Olds, Sally Wendkos

Sally Wendkos Olds has written extensively about child development, family life, human relationships, and health, and has won national awards for her book and magazine writing. She is the author or coauthor of eleven books and more than 200 articles that have appeared in major national magazines.

Her first book, The Complete Book of Breastfeeding, first published in 1972, has been revised three times, most recently in 2010 for its fourth edition, and is now a classic in the field, having sold about two million copies. Her college textbooks A Child's World and Human Development (coau...