Book reviewed in this article:Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Careby Henry L. Halliday, Garth McClure&Mark Reid.The Hyperactive Child: A Parents' Guideby Eric Taylor.Children's Single‐Word Speechedited by Martyn D. Barrett.Optic Fundus Signs of Developmental and Neurological Disorders in Children. A Manual For Cliniciansby Lois J. Martyn, Anthony J. Pileggi&Henry W. Baird.The Skin and Systemic Disease in Childrenby Sidney Hurwitz.Genetic Biochemical Disordersby Philip F. Benson&Anthony H. FensomChildhood Hearing Impairmentby D. Robert Shea&Andree Durieux‐SmithGenetic and Metabolic Disease in Pediatricsby J. K. Lloyd&C. R. Scri