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    Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children

    £9.89 £10.99
    Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Drawing on the study of human evolution and the authorA's own scientific research into how children learn, the author shows that although caring for children is profoundly important, it is not a matter of shaping them to turn out a particular way.

    Global Childhoods: Issues and Debates

    £35.09 £38.99
    A critical exploration of the constructions of childhood across the social sciences. It questions common global Northern conceptions of childhood and children by providing a wider lens through which to challenge inherent Eurocentrism.

    Good Childhood: Searching for Values in a Competitive Age

    £14.39 £15.99
    Explores the main stresses and influences to which every child is exposed - family, friends, youth culture, values, and schooling. This book also makes recommendations as to how we can improve the upbringing of our children. It tackles issues which affect every child, whatever their background.

    Growing up in Medieval London: Experience of Childhood in History

    £26.99 £29.99
    Bringing together a wealth of evidence drawn from court records, coroner's rolls, literary sources, and books of advice, this book weaves a rich tapestry of the life of London children during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

    Growing Up with Technology: Young Children Learning in a Digital World

    £33.29 £36.99
    Explores the role of technology in the lives of three and four-year-old children, considering children's experiences at home and in preschool settings from the perspectives of parents, practitioners and children.

    Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention

    £62.99 £69.99
    This 2000 book provides a comprehensive overview of this complex field by an outstanding group of contributing authors.

    How Babies Think: The Science of Childhood

    £8.99 £9.99
    A cutting-edge exploration of what evolutionary psychology is teaching us of the development and learning of children, in the tradition of Matt Ridley's The Red Queen and Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct.

    How Children Learn the Meanings of Words

    £27.00 £30.00
    How children learn words through sophisticated cognitive abilities that exist for other purposes.

    Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon

    £14.39 £15.99
    Looks at the Internet, classroom culture, school violence, movies, television and a growing societal incivility to show parents and teachers where hurrying occurs and why. This book offers parents and teachers alike insight, advice and hope for encouraging healthy development while protecting the joy and freedom of childhood.

    Integrated Working with Children and Young People: Supporting Development from Birth to Nineteen

    £35.99 £39.99
    Accessible and supportive introductory textbook for a wide range of foundation degrees in the children and young people's workforce.

    Introducing Child Psychology

    £6.29 £6.99
    Takes insights from experts in children's development and explains how they can benefit your family. This title helps you understand your child and respond better to their needs, try out new approaches as recommended by parenting experts, and enjoy your children and learn to love the ups and downs of parenting.

    Introduction to Child Development 3ed

    £42.29 £46.99
    The bestselling text for students of developmental psychology returns with more on the biological foundations, moral development and applied aspects of developmental psychology.

    Inventing the Child

    £51.29 £56.99
    Gives an account of what it means to be a child (and a parent) in America at the dawn of the millennium. This work explores the history and development of the concept of childhood, starting with the works of Calvin, Freud, and Rousseau and culminating with the modern 'consumer' childhood of Dr Spock and television.

    Iris Grace

    £8.09 £8.99

    Language, Literacy and Communication in the Early Years:: A critical foundation

    £22.49 £24.99
    An essential text for students and practitioners on the development and acquisition of language and literacy in the early years.

    Leadership in Early Childhood: Challenges and Complexities

    £23.39 £25.99

    Learning Brain: Lessons for Education

    £26.06 £28.95
    FRONT COVER:- "Compelling reading for anybody who wants a clear, authoritative account of how our brain learns. It will enthrall the widest possible readership" Professor Robert Winston BACK COVER:- "This upbeat, fast paced review of brain research is a must read.

    Learning from Children: Childhood, Culture and Identity in a Changing World

    £25.16 £27.95
    Children and youth, regardless of their ethnic backgrounds, are experiencing lifestyle choices their parents never imagined and contributing to the transformation of ideals, traditions, education and adult - child power dynamics.

    Lifespan Development, Global 8ed

    £47.69 £52.99

    Listening to Four Year Olds

    £8.99 £9.99
    A classic book which helps practitioners to interpret what four-year-olds are really saying and shows how their views can be used to plan their care and education.

    Making Sense of Neuroscience in the Early Years

    £17.99 £19.99

    Mary Sheridan's From Birth to Five Years: Children's Developmental Progress 5ED

    £19.79 £21.99
    This new edition of a classic text is the go-to reference for anyone concerned with the developmental progress of pre-school children. It provides the knowledge required for understanding children's developmental progress with age and within each developmental domain.

    Material Child

    £17.09 £18.99
    * An original examination of the effects of consumer culture on children. * Draws on a major study the author was commissioned to lead for the UK Government on this topic. * Written by one of the world's top scholars on childhood and media/culture.

    My Feelings and Me: A Child's Guide to Understanding Emotions

    £9.89 £10.99
    This practical guide combines cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness methods with simple activities to help your child develop the skills to articulate their feelings and regulate their moods. Your child will be guided, with the help of Pop - a friendly, supportive character they can identify with - through fun and engaging activities.

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