One thing that you'll find at every gathering is our Mother Trees Lending Library that features some of our favorite books on motherhood, parenting, child development, and more. You can see our current list below. We love supporting independent book sellers (like Next Chapter Books!) and we love creating networks of mutual aid and resource sharing. So, if you'd like to borrow one of these books, please come see us at a future gathering, or email us at mothertrees313@gmail.com. Of course, if you have a book that you think is top notch that you'd like to recommend or donate to the Lending Library, please contact us for that too!
The Blue Jay's Dance: A Memoir of Early Motherhood by Louise Erdrich
BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity by Ruth Whippman
Bringing up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman
Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change by Angela Garbes
Homing Instincts: Early Motherhood on a Midwestern Farm by Sarah Menkedick
How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
Matrescence: On Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood by Lucy Jones
Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution by Adrienne Rich
Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Fields
Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne, M. Ed.
When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others by Elissa Strauss
The Power of Showing Up by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson PhD.
The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson PhD.