An accessible, practical guide to help parents develop their children's attitudes, values and good habits in the early school years, helping them to thrive as happy learners. Australian author

Now into it's 7th reprint, Pregnancy and Birth has been guiding parents to be through the stages of pregnancy for two decades. Dr Miriam Stoppard provides parents with knowledge about the options available to you during pregnancy and birth, and will help you decide what suits you and give you the courage to try to have the labour and birth you want. It also gives advice on antenatal care, nutrition, exercise and features a month by month pregnancy calendar showing changes to your body and your baby's development in the womb.

Today's children face a great deal of stress -- academic performance, heavy scheduling, high achievement standards, media messages, peer pressures, family tension. Without healthier solutions, they often cope by talking back, giving up, or indulging in unhealthy behaviors. Show your child how to bounce back -- and THRIVE -- with coping strategies from one of the nation's foremost experts in adolescent medicine. This 7-C plan for resilience that helps kids of all ages learn competence, confidence, connection, character, contributio... read more

Parenting has the potential to be the most fulfilling thing we will ever do. Our children challenge us like no one else ever will, yet, if we let them, they make us better people. Even the mistakes we make as parents, if acknowledged honestly, can bring us and our children towards a closer and more trusting relationship. Heart to Heart Parentingis about developing a joyous connection with our growing babies, toddlers and children in the precious early years of their developing personality and emotional make-up.A very different how ... read more

As a mother, are you comfortable in your skin? Want to know how best to be a working or stay-at-home mum? Babies have very simple needs, yet many parents are overwhelmed with elaborate advice on how to meet them. "In How Not to F*** Them Up", leading child psychologist Oliver James argues that your under-threes do not need training; it's getting your head straight as a parent that's important. Drawing on extensive interviews and the latest clinical research, James identifies three basic types of mum: the Hugger, the Organiser and t... read more

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In 1965, Lennart Nilsson published images from inside the human uterus, the first photographs of prenatal life. The book that was to follow, "A Child is Born", stunned the world - offering an unprecedented glimpse at the unseen world within our bodies, and our own beginnings. Using high-definition ultrasound technique, scanning electron and light microscopes, and advanced fibre optics Lennart Nilsson documents the miracle of human reproduction: the egg travelling down the fallopian tube; the sperm racing to meet it; the moment of f... read more

For more than two decades, the study of motherhood has focused on three main categories: motherhood as institution, motherhood as experience, and motherhood as identity or subjectivity. While this work has been groundbreaking, it fails to account for motherhood in the twenty-first century, which has been transformed by increasing agency, along with immense social, scientific, and technological changes. A pioneer of modern motherhood studies, Andrea O'Reilly explores motherhood's representation and practice today. Her book considers... read more

The author presents a systematic plan for parents helping kids make and sustain friendships including• Making time for friends by not overscheduling• Developing interests that attract friends. Dancing and sports are in; solitary video games out.• Finding friends in the neighborhood.• The potential for a positive role with internet social networking as a way to meet and stay connected• Dealing with Teasing & Bullying• Learning social and emotional intelligence skills like listening, empathy, compassion, recreational conversation.• M... read more

During her many years as a successful New Entrant (Year 0/1) teacher, Colleen Young has been providing parents of pre-schoolers and New Entrants with many practical ideas to help with the transition to school. She developed an 'introduction to School' programme which gave parents an outline of the abilities and skills which five year olds should have when entering school. Now Colleen's programme is available to all parents through her book The Amazing Five Year Old: Getting Ready for School. It is a practical book based on observat... read more

Plunket has been providing new parents with guidance, advice and support for more than 100 years. This book of indispensable advice from New Zealand's acknowledged experts on childcare is given to every mother of a new baby born in New Zealand.It is updated every year with the latest information and advice. Attractively presented in colour-coded, age-related sections, it also includes special information on child safety, family relationships, feeding and common childhood ailments.

This volume invites the sharing of experiences of parenting and family paths. The contributors offer readers space for encouragement and support. There are no easy answers to the challenges of parenting. However, learning from each others' experiences can help on the many journeys different families tread. The book is an invitation to a conversation about things to question, areas to explore and things to build on. This includes moments for laughter, for joy and for being deeply moved. There are many practical insights to prepare t... read more

This guide to parenting develops each of the 19 couplets of the poem Children Learn What They Live into a chapter. It includes how to nurture a child's sense of self; deal with the pressures of everyday parenting; dispel tension and hostility; and draw out a child's inner resources.

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Hours of fun, playing and learning in this essential guide for all parents, carers and educators of children from birth to 3 years. This fantastic book makes the connection between movement, music, learning and play, with step by step activities, songs and games to play. It includes a 67 track CD of songs, chants and finger plays. Indorsed by Sport and Recreation New Zealand and Bounty.

A book which adoptees call their "bible," it is a must read for anyone connected with adoption: adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, therapists, educators, and attorneys. In its application of information about perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding, and loss, The Primal Wound clarifies the effects of separation from the birthmother on adopted children. In addition, it gives adoptees, whose pain has long been unacknowledged or misunderstood, validation for their feelings, as well as explanations for their behavior. ... read more

Grandma, Nanna, Granny, Gran, Baba, Yia Yia, Nonna, Nainai, Laolao
'I once read of a grandmother who'd fought with a crocodile until it released her granddaughter. Now I understood that fierce, protective and overwhelming love.'- Gabrielle Lord
Stories of unconditional love, joy and laughter; of mistakes redeemed; of family secrets and patterns stamped on generations; shame and hardship, memory and loss. Stories told by and about grandmothers youthful and elderly, playful and strict, joyful, sorry and stern, exotic, ord... read more

Today, to be pregnant seems not far from entering into a religious order. There is an expectation that mothers will fit the bill of breastfeeding, nappy-washing, home-cooking supermums. So are mums who rely on formula, childcare and disposable nappies lazy or liberated?
The conflict between a woman's individual identity and her identity as a mother is not unique to our time. In the 18th century, French women overcame the problem by shipping their newborns off to wet nurses. But not so anymore. Modern mothers are bombarded by ... read more

Autism New Zealand estimates that up to 20,000 New Zealanders are directly affected by autism, and parents and professionals are hungry for authoritative new perspectives on this baffling disease.
Written as both a moving memoir and an international survey of autism by a journalist and father of an autistic child, A Perfect World is the first of its kind to be published in Australasia. The book is strong on early detection information, addressing many of the questions readers who may be concerned about their own offspring may... read more

We are a nation that loves to drink. And we're passing the habit on to our children. But a growing body of compelling new evidence about the dangers of alcohol consumption at a young age will force us to reconsider the entire way we view alcohol and young people. As parents, we need to talk to our children about alcohol but many of us are not sure what to say.
In this essential book, Dr Aric Sigman ties up all the latest medical research and cultural issues and puts them into context. Most importantly he addresses drin... read more