Item category 1: Family & Parenting

ADVICE ON PARENTING. Naps are important to a child's mood, well-being, and development. "The No-Cry Nap Solution" offers you a proven formula to allow your baby, toddler, or preschooler to get daily restorative rest. You'll learn gentle, loving, tear-free techniques, developed by world-renowned p...

From the author of the nation's most popular blog on parenting gifted children, comes the definitive how-to handbook for parents, Raising a Gifted Child: A Parenting Success Handbook. Raising gifted children isn't easy, but when armed with the practical knowledge and tools in this exciting book, ...

CHILD CARE & UPBRINGING. AUSTRALIAN. Babies have the ability to interpret and understand what you are saying long before their vocal chords are developed enough to form words. Sign language lets them know from an early age they are understood and loved.

Provides routines specifically designed to be practiced at the various stages of pregnancy with safe and effective workouts for both the pre and post natal periods.

This revised edition of the award-winning 1-2-3 Magic program addresses the difficult task of child discipline with humor, keen insight, and proven experience. The technique offers a foolproof method of disciplining children ages two through 12 without arguing, yelling, or spanking. By means of t...

OPEN LEARNING & DISTANCE EDUCATION. Homeschooling isn't about teaching, it's about learning together with your child. In this indispensible guide, author and homeschooler Sherri Linsenbach provides you with the encouragement, inspiration, and ideas you need to explore this option for your family....

A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.' Eda J LeShan. With over 25,000 names, 'Baby Love: Find My Name' will help you uncover your baby's secret identity and find the perfect name to introduce them to the world. Gorgeously illustrated by acclaimed...

PERSONAL NAMES. Prospective parents will find lists of every different kind of name, from the uber-cool but often bizarre names chosen by celebrities, to those with deeply religious and spiritual meanings. Karen Savage approaches the subject with humour and encourages parents to do the same, maki...

In today's world, girls are facing myriad friendship issues, including bulling and cliques. As a parent, you are likely wondering how to guide your daughter through these situations effectively. 'Little Girls Can Be Mean' is the first book to tackle the unique social struggles of elementary-aged ...

The author shares her extensive experience of over 30 years with adolescents to show that with better support today's adolescents can flourish and conquer our chaotic world no matter what.

So That's Where I Came From makes explaining the difficult facts of life easy. The book is designed for parents and children to read together, opening up communication on this important topic. With accurate, up-to-date information and illustrations, this book is an essential tool in helping adult...

PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY CARE. Provides practical and reassuring advice on all aspects of pregnancy and early parenthood, from the antenatal care you'll need and emotional considerations, to how to look after your newborn and your body after the birth. Written by a team of experts, doctors, midwiv...

FAMILY & HEALTH. Jonathan and Polly Tommey's eldest son, Billy, was diagnosed with severe autism at the age of two. Today, Billy is a high-functioning teenager - thanks to the determination of his parents to discover as much as possible about autism, its causes and potential treatments. They show...

Provide food for breakfast, fill the children's lunchboxes, stock the fridge with after-school snacks, cook everyone's supper day in, day out... every week. Weekends mean more shopping, cooking, baking - and there are always teenagers, hungry partners and friends who might want a snack. Ready-mea...

All expecting mothers have an innate capacity to give birth safely and naturally, but it's easy to be distracted by stories of traumatic births and a deep anxiety that you won't be in control. Experienced doula and Active Birth Associate, Nicole Croft, takes the fear out of labour and birth in th...

ADVICE ON PARENTING. This book is written by experienced midwife and Lactation Consultant, Jo Gilpin. It brings refreshing, easy to read, evidence based information about breastfeeding for mothers and their babies, and covers many aspects that impact on breastfeeding success in baby's first year....

Bringing a new baby home can be one of the most intimidating experiences of our lives and can fill us with self-doubt. But in order to nurture our child, says parenting expert Pinky McKay, we must maintain our own sense of worth. Bonding with our baby and learning to trust our maternal/paternal i...

SEPARATION & DIVORCE. Divorce has devastating effects on children. Yet for divorcing parents who carefully consider and manage the intricacies associated with this difficult time, both parents, as seen from the child s perspective, can remain as loving and supportive as they ever were. Parenting ...

Ever wondered what actually happens in primary schools? Or simply which school to choose? This 'must have guide for parents' is what you need to know about primary education with advice on ways to prepare your child for primary school. Also discover what schools and teachers aren't telling you. T...

Managing the behaviour of young children can be a real challenge, and this book provides you with 100 tried and tested ideas for the long, medium and short term. It tells you how to select and adopt the right approach, how to analyse, reflect on, and modify your own practice to ensure that you ar...

This delightful 'dip in' book helps parents who want to give their baby the best start in life. It helps them pick the right type of board and picture books to enhance their baby's reading, writing and numeracy skills. It shows them how to develop these skills using imaginative play with lots of ...

Give your children an edge in the classroom with a bind-up edition of these two best-selling titles! Popular Australian author and inspirational teacher Bill Handley has developed and refined methods of teaching maths that have achieved amazing results, as seen on television's A Current Affair. ...

DISABILITY: SOCIAL ASPECTS. Leaving home and moving to college or university can be a daunting experience. In this easy-to-use book, Rosemary Martin provides guidelines and invaluable advice for every student on the Autism Spectrum as he or she thinks about, and plans for, entry into student life...

ADVICE ON PARENTING. As a parent you know that your 'child' is not just another teenager, struggling to grow up. She is your daughter. That in itself makes her the most unique and important teenager in the world. But when your sweet little girl suddenly stops talking, won't do anything you te...

Anthony Macris and his wife were late starters as parents, but when their son Alex was born they were, for an all too brief period, the happiest of families. Until autism descended, in a swift and brutal wave, sweeping away the child they knew and leaving them to watch helplessly as his mind disi...

Based on the premise that it takes 21 days to break a habit and an extra seven days to reinforce the new habit (to tame your temper), this book will progressively teach you to understand the thinking behind your anger and frustrations, and you will learn how to adopt a different mindset when appr...

ADOLESCENT CHILDREN. Socially, mentally, and spiritually teenagers face a variety of pressures and stresses each day. Despite these peer pressures; it is still parents who can influence teens the most. Are you equipped to love your teenager effectively? Dr. Gary Chapman is here to help, with a sp...

PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY CARE. "Baby-led Breastfeeding" is different from most other breastfeeding books. It reveals what babies instinctively know about how to 'do' breastfeeding, and why following their lead makes for a more successful and fulfilling feeding relationship. Understanding your baby...

"Forget selfish, ambitious, uncaring and tough. This book is about longing and loss, grief and resilience. The author delves beneath the childless woman's armour, finding more often a sadness that is seldom shared - a silent longing for the intangible presence of a child that never was and never ...