Parenting and Childcare

Penelope Farmer / The Virago Book of Grandmothers

  Penelope Farmer has invented that new genre, the autobiographical anthology. Following on from her book of twins (for Virago) and sisters (for Penguin) this book of grandmothers describes the tentative beginnings of her own relationship to two...

Janine Latus / If I am Missing or Dead (Large Paperback)

 In April 2002, Janine Latus's youngest sister, Amy, wrote a note and taped it to the inside of her desk drawer. 'If I am missing or dead', it read, 'pick up Ron Ball'. By the time the letter was found ten weeks later, Amy was already missing...

Mark Woods / Babies and Toddlers for Men (Large Paperback)

 Becoming a father is a moment in a man's life like no other.The love, the pride, the joy and occasionally the fear stirred up inside us by the complex little being that moves into our home and our relationship takes some serious getting used to.And...

Steve Biddulph / Steve Biddulph's Raising Girls (Large Paperback)

  Steve Biddulph's Raising Boys was a global phenomenon. The first book in a generation to look at boys' specific needs, parents loved its clarity and warm insights into their sons' inner world. But today, things have changed. It's girls that are...

Michael Gurian / The Wonder of Boys (Large Paperback)

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Mike Gayle / The Hope Family Calendar

  A compelling and emotional novel, for fans of Jojo Moyes and Jenny Colgan.'With a style similar to David Nicholls, Gayle's writing is incisive, lyrical and very beautiful...It's impossible not to fall in love with the Hope family' Irish...

Lucy Wadham / The Secret Life of France (Large Paperback)

  In this candid and funny account of her escape from English boys and her love affair with a Frenchman, Lucy Wadham describes the mutual bafflement and fascination that characterised both their subsequent marriage and her unfolding relationship...

Fiona Ford / Healthy Eating For You And Your Baby

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Marie Mongan / HypnoBirthing (Large Paperback)

  The most remarkable natural childbirth technique to have been developed in decades. Marie Mongan takes the pregnant woman through the techniques and philosophy of a new form of gentle, natural birthing. Drawing on self-hypnosis, guided imagery...

Niamh O'Reilly / No Fuss Baby and Toddler Sleep (Large Paperback)

 Niamh O'Reilly combines the practicality of Mary Poppins, the humour of Mrs Doubtfire and the magic of Nanny McPhee to bring parents back from the brink of total sleep deprivation. With her wealth of knowledge and years of experience, Niamh...

Amy Chua / Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Large Paperback)

 A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what Chinese parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too...

Miriam Stoppard / New Babycare (Large Paperback)

 Updated, trusted advice for new parents from expert Dr Miriam StoppardHelp your child reach their full potential using this updated guide to caring for your baby during the first three amazing years from Dr Miriam Stoppard - Britain's most popular...

Pamela Druckerman / There Are No Grown-Ups (Hardback)

 *MUCH RAVED ABOUT BY CHRIS EVANS ON HIS BBC RADIO 2 BREAKFAST SHOW*AUTHOR OF THE NO.1 BESTSELLER FRENCH CHILDREN DON'T THROW FOOD REVEALS THE THINGS IT TOOK HER FORTY YEARS TO LEARN:There are no grown-ups. Everyone else is winging it too.Does it...

Matt Coyne / Man vs. Toddler (Hardback)

 More inept, more clueless and more exhausted than ever, the man behind the blogging phenomenon Man vs Baby is back with the latest instalment in his (and his son Charlie's) journey through the chaos and comedy of parentingIn the follow-up to the...

Eileen McPartland / The Best Interests of the Child

 Unique Irish text consolidating all child-centred legislation, from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child through to Irish legislation on children in an easy-to-understand format.* Provides a clear interpretation of all child legislation and...

Lynda Madaras / The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys (Large Paperback)

  Everything preteen and teen boys need to know about their changing bodies and feelings Written by an experienced educator and her daughter in a reassuring and down-to earth style, The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Boys gives sensitive...

Michael Parkinson / Like Father, Like Son : A family story (Hardback)

 'a quietly impressive book, which does something most celebrity autobiographies shy away from: it seeks the truth and, more often than not, finds it.' - THE MAILA look at the life and times of the man Sir Michael most looked up to.It started in the...

Andrew Solomon / Far From The Tree : Parents, Children and the Search for Identity (Large Paperback)

 **WINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2014**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSometimes your child - the most familiar person of all - is radically different from you. The saying goes that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. But what happens when it...

Dinah Jayson / Understanding Children's Behaviour

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Rod Green / A Book for Dad (Hardback)

  Every dad deserves to know just how much he is loved, and A Book for Dad is the perfect way to show him. Packed full of amusing tales and practical information for dads who like to be in the know, all dads, embarrassing or otherwise, will enjoy...

Jeanette Winterson / Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Hardback)

 In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published. It tells the story of a young girl adopted by Pentecostal parents. The girl is supposed to grow up and be a missionary. Instead she falls in love with a woman...

Trish Kearney / Above Water (Large Paperback)

 "When my parents signed me up to Trojan Swimming Club, they had no idea of the evil behind Gibney's interest in me. As a thirteen-year-old, who knew nothing but kindness and love, I was ill-equipped to understand what was happening as he...

Dawn OPorter / Life in Pieces (Large Paperback)

 *The Sunday Times bestseller*'Funny, intimate and honest' Louis Theroux'Moving and funny. I absolutely loved it' Claudia Winkleman'Heartbreaking, hilarious, comforting' Marie ClaireDear 2020 - can we just start over?Love Dawn xLIFE IN PIECES is a...

Vicki Iovine / The Best Friends' Guide to Toddlers (Large Paperback)

 When your baby is walking - and you're sprinting to keep up - count on "The Best Friends' Guide to Toddlers" to keep you one step ahead! One moment your little sweetie curls up in your lap and kisses your neck, the next he's running through the...

Kathleen Huggins / The Nursing Mother's Companion (Large Paperback)

  The International Lactation Consultant Association named Kathleen Huggin's The Nursing Mother's Companion "the best possible choice among breastfeeding guides for prospective mothers." Lamaze International praised it as one of the ten most...

Isobel Carlson / For the Best Mum Ever (Hardback)

 'No language can express - the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother's love.'Edwin Hubbell ChapinEvery mum deserves to know how special she is, and there's no better way to show it than with this wonderful gift book. With...

Katie Kirby / Hurrah for Gin: Reluctant Adult (Hardback)

 Perpetually overwhelmed? Welcome to the new book from Katie Kirby, creator of the bestselling Hurrah for GinDo you overthink everything?Do you struggle to say no to people?Are you paying membership for a gym you never go to?Do group chat politics...

Sara Holloway / Family Wanted

  Family has always been fertile ground for writers. To the usual familial themes, adoption adds its own potent elements: mystery, luck, the questing for origins, the yearning for a child, the importance (or not) of blood ties, and fundamental...

The Unmumsy Mum : The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller (Hardback)

 THIS IS NOT A PARENTING MANUAL. THIS IS REAL LIFE.The Unmumsy Mum writes candidly about motherhood like it really is: the messy, maddening, hilarious reality, how there is no 'one size fits all' approach and how it is sometimes absolutely fine to...

The Unmumsy Mum A-Z : An Inexpert Guide to Parenting (Hardback)

 ***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***From bestselling author and massively popular blogger The Unmumsy Mum comes this hilarious, irreverent and searingly candid compendium of parenting experiences. With entries including D is for Desperation, F is for...

Ian Allen / The Very Embarrassing Book of Dad Jokes (Hardback)

 Why did the banana go to the doctors?Because he wasn't peeling very well!Proving the age-old maxim that 'it's in the way that you tell them', Dads - for the best part of forever - have always been renowned for being truly god-awful joke tellers...

Colman Noctor / Cop On : What it is and why your child needs it to thrive and survive in today's world (Large Paperback)

 Cop on is the ability to be rational, resilient and sensible.It's about having the grit and good judgement to cope with life's challenges.It incorporates emotional intelligence, self-awareness and adaptive decision-making.Child and Adolescent...

Joanna Fortune / 15-Minute Parenting (Large Paperback)

 Parenting is for life - 7 days a week, 24 hours a day - and while it is one of the most rewarding experiences life can offer it can also be frustrating when faced with challenging behaviour. But what if just 15 minutes of mindful playtime each day...

Patrick Ryan / You Can't Make Me (Large Paperback)

 Steady on, 21st century parent. Adolescents, teenagers, young people, are still just people. There is no need to fix, cure, treat or throttle them. In fact, now more than ever they need you to understand, listen, observe and guide so that they can...

Ber Collins / Every Mum Has Magic Kisses (Large Paperback)

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Ellie Cannon / Keep Calm: The New Mum's Manual (Large Paperback)

 Keep Calm: The New Mum's Manual, with an introduction by Jools Oliver, is the perfect antidote to inflexible, guilt-inducing parenting guides. Turning the tables on encyclopaedic tomes on parenthood and their often conflicting advice, GP and...

Penny Palmano / Yes, Please. Thanks!

  The essential guide to teaching children of all ages manners, respect and the social skills to get ahead in life. This first hand guide filled with humour and anecdotes will explain how to teach your children to behave at home, in restaurants,...

Gina Ford / The Contented Child's Food Bible (Large Paperback)

 Raising children is not easy and often feeding one's child can be one of the hardest aspects of parenting; there is now clear evidence stating that what children eat can affect their future physical and intellectual development The media is full of...

Steve Biddulph / The Secret of Happy Children (Large Paperback)

 This book - a classic worldwide bestseller - aims to let parents be themselves and children grow up happy, full of self-esteem and feeling loved.Steve Biddulph lets you into the mind of your child to show how the positive ways in which you relate...

Anita Conlan / Talk to Me! (Large Paperback)

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Gallagher, Miriam - Let's Help Our Children Talk - PB - Language and Speech Delay in Children - 1977

Described as ' a non technical book for teh parent, playgroup leaders, teachers and those in teh medical profession'  Covers a diversity of issues - speech developmet, speech delay, stammering , deafness, cleft palate, and much more...

Katie Kirby / Hurrah for Gin (Hardback)

 This book is not a how-to-guide. It won't tell you how to get your baby to sleep, how to deal with toddler tantrums, how to be a good parent, a cool parent or even a renegade parent. It is a book about parenting that contains absolutely no useful...

Gabriel Byrne / Walking With Ghosts : A Memoir (Hardback)

 Walking with Ghosts is the stunningly evocative memoir by Irish actor and Hollywood star, Gabriel Byrne.'Dreamy, lyrical and utterly unvarnished' - Colm ToibinAs a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a...

John Sharry / Parenting Teenagers (Large Paperback)

  This bestselling book from leading mental health professional and parenting expert Dr John Sharry has now been updated and expanded. Advocating a balanced approach to parenting, Parenting Teenagers sets out a step-by-step guide that shows you...

Emma Cannon / The Baby-Making Bible (Large Paperback)

 Written by one of the country's leading complementary fertility specialists, The Baby-Making Bible draws together Emma Cannon's years of experience and success in treating couples hoping to get pregnant. Her special plan blends the ancient wisdom...

Richard Templar / The Rules of Parenting

 Some parents make it all look easy. They always seem to know the right things to do and say, however tricky the situation. They have a seemingly instinctive ability to raise happy, confident, well-balanced children. Children who handle their...

Steve Biddulph / The Complete Secrets of Happy Children (Large Paperback)

 From the author of the worldwide bestseller Raising Boys, this bind-up of the parenting classics The Secret of Happy Children and More Secrets of Happy Children by parenting expert and child psychologist Steve Biddulph tells parents everything they...

Cathy Rentzenbrink / The Last Act of Love (Large Paperback)

 In the summer of 1990, Cathy's brother Matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night out. It was two weeks before his GCSE results, which turned out to be the best in his school. Sitting by his unconscious body in hospital, holding...

Neil Sinclair / Commando Dad : Basic Training: How to be an Elite Dad or Carer (Large Paperback)

 As used by Prince William himself, here's the basic training manual for fatherhood recruits!Attention! In your hand is an indispensable training manual for new recruits to fatherhood. Written by ex-Commando and dad of three Neil Sinclair, this...

Sarah Brown / Mums : A Celebration of Motherhood

 From inspirational mums who are not afraid of anything - except spiders - to magical mums, reluctant mums and mums behaving badly, this is a wonderful collection of fiction and memoir from some of Britain's best-loved writers.With touching and...

Lucy Burney / Boost Your Child's Immune System

  Healthy children need healthy immune systems, to fight off bugs and infections they can pick up at school. The most effective way to strengthen your child's immune system is through a healthy diet. With suggestions to suit children from 0-18,...

Lina Ashar / Who Do You Think You're Kidding?

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