Book reviewed in this article:Diseases of Children5th edn by Hugh Jolly&Malcolm I. Levene.Guide to Care and Related Proceedingsby Mary Ryan.The New Genetics and Ctinicat Practiceby D. J. Weatherall.Recent Advances in Perinatal Medicineby Malcolm Chiswick.Growth Disorders in Infants, Children, and Adolescentsby Marvin L. Rallison.Dyslexia: What Parents Ought to Knowby Vera Quin&Alan Macauslan.Hypoglycaemia in Infancy and Childhoodedited by A. Aynsley‐Green&G. Soltesz.Group Care Practice with Childrenedited by L. C. Fulcher&F. Ainswort