovely book for young children and mothers. Bilingual English/Spanish version here.

17. We Like to Nurse Too by Mary Young

This picture book focuses attention on our kinship with all mammals, using simple text and delightful full-color illustrations of animal mothers naturally feeding their babies. The illustrations and text highlight sea mammals living in the oceans of our shared planet home. Children learn about the nursing habits of animals they love from all parts of the world – porpoises, dolphins, sea lions, orca whales and others. The book is another celebration of the mother-infant bond that is naturally established through nursing. But more, this new book takes a stand for the health of the environment, honoring the Earth and all her creatures. (Bilingual English/Spanish version here.)

18. What Baby Needs by William Sears, Martha Sears, and Christie Watts Kelly

When a family brings a new baby home, there are many changes. Older siblings may find it hard to understand the needs of the new baby, as well as the demands placed on mom and dad. Based on the attachment-parenting theories of the foremost authorities on parenting and childcare, William Sears, M.D., and Martha Sears, R.N., this book clearly explains baby’s needs. The text emphasizes how siblings can be helpers to both baby and parents, while forging their own relationships with “their baby,” and outlines the positive aspects of being an older girl or boy. Here is a warm, insightful book that will help the whole family joyously and lovingly welcome the newest member into their lives.

19. Eat Baby, Healthy by Dr. John Hutton

We share good things for nine months long, so I meet you healthy and strong. Feed me after I am born, skin to skin, safe and warm . . . Written by a pediatrician, Eat Baby, Healthy is a soft, rhyming story from a baby’s point of view that celebrates the health and emotional benefits of prenatal nutrition and breastfeeding.

20. That’s Not My Momma’s Milk by Julia Barcalow

That’s Not My Momma’s Milk is a vegan children’s board book for the youngest of readers. Through simple, repetitive language, and beautiful illustrations, children are introduced to various animals nursing their young. This book teaches compassion for all living beings and shows the unmistakable bond that all mommas have with their young. A wonderful book that helps families teach children that a momma’s milk is meant for her baby.

21. I’m Made of Mama’s Milk by Mary Olsen

In simple rhyming verse, a blissful and contented nursling describes her love for nursing, how breast feeding benefits her, and when, where and how she nurses her mother. Colorful and dreamy soft-focus images realistically depict the joyful and sensual bond between the mother and child as well as the support and adoration of the father.

22. Mommy Breastfeeds My Baby Brother by Mark Repkin

While Jenna’s new baby brother is being breastfed, she learns the importance of nursing and looks forward to her own time with Mom and Dad and her special Feeding Time Toys.

23. Breastmilk Makes My Tummy Yummy by Cecilia Moen

A picture book for children celebrating the joys of breastfeeding. The color illustrations show breastfeeding scenes parents and children will recognize with a smile.

There is so much to find out when a baby is born! What does it smell like, and when will it walk? When does it sleep, and what does it like to eat? A new addition to any family is exciting, but the experience can also be worrying and confusing for siblings. Coping with the new situations and emotions that arise can be very challenging. The simple conversational text and lively illustrations are carefully designed to encourage further dialogue between reader and child.

25. Best Milk by Kate Carothers

Thoughtfully written from a child’s perspective, this softcover picture book normalizes breastfeeding and facilitates conversation without awkwardness. Colorful and captivating illustrations demonstrate ways breastfeeding can be convenient in everyday life and provides reputable breastfeeding resources.

26. My Mama’s Milk by Kawani AJ Brown

My Mama’s Milk highlights the mother and child breastfeeding relationship and explores how each mammal makes milk specifically for their babies.

27. Mama, Who Drinks Milk Like Me? by Melissa Panter

Mama, Who Drinks Milk Like Me? is a bright and colorful children’s book that supports breastfeeding. It is a perfect addition to a young child’s book collection. This book is informative and applicable for mothers and children no matter where they are on their breastfeeding journey. At the same time, it also gently introduces nursing children to the idea of weaning, while relating this stage to developmental stages and the mother/child unit’s choice, rather than a number defined by a societal timetable. Nine mama/baby mammal pairs (not including the human mother and child) are pictured in bold illustrations, including bats, whales and hedgehogs.

28. Mama’s Milk / Mama’s Leche by Michelle Hackney

A bilingual children’s picture book, Mama’s Leche is uniquely told from the infant’s perspective. Soft, tender illustrations depict baby looking into Mama’s eyes, feeling nurtured and protected. The gentle and playful text helps to remind children of these profound feelings. Mama’s Leche encourages and celebrates the mother-infant bond that is naturally established through nursing.

29. The Wonders of Mother’s Milk by Mishawn Purnell-O’Neal

Colorful and diverse images enhance this introduction to breastfeeding.

30. Near Mama’s Heart by Colleen Newman

Near Mama’s Heart is a gentle and loving book with real pictures of nursing babies and their families. The heart-warming verse and exceptional photography flawlessly display the beauty and importance of breastfeeding.

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