Item category 1: Family & Parenting

"Our story is a story that's happening right now, to other families in systems around the world. To those families, I want to say: I see you, and I want shine a light on your experiences so you know you are not alone." In this heart-warming and supportive book, Eliza Fricker lifts parents of neur...

If weaning is new for you, The First Foods Book is packed full of helpful hints and advice from experts, tasty tips from real parents, handy meal planners and lots more. Covering every step of the weaning journey, from six months to a year, no matter what your approach, from pea-fect purees to ba...

The Midwife Mumma brings you a must-have guide to the first twelve weeks after your baby is born. After all the build-up and focus on pregnancy and birth, the fourth trimester is often swept aside. But as every new mum knows, the first twelve weeks after birth are possibly the most challenging an...

The stock market is a place where buyers and sellers trade stocks, index funds, bonds, and other financial products. Put another way, the stock market is similar to being at a street market. However, instead of buying and selling stuff at a market, you buy and sell stocks, which represents part o...

Parenting can be hard. Parenting a neurodivergent child in a neurotypical world can be even harder. But know you are not alone - all the reassurance, guidance and support you need is right here. Sarah Hayden, social worker, mother and neurodivergent human herself, helps you unlearn everything you...

Peaceful Montessori Parenting is an accessible introduction to Montessori play-based learning at home, including both an introduction to the principles of Montessori education with an emphasis on home-based application as well as simple, budget-friendly projects and activities for hands-on engage...

Every child is born a physical, emotional and spiritual being. As parents and caregivers, it is our role to nurture these qualities and help young people mature into confident embodied adults and responsible custodians of our communities, economies and the Earth. But as the scaffolding of the old...

In the age of high-pressure parenting, when so many of us we feel like we've got to get everything exactly right the first time, Dr. Aliza Pressman is the compassionate, reassuring expert we all need. Dr. Pressman distills it all with a handful of strategies every parent can use to get things rig...

Head, shoulders, knees, and... penises! All About Penises is a book that embraces body diversity, reassures kids, and provides caregivers easy ways to answer the common questions that children have. Additional guidance for parents and caregivers includes more information on being an askable paren...

From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the earl...

The A-Z of Primary Maths is a compendium of great ideas for teaching mathematics, organised around the 26 letters of the English alphabet. 'Maths foundations must be built in our primary schools. We need to create space for children to play with numbers, to explore patterns, to solve problems, an...

Forget about making a separate meal for your baby, the simple recipes in this book are family favourites that everyone can enjoy. Featuring highly nutritional easy meals and snacks, many of the recipes in this book can be made in 20 minutes or less to make that end of day rush a little easier for...

When a physical wound is left unhealed, it continues to cause pain and can infect the whole body. When emotions are left unhealed, they similarly cause harm that spreads to other parts of our lives. This is intergenerational trauma. It can lead us to become people-pleasers, co-dependent in relati...

Based on the principles of attachment theory, this guide to raising shared custody children focuses on the ways that parents can create a loving and safe environment that helps them thrive and live up to their full potential.

An internet search for 'parenting' returns over a billion unique hits on Google. How can parents know which approaches actually work to support their children to be happy, healthy and fulfilled while maintaining their own sanity? Evidence-Based Parenting draws directly on more than one thousand s...

Do you wonder if that family legend your grandparents told was true? Or have you never known much about your family and would like to find out more? The Family History Book takes you through the first steps of researching and building a family tree, finding records of births, deaths and marriages...

It has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and men do other things. Hasn't it always been so? When evolutionary science came along, it rubber-stamped this venerable division of labor: mammalian males evolved to compete for status and mates, while females were purpose-built to gest...

Infertility can stem from a number of challenges: PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids, egg quality, low sperm count, and more. But you can impact all of these conditions with one key shift: changing your diet. In this practical, step-by-step blueprint, fertility specialist Angela Thyer and reproductive...

Drawing on up-to-date research, a survey of modern teens and her own experiences as a teacher counsellor, mother and teen, Maggie Dent provides clear and compassionate 'what to do' advice for some of the most difficult, sensitive topics - such as technology use, sex, drugs and alcohol, dropped gr...

If you're curious about the realities behind homeschooling - or if you're looking for facts to support your decision to bow out of the antiquated system of classroom learning - this is the book for you. Homeschool Rising shows you why there is no better place for children to be educated than in a...

Video games and managing screen time are a modern parenting problem with no blueprint and a rapidly changing landscape. Harvard-trained psychiatrist and former gaming addict, Dr Alok Kanojia - Dr K to his millions of followers - offers a proven, tested plan to help parents define, set and reinfor...

When you've just had a new baby it seems everyone around you suddenly becomes an expert, particularly when it comes to how to feed your newborn. It's an emotional time for new parents when female hormonal balance is skewed, sleep hard to come by and struggling with the pros and cons of how to fee...

Parenting educator and mother-of-four Gen Muir has helped thousands of families to navigate strong emotions and challenging behaviour in young kids. In Little People, Big Feelings, she shares her tried-and-tested techniques that work to build genuine connection, establish effective boundaries and...

From the bestselling authors of The Montessori Toddler and The Montessori Baby, The Montessori Child guides parents in using the principals of Montessori to raise their school-aged children in ways that assist their development and foster a respectful relationship between parent and child and wor...

Full of recipes to suit every age and stage, from six months all the way to twenty-three months, "Quick and Easy Homemade Baby food Recipes" shows you how simple and easy it is to prepare food your baby will go absolutely ga-ga for. From quick purées to nourishing meals, you'll find it a breeze t...

Instant national bestseller! Parenting is about to get easier--and a whole lot more effective.... In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is...

From toddlers who are exploring their immediate environment to twenty-somethings who are exploring their place in society, technology inevitably and profoundly affects their development. Drawing on her expertise in developmental science and design research, Katie Davis describes what happens when...

Children of all ages are grappling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and behavioural issues, and it can take years to see an expert who can help them. With over twenty years' experience working with families at paediatric hospitals, Dr Billy Garvey wants to reassure parents that there is ...

A guide to help and inspire you when it comes to family mealtimes and navigating the wild season of toddlerhood. With over 100 family friendly recipes designed to share from starting solids, toddlers to teens and beyond.

Start the first few months of your baby's life with confidence and learn how to encourage your baby to get good sleep with baby sleep expert Heidi Skudder. With 19 years of hands-on experience working with and empowering families, combined with a coaching and psychology background, alongside her ...