Reviews several books on child care, health and development. "A Pocket Book of Social and Community Paediatrics," by Jo Sibert; "Congenital, Perinatal & Neonatal Infections," edited by Anne Greenough, John Osborne and Sheena Sutherland; "Clinical Pragmatics: Unravelling the Complexities of Commucative Failure," by Benita Rae Smith and Eeva Leinonen.