My Books
Books I have written, co-authored, or edited:
The Daring Book For Girls
by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz
(HarperCollins, 2007)
A New York Times and international bestseller with over a million copies sold, The Daring Book For Girls is the perfect book for any girl with an eye for adventure and a nose for trouble. The Daring Book For Girls features a checklist of essentials for braving any adventure (including patience!); Five powerhouse karate moves and the ultimate yoga routine: the sun salutation; Cool tricks—with a basketball and with math calculations; Three classic silly pranks and a primer for telling scary ghost stories; Tips for mastering two twists on jumping rope: Chinese and Double Dutch; Inspiration and guidelines for cultivating a secret garden; Profiles of queens of the ancient world and today’s real-life princesses; How to paddle a canoe, perfect a cartwheel, and negotiate a salary; Staples for every girl’s toolbox and blueprints for making a handlebar scooter; Twenty books every girl should read, for pleasure and life-changing potential — and so much more! Find out more about the book here.
It’s a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters
Edited by Andrea J. Buchanan (Seal Press, 2006)
Myself and contributors (including Joyce Maynard, Katharine Weber, and Catherine Newman) on everything from “princess power” (”Shining, Shimmering, Splendid”), adding a girl to a brood of boys (”Confessions of a Tomboy Mom”), and dealing with a daughter’s eating disorder (”The Food Rules”). More about the book.
It’s a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons
Edited by Andrea J. Buchanan (Seal Press, 2005)
Myself and contributors (including Jodi Picoult and Marion Winik, among others) on everything from aggression (”The Bully’s Mother”) to mothering a teenaged boy (”Shapeshifter”) to wishing for a daughter but getting a son (”Breaking the Curse”). More about the book.
Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined
Edited by Andrea J. Buchanan and Amy Hudock (Seal Press, 2006)
Featuring the best writing from the online literary magazine LiteraryMama.com, devoted to excellent fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and more by mother-writers. More about the book.
Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of It
By Andrea J. Buchanan (Seal Press, 2003)
My first book, a collection of essays about the culture shock of new motherhood. More about the book.
Anthologies to which I’ve contributed:
About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and hope
Edited by Jessica Berger Gross (Plume, 2006)
I expanded and rewrote the chapter “Misconceptions,” from Mother Shock, for this collection.
The Imperfect Mom: Candid Confessions of Mothers Living in the Real World
Edited by Therese J. Borchard (Broadway, 2006)
I contributed a piece called “Dirty Laundry Saved My Baby’s Life,” about how a pile of dirty clothes saved Nate from a fall off the changing table.
Your Children Will Raise You: The Joys, Challenges, and Life Lessons of Motherhood
Edited by Eden Steinberg (Trumpeter, 2005)
This book excerpts two chapters from Mother Shock.
Breeder: Real-Life Tales from the New Generation of Mothers
Edited by Ariel Gore and Bee Lavender (Seal Press, 2001)
My piece in this collection is titled “The Piano Tuner.”