You need this book!

It's impossible to raise children without this book, so I HOPE you already have it! It explains the importance of reading aloud,in Jim Trelease's inimitable and readable style. In the back of the book is a "Treasury" of hundreds of the best books to read aloud, for children from birth through high school.(Parents and teachers stop reading aloud by middle school, when coincidentally reading achievement plummets.) This book has been invaluable to me as a parent, a teacher, and a librarian, and has steered me to fantastic books I would never have found otherwise.
I bought the first edition when my oldest child, now 26, was two years old, and own all 6 editions, and have used them when teaching, working in a library, and choosing books for my own children. While the fifth and sixth edition are still available from Amazon, earlier editions can be found at used book stores and libraries. Older editions have unique articles and list wonderful books that may now be out of print but can still be located.

Teach your kids to eat healthy

I have been freaking out about a kid at the preschool where I volunteer this summer. Someone brought in ice cream and cake for a treat, and several kids requested cups of water to drink with it. Another child asked for either chocolate milk or Kool-Aid, and said "I don't drink water". That was astounding to me. Bad enough to have ice cream and cake as a preschool snack, but the thought that they would have to be washed down by a sugary drink...
There are a lot of great books around that help to teach kids about nutrition
Eat Healthy, Feel Great by William Sears, is a good one. Despite its emphasis on meat and dairy, which are not essential for a good diet, it does discuss the concept of foods that should not be consumed, or only be consumed occasionally, the idea of green light, yellow light, and red light foods.