Not only is Dr. Friedman a practicing pychotherapist, she is also a twin and has twins herself.   Drawing on her unique experience, Dr. Friedman outlines seven key concepts for helping twins develop into self-realized, unique individuals and offers parents specific strategies for each stage in their children’s growth covering young and older twins.  She also offers suggestions for fathers of twins and explains how fathering twins is different from fathering a singleton.

Joan A. Friedman, Ph.D., author of Emotionally Healthy Twins

Read Joan Friedman, Ph.D.’s Author Interview
 

Get to know Dr. Le-Bucklin by reading her author interview on our site.

Twins 101 by Khanh-Van Le-Bucklin, M.D. - Pediatrician and mom of twins.

To read more about her book or to purchase your copy, visit the Twins 101 page on our website.

During the ice storm in December when we lost our power (and heat) for 2 days, Audrey wore her hat non-stop.  It gave her warmth and a sense of safety during this stressful time.  Even when the power was restored, she refused to take it off except for sleeping and bathing.  For three months, she wore her Dora hat inside and outside, it didn’t matter. 

Finally, in March I thought maybe the twins would like to watch Dora’s show.  Well, all it took was for them to watch one show to be completely hooked on Dora.  And, to my wonderful surprise Dora has younger twin siblings! 

So, in honor of the enjoyment that Dora gives my twins (and the comfort she provided during our power outage), this month is Dora the Explorer month at Double Up Books.  You’ll find below just some of the books that we carry that feature Dora and her twins. 

Oh, and before I forget, I thought you’d like to see a picture of Audrey’s dora hat! 

Dora the Explorer Hat - The Hat That Started It All!

Big Sister Dora! Super Babies!

Meet the Twins!

Super Babies!

It’s going to be an exciting “book group” because it won’t be a typical book group where we pick a book of the month that we all read and discuss.  Instead it is an open forum group where you can post messages and comments about your favorite books related to twin pregnancy, raising twins, and children’s books for twins.

As founder of Double Up Books, I always get asked the question “what are your favorite books about twins?” and while I love discussing which books are my favorites (which I will freely discuss on our group boards), this book group is really about what YOUR favorite and not so favorite books are.  We’ll all learn from each other which books are the most helpful for being pregnant with and raising twins.

To join, just sign up for an online Twin-Pregnancy-and-Beyond’s community account.  It’s free of charge and you’ll get to meet other moms (and dads too) of twins.  Then, click over to groups to join and post which books are your favorites.  It’s that easy. Check back in as often as you’d like to get more book recommendations or hear about the latest books. 

Can’t wait to see you there!