Item category 1: Family & Parenting

Taking a broad approach, Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care relates issues of early childhood to the sociology of childhood, philosophy, ethics, political science and other fields and to an analysis of the world we live in today. It places these issues in a global context and dr...

This book will help you understand the benefits for mothers and babies of a normal physiological birth and provide the insights you need to attempt normal birth in our high-intervention era.

In response to rigid workplaces and increasing financial demands on families, small home-based businesses are thriving. An overwhelming percentage of them are driven by work-from-home mums. Starting your own business can be a daunting process - especially when dismotherhood - so how do you build ...

PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY CARE. The most influential birthing book of the last 100 years.--Fit Pregnancy. A brilliant, courageous classic.-- Ina May Gaskin.

Features over 50 nutritious, delicious and easy-to-prepare recipes kids will love. You can give your baby a healthy start in life, step by step in 350 photographs. This book deals with first foods for your baby from 6 to 12 months, with expert advice and over 50 simple-to-follow, nourishing recip...

SPECIAL BOOK TYPES. Who says learning can't be fun? Using the word "educational" can be the quickest way to lose a child's interest. But the games, projects, and experiments in The Everything Kids' Learning Activities Book are so much fun, your kids won't even know they're learning! Not only will...

Babies can be a joy-and hard work. Now, they can also be a 50-in-1 science project kit! This fascinating and hands-on guide shows you how to re-create landmark scientific studies on cognitive, motor, language, and behavioral development-using your own bundle of joy as the research subject. Simple...

Becoming pregnant doesn't mean an end to exercise. Despite old wives' tales and mother-to-be nerves, the medical community is embracing the idea of a fit and healthy pregnancy. Finally pregnant athletes have a book just for them. A running coach and doctor guide women through how to train, what i...

ADVICE ON PARENTING. In response to the enthusiastic reception of her bestselling parenting memoir "French Children Don't Throw Food", Pamela Druckerman now offers 99 helpful, fun and practical tips to bring up your child a la francaise, with tips about feeding (including meal plans and recipes),...

PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY CARE. America's favorite pediatrician, Dr. Harvey Karp, now focuses his unparalleled knowledge, experience, and insight on solving the No.1 concern of parents everywhere: sleep. With The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep, Dr. Karp--arguably the world's foremost parenting ...

In this international bestseller, experts Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish provide effective step by step techniques to help you improve and enrich your relationships with your children. Learn how to: - Break a pattern of arguments - Cope with negative feelings - Engage your child's cooperation - S...

Experts Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish provide effective step by step techniques to help you improve and enrich your relationships with your children. Learn how to: - Break a pattern of arguments - Cope with negative feelings - Engage your child's cooperation - Set clear limits and maintain goodw...

Here is a landmark book that reveals how boys think, showing parents, educators, and coaches how to reach out and help boys overcome their most common yet difficult challenges. Do you constantly struggle to pull information from your son, student, or athlete, only to encounter evasive assurances ...

PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY CARE. Learn how to access the root of feminine energy and power to heal from pregnancy and birth and discover joy within yourself and your family. Building on her insightful first book, "Wild Feminine," Tami Lynn Kent's "Mothering From Your Center" addresses the energetic,...

ADVICE ON PARENTING. Some surprising conclusions about what we think we know about the differences between boys and girls and a few tilts at sacred cows. With practical examples and case studies to help all mothers raising boys there's particular comfort for single mothers worried about the lack ...

From leading Australian nutritionist and weight management expert Melanie McGrice, The Pregnancy Weight Plan provides a wealth of information specific to women trying to conceive or already pregnant. Seventy-four per cent of women gain more weight than the Institute of Medicine guidelines suggest...

Do you ever get nervous before a big test?; Do you get butterflies in your stomach before giving a presentation? Do you ever lose track of papers?; Do you cram to finish long-term assignments at the last minute? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, this book is for you! School Made Ea...

Every year, tens of thousands of young children are diagnosed with disorders that make it difficult for them to absorb the external world. Parents of sensory kids, like those with sensory processing disorder, anxiety disorder, ADD/ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder, and OCD, often feel frustrated and...

CHILD CARE & UPBRINGING. AUSTRALIAN. Few books have stayed in the news as much as Steve Biddulph's million-copy seller RAISING BOYS. It has changed how we parent sons. Steve has updated RAISING BOYS dramatically throughout its life, and this new edition is no exception.

Steve Biddulph's Raising Boys was a global phenomenon. The first book in a generation to look at boys' specific needs, parents loved its clarity and warm insights into their sons' inner world. But today, things have changed. It's girls that are in trouble. There has been a sudden and universal de...

Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators know...

ADVICE ON PARENTING. A completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling "Super Baby Food"! Parents know that you get only one shot to feed your baby right and Ruth Yaron has been helping parents get it right for over 15 years. Ruth's book, "Super Baby Food", is affectionately referred t...

As children grow up, we need to provide them with tools and methods to ensure that they are the best human beings that they can be. This book provides parents with strategies and ideas on how to ensure children take responsibility for their actions and are able to understand appropriate behaviour...

Provides caregivers with simple techniques to assist a child with speech difficulties to improve their communication. For children with delayed or ineffective speech due to autism, Down syndrome, cleft lip/palate, childhood apraxia of speech, hearing loss or other conditions affecting speech. De...

ADVICE ON PARENTING. What do we already know about kids? ALL kids are naturally curious. ALL kids want attention. When we make time to Show, Ask, or Teach kids something, we help kids in two very important ways: -We help them grow smarter. Consequently, they will know more and want to know more. ...

Covers everything you need to know about introducing your baby to solids and ensuring healthy eating habits into the toddler years. Filled with quick and easy Thermomix recipes, from simple purees to family meals that can be served from the time of starting solids, this book will help your child ...

Reněe Elliott's passion is promoting health in the community. That's why she started Planet Organic and that's why she writes recipe books. In this book, she shows you how to start from scratch. The moment your baby shows signs that he or she is ready to start eating solids, Reněe shows you how...

ADVICE ON PARENTING. It is easy in our fast-paced, competitive, consumer driven world to forget that children are not mini adults,projects to be managed or problems to be solved. This common-sense guide to parenting and caring for children under eight, reminds us that a child's development canno...