Parenting Books

How to Talk to Kids So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
This title is the MUMSNET best parenting book and we as parents agree. Using innovative ways to solve common problems together with effective step by step techniques this book will help you improve and enrich your relationships with your children.... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 25/01/2013 Info Extract Buy

MOB Rule Lessons Learned by a Mother Of Boys
Hannah Evans
For parents everywhere who know very well what a 'fizzy willy' is, but refuse to drive faster just to bring one about. MOB Rule is the funny, honest and eye-opening account of the author's experiences as a Mother of Boys.... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 01/01/1970 Info Extract Buy

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
Julia Eccleshare & Quentin Blake
Fall down the rabbit hole, take flight into Neverland, or follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City; we all remember what it was like to disappear into the imaginary worlds of the most magical and fantastic type of... Featured in: 3+ readers | 11+ readers | 13+ readers | 5+ readers | 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 21/09/2009 Info Extract Buy

The Spoilt Generation: Why Restoring Authority will Make Our Children and Society Happier
Aric Sigman
In this book, Dr Sigman takes issues by the scruff of the neck, among them children's sense of entitlement, the effects of TV and computers, single-parent homes and 'blended' families, parental guilt and the compensation culture. He offers a clear... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 01/10/2009 Info Extract Buy

Divas and Dictators: The Secrets to Having a Much Better Behaved Child
Charlie Taylor
Focusing predominantly on the under fives this straight-talking no-nonsense approach gives insights and methods in making those supermarket tantrums, insufferable car journeys, sibling in-fighting and bedtimes that last for hours a thing of the past. There's even a handy Troubleshooter's... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 02/07/2009 Info Extract Buy

The Childcare Bible
Lucy Martin
From aupairs and babysitters, to nannies, nurseries and childminders, The Childcare Bible lays out all the relevant information you need to make an informed choice and shows that organising the right childcare for your family can be a painless task. ... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 06/08/2009 Info Extract Buy

Your Baby and Child
Penelope Leach
This is THE classic guide to child care and development. Written from babies' and children's points of view it looks at children and their experiences from shortly before birth until the age of five. Emotions and stages of development are... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 06/03/2003 Info Extract Buy

Annabel Karmel's New Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner
Annabel Karmel
Since it was published in 1991, Annabel Karmel's essential guide to feeding babies and young children has become a word-of-mouth classic. This illustrated edition includes her collection of mouthwatering recipes up to date, with new dishes, handy advice and tips and... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Hardback | Released 24/01/2008 Info Extract Buy

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk
Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
At last there is a way for parents of teenagers to begin to get a hook on their rebellious children. Just read this brilliant expose on the teenage psyche and your life and your relationship with your teenager will be... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 28/07/2006 Info Extract Buy

How to Remember (Almost) Everything, Ever! Tips, Tricks and Fun to Turbo-Charge Your Memory
Rob Eastaway
We've discovered a brilliant new edition of a book on memory that has done hugely well for us since it was first published in 2007. Having spent the summer using their minds a little less than while at school, this... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 06/08/2015 Info Extract Buy

How to Talk to Children About Modern Art
Francoise Barbe-Gall
How to Talk to Children about Modern Art examines 30 fascinating works by modern and contemporary artists, from Gustav Klimt's Kiss of 1907 to Tim Noble and Sue Webster's British Wildlife of 2000, in galleries around the world. The book... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 14/06/2012 Info Extract Buy

How to Talk to Children About Art
Francoise Barbe-Gall
This is a children's art book for grown-ups to share with their children. A wonderful guide it offers a series of talking points - according to three age ranges - about 30 famous paintings by great artists, from the early... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 01/03/2005 Info Extract Buy

Read Me a Story Everything You Need to Enjoy Books with Your Baby
Alison Davies
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 and... Featured in: Baby and Toddler | 3+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 11/07/2011 Info Extract Buy

Run Wild ! Outdoor Games and Adventures
Fiona Danks, Jo Schofield
Inspirational! Full of tempting, action packed photos, this introduction to having fun in the outdoors should get parents and their children out there as soon as possible. The range of activities is huge from boisterous outdoor games for big groups... Featured in: 7+ readers | 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 07/04/2011 Info Extract Buy

How Not to F*** Them Up
Oliver James
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,... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 07/04/2011 Info Extract Buy

From Fat to Fit: The Simple Way to Transform your family's health

If you want to improve your family's health and fitness for good but are not sure where to start then this book is just the job. Simple recipes and meal plans coupled with top tips from the families of the... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 06/01/2011 Info Extract Buy

School Daze: My Search for a Decent State Secondary School
Andrew Penman
Written in diary style, this is an incredibly useful personal journey through the confusing and frustrating maze that is finding a school for your 11 year old child if you don't want to pay for it. After all, we all... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2010 Info Extract Buy

21st Century Boys: How Modern Life is Driving Them Off the Rails and How We Can Get Them Back on Track
Sue Palmer
By the author of the incredibly successful Toxic Childhood is a book that focuses specially on the development of boys from birth to the teenage years. This is an indispensible guide to raising 21st century boys with lots of... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 21/05/2009 Info Extract Buy

Toxic Childhood: How The Modern World Is Damaging Our Children And What We Can Do About It
Sue Palmer
This is the parenting book that sparked incredible debate on the subject of today's children. Both important and ground-breaking it provides help and advice on bringing up your child in a world that delivers an often toxic cocktail of factors... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 15/02/2007 Info Extract Buy

The Cleverness of Boys
Ros Bayley, Sally Featherstone
The authors of this excellent new book have an immense track record of work in the education of young boys. This book will help parents help boys to become strong, competent learners from an early age, it will dispel the... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 15/02/2010 Info Extract Buy

It's Not Fair : Parenting the Bright and Challenging Child
Gill Hines & Alison Baverstock
Does your child age up to 12 tend to run rings round you and always have the last word? Is he or she strong-willed and independent for his or her age? Do they refuse to take no for an answer? ... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 03/09/2009 Info Extract Buy

Secrets of the Baby Whisperer
Tracy Hogg
Reassuring, down-to-earth and often flying in the face of conventional wisdom, this book promises parents not only a healthier, happier baby but a more relaxed and happy household as well. Crucially, the author will successfully teach you the parent how... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 01/02/2001 Info Extract Buy

The Happy Child: Everything you Need to Know to Raise Enthusiastic, Confident Children
Linda Blair
Covering the period from birth to approximately 7 years old, this invaluable book offers practical, down-to-earth advice on raising happy, enthusiastic and confident children. As a clinical psychologist, the author is well-placed to answer questions on what your child is... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 06/08/2009 Info Extract Buy

Tough Times
Clare Beswick, Sally Featherstone
Tough Times is designed to help parents and carers to support very young children who are experiencing particular stress or anxiety. This book looks at what the child might be feeling at tricky times such as the arrival of a new... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 15/09/2009 Info Extract Buy

Growing Great Boys
Ian Grant
An essential and easy-to-follow guide to bringing up boys from pre-school years through to the challenging teenage ones. The author's straightforward common-sense approach to bringing up boys – handling the challenges as well as the successes - will help give... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 07/02/2008 Info Extract Buy

Raising Confident Girls: Practical Tips for Bringing out the Best in your Daughter
Ian Grant, Mary Grant
Providing indispensible no-nonsense advice on raising girls from the pre-school years through to the challenging teens, this book will help you to cultivate your daughter's natural talents and help her succeed in the game of life. Whether it's raising her... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 02/04/2009 Info Extract Buy

Making Sense of your Child's Friendships
Elizabeth Hartley-brewer
This is an absolutely invaluable guide for all parents wanting to understand the ups and downs of their child's friendships. Friends are desperately important to most children, but what children want, or get, from their friends and how important friendships... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 27/02/2009 Info Extract Buy

The Contented Baby with Toddler Book
Gina Ford
Gina Ford is a highly respected by parents for giving no-nonsense advice that really works. In this book her practical tips, brilliant solutions and sound advice on how to introduce a toddler to a new baby brother or sister or... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 02/07/2009 Info Extract Buy

Baby and Child Healthcare: The Essential A-Z Home Reference to Children's Illnesses, Symptoms and Treatments
Miriam Stoppard
This is a tome and a half but it really is packed full of the best advice, expertise and understanding from one of the most respected healthcare experts in the UK. It really is a comprehensive guide to childhood illnesses,... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Hardback | Released 30/08/2001 Info Extract Buy

101 Ways to get your Child to Read
Patience Thomson
For parents: There are many different reasons why children find learning to read difficult. Calmly and with loads of different tips, this book helps to guide parents to understand the myriad problems which may be causing the difficulty and gives... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 05/03/2009 Info Extract Buy

The Ultimate Book Guide
Daniel Hahn, Leonie Flynn and Susan Reuben
A real treasure trove for 8-12 year olds and their parents. Brilliant reads chosen by dozens of well known writers make up this excellent reference tool that was voted the ‘best book with facts by Blue Peter back in 2004.... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 01/02/2009 Info Extract Buy

Match Wits with the Kids
Jonathan Green
We don't usually use Lovereading4kids to tell parents about a book that is perfect for you the parent this summer, but with this one we couldn't resist. However, we also feel that kids who want to stay one step ahead... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 05/06/2008 Info Extract Buy

The Ultimate First Book Guide
Daniel Hahn, Leonie Flynn and Susan Reuben
The Ultimate First Book Guide provides parents with the building blocks to get toddlers and young children onto their first steps in reading. Board books, novelty books, pop-up books, picture books...fiction or non-fiction? The choice of books for young children... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 02/02/2008 Info Extract Buy

Are We There Yet? Great Car Games to Keep Families Sane !
Jo Pink
This is a book that is guaranteed to provide hours of entertainment and hilarity on long journeys. From Spotting Games, Guessing Games, Action Games and Word Games, to Imagination Games and General Knowledge Games there is something her to appeal... Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 04/05/2010 Info Extract Buy

The Adventurer's Notebook
Becky Jones, Clare Lewis
From the authors of London Adventure Walks, The Adventurer's Notebook has heaps of white space for creative young minds to fill with drawings, stories and ideas inspired by all the wonderful things you can see and do while out and... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/05/2010 Info Extract Buy

Cool Kids Cook
Jenny Chandler
The hot (cool) new cook book for 7 - 14 year old children who love food and want to understand more about where it comes from and how to create amazing real meals. Empowering (and with no rice crispy cakes... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 12/05/2016 Info Extract Buy

Nature's Playground Activities, Crafts and Games to Encourage Your Children to Enjoy the Great Outdoors
Fiona Danks, Jo Schofield
This book is packed to the brim with great games, crafts and adventures, encouraging children and their families, carers and teachers to get into the great outdoors. Whether you live in the city or village, whether you are a parent... Featured in: For Parents | 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 01/03/2006 Info Extract Buy

Make it Wild! 101 Things to Make and Do Outdoors
Fiona Danks, Jo Schofield
A terrific book to lure kids away from their computers and to go outside to discover the natural world around us. It's packed with ideas for creative activities using natural materials to make things. Aimed more at the parent than... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/05/2010 Info Extract Buy

Go Wild! 101 Things to Do Outdoors Before You Grow Up
Fiona Danks, Jo Schofield
Great title and this book does exactly what it says – Go Wild outdoors before you grow up! There are so many activities within the pages to tempt young people outside and to undertake a range of outdoor adventures. Whether... Featured in: For Parents | 11+ readers | 13+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 09/04/2009 Info Extract Buy

London Adventure Walks for Families Tales of a City
Becky Jones, Clare Lewis
From the authors of the highly successful Adventures Walks for Families In and Around London comes London Adventure Walks, offering 25 carefully devised, imaginative explorations of London - all starting from points easily accessible by public transport - specifically designed... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/05/2010 Info Extract Buy

Adventure Walks for Families in and Around London
Becky Jones, Clare Lewis
Every parent dreams of idyllic family days out with the kids - but every parent also knows that, when it comes to a conflict between the attractions of computer games and the pleasures of nature's playground, it often feels as... Featured in: For Parents
Format: Paperback | Released 12/06/2008 Info Extract Buy

The Teenage Guide to Friends
Nicola Morgan
In a Nutshell: Warm-hearted handbook for happy, healthy friendships With comforting clarity, this thorough guide provides vital insight into all aspects of friendship, and also offers support and solutions for navigating one's way through worries and difficulties. While there are... Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 04/05/2017 Info Extract Buy

Blame My Brain: The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed
Nicola Morgan
Teenagers and their parents will find much to fascinate them in this updated edition of Nicola Morgan's skilful, non-scientists explanation of the complex and specific science that makes teenagehood such a specific period of growing up. New research has revealed... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 02/05/2013 Info Extract Buy