Dr. Robert Needlman is a leading pediatrician, professor, and author. He is the cofounder of the Reach Out and Read literacy program, which now help millions of children to grow up loving books (learn more at ReachOutAndRead.org), and is a widely featured speaker on early learning, literacy, and developmental-behavioral pediatrics. In addition to being the revising co-author of "Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care", 8th and 9th editions, he is the author of "Dr. Spock's Baby Basics" and writes for DrSpock.com.