Bruce Lansky Books

Like everyone, you want your special baby to have a special, meaningful name. Bruce Lansky, North America's foremost expert on baby names, will help you keep several things in mind as you choose one. For example, when people talk about baby names, what's the first question they ask? Boy or girl? But there are lots of genderneutral names (such as Avery, Jordan, Loren and Tracy) and lots of others that have a "male" and "female" spelling (Billie/Billy, Dani/Danny, Lani/Lanny, Terri/Terry). Besides offering a lengthy list of these names, Lansky also discusses the two attitudes towards names and gender. Some parents feel a unisex name allows them to pick a name with certainty, even before the baby's sex is known. They also appreciate the lack of traditional sex-role stereotyping associated with those names. But others argue that a child shouldn't need to explain which sex he or she is, and that boys especially may feel threatened or insulted if they're presumed to be girls.

Over 13,001 girls' and boys' names. Complete with meanings, origins and nicknames. Fascinating facts about names. The 200 most popular names.

The most complete, helpful, up-to-date and fun-to-read name book just got better!

A collection of humorous retellings of classic nursery rhymes by contemporary children's authors.

This book replaces 45,000+ Baby Names. We've added 10,000 more names. It now includes 4,000+ Hispanic names. It includes icons to identify names used for both boys and girls. And it now includes the top 100 boys and girls names according to the latest Social Security data. Amazingly, we've kept the price at $6.95. That's a bargain.

This complete baby naming resource includes more names and more helpful features than any other book on the market: - Over 100,000 baby names and their meanings, derivations and famous namesakes - 5,000 Hispanic names. - Icons to identify names used for both genders, and to indicate whether they're used evenly, more for boys, or more for girls. - Updated lists ranking the 100 most popular names for boys and girls in 2004 - Top-hundred ranked names are starred in the main text of the book. - A new introductory chapter by Bruce Lansky: "How to Pick A Name for Your Baby" - 300 helpful lists of names to consider, including famous authors, actors, athletes, artists, scientists as well as lists of names that convey an image: attractive, smart, competent, friendly, wimpy, etc.

If you've ever considered playing sick, had a hard time getting started on your homework, thought your teacher was on your case, or wondered how many days were left until summer vacation, this collection of funny school poems is for you. Homework Would Be Fun... If Your Teacher Assigned This Book as Required Reading -- If you've ever considered playing sick, had a hard time getting started on your homework, thought your teacher was on your case, or wondered how many days were left until summer vacation, this collection of funny school poems is for you. Bruce Lansky has written five new poems for this book and selected nineteen others from some of his favorite poets, including Kenn Nesbitt, Ted Scheu, and Robert Pottle.

Age Happens includes over 200 hilarious quotes about aging from pop culture icons such as Ellen DeGeneres, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, and many, many more. Cartoon illustrations accompany the witty quotes that poke fun at the symptoms of aging.

A sample of over 100,000 parents were surveyed to determine the most common stereotypes people had about the 1700 most popular names for babies. This baby name book provides information on what people's prejudices, images and first impressions of your baby's name are.

Betcha laugh!This is one of the most popular collections of funny poetry for kids ever published. It's a classic because it's the first collection of poems selected by kids! It includes clever creations from some of the most popular names in children's poetry, including Bill Dodds, Timothy Tocher, Joyce Armor, Robert Pottle, Bruce Lansky, and Kenn Nesbitt. Humorous illustrations by Stephen Carpenter make this book even better.