We have a collection of material which will provide useful information on various aspects of parenting, including how to help your child in day-to-day activities. This collection is usually shelved in the children’s area of the library – ask a staff member for help if you can’t find what you’re looking for.
Parenting your baby |
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| Babies! : a parent’s guide to surviving (and enjoying) baby’s first year | Christopher Green |
| Baby love : everything you need to know about your new baby | Robin Barker |
| Baby’s first skills | Miriam Stoppard |
| Complete baby & childcare | Miriam Stoppard |
| First-time parents : what every new parent needs to know | Miriam Stoppard |
| Learning to love : the developing relationships between mother, father and baby during the first year | Lorraine Rose |
| The wonder weeks : how to turn your baby’s 8 great fussy phases into magical leaps forward | Hetty Vanderijt |
| Understanding your crying baby | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Your first baby (the first 12 months) : a practical guide on baby care (video) | T. G. C. Murrell |
Parenting your developing child |
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Grow up! : how to raise an adult by being one yourself |
J. S. Cheetham |
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Raising boys : why boys are different – and how to help them become happy and well-balanced men |
Steve Biddulph |
| The complete secrets of happy children | Steve Biddulph |
| The mighty toddler : the essential guide to the toddler years | Robin Barker |
| Surviving adolescents : the must-have manual for all parents | Michael Carr-Gregg |
| Toxic childhood : how the modern world is damaging our children and what we can do about it | Sue Palmer |
Reading with children |
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Best book guide for children and young adults |
Booktrust |
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Books that help teenagers |
Jan Fox |
| Boys and books : building a culture of reading around our boys | James Moloney |
| Don’t leave childhood without -- : a guide to the best books for children | Specialist Children’s Booksellers |
| Playful reading : positive, fun ways to build the bond between preschoolers, books, and you | Carolyn Munson-Benson |
| Read to me | Gloria Rolton |
| Reading magic : how your child can learn to read before school – and other read-aloud miracles | Mem Fox |
| Rocket your child into reading | Jackie French |
| The read-aloud handbook | Jim Trelease |
| The reading bug – and how you can help your child to catch it | Paul Jennings |
| The rough guide to books for teenagers | Nicholas Tucker |
Books to assist with some difficult issues |
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Baby duck and the bad eyeglasses |
Amy Hest |
| Bullies, bigmouths & so-called friends | Jenny Alexander |
| Raising bullywise kids : everything you need to know to protect your kids from bullying | Lyndall Horton-James |
| Children’s grief : a guide for parents | Pam Heaney |
| Feelings | Aliki |
| I miss you : a first look at death | Pat Thomas |
| I’m sorry | Sam McBratney |
| Love is all you need | Catherine Daly |
| Morgan and me | Stephen Cosgrove |
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Our new baby |
Catherine Deveny |
| It's time for bed | Joan de Deu Prats |
| Remembering Grandad | Sheila Isherwood |
| That new animal | Emily Jenkins |
| Why can’t I be happy all the time? : questions children ask about feelings | Diane Melvin |
Play and active learning |
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Baby play |
Wendy S. Masi |
| Games to play with babies | Jackie Silberg |
| Sand and water play : simple, creative activities for young children | Sherrie West |
| Springboard to early learning : encouraging children from birth to 4 years | Kerrie Shanahan |
| Family album of favorite nursery songs | Roger Edison |
| Springboard to learning through play : how parents can help their children from birth to 6 years | Kerrie Shanahan |
| This little piggy and other rhymes to sing and play : lap songs, finger plays, clapping games and action rhymes | Jane Yolen |
