Parents' shelf
A small selection of books to help parents become confident parents. Child development, reading, behaviour etc.
Gratitude for Kids: An Activity Book featuring Coloring, Word Games, Puzzles, Drawing, and Mazes to Cultivate Kindness & Gratitude by Shannon Roberts
$18.00 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
Entertain your kid for hours and teach them about gratitude and kindness with this fun activity book!Gratitude for Kids is filled with fun, brain-boosting challenges that will engage your child, keep them busy, and promote learning along the way. Artist and former school teacher Shannon Roberts expertly ...Show more
How Do I Feel? A Dictionary of Emotions for Children by REBEKAH LIPP
$40.00 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
Join Aroha and her friends as they share how different emotions might feel in the body and how each emotion might be helpful. This emotions dictionary is all about helping children find the words for how they truly feel. Learning to recognise and label our emotions correctly is such an important skill f ...Show more
How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber
$32.99 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf | Series: How To Talk
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish examine the inevitable stresses faced by parents of teenagers. Through role play and discussion, they show how to keep communication open with rebellious offspring, how to let go gracefully and yet retain respect and some degree of co-operation throughout these difficult y ...Show more
How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
$32.99 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf | Series: How To Talk | Reading Level: Adult
The ultimate "parenting bible" (The Boston Globe) with a new Foreword--and available as an eBook for the first time--a timeless, beloved book on how to effectively communicate with your child from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors. Internationally acclaimed experts on communication between paren ...Show more
How to Tell Stories to Children - A Step-By-step Guide for Parents and Teachers by Silke Rose West; Joseph Sarosy
$32.99 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
'The best stories are told by the ones who know us deeply. And if you lack confidence, then here is loads of help' Steve BiddulphStorytelling is one of the oldest and most essential skills known to humankind - it is also one of the best ways to help us raise healthy, well-adjusted kids, teaching them ho ...Show more
I am Autistic: An interactive and informative guide to autism (by someone diagnosed with it) by Chanelle Moriah
$37.00 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
An essential guide to understanding autism- for autistic people and their families, friends and workmates. When Chanelle Moriah was diagnosed with autism at 21, life finally began to make sense. Hungry for information, Chanelle looked for a simple resource that could explain what autism is and how it ca ...Show more
Imagine If... by Ken Robinson
$26.00 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
Imagination and creativity are at the root of every uniquely human achievement and those achievements have brought us to this present moment. We are now the largest population in human history- seven and half billion people, rising to nine billion by 2050. Our technologies are evolving exponentially, b ...Show more
Let's Talk About Sex: Changing Bodies, Growing up, Sex, and Sexual Health by Robie H. Harris
$30.00 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
A completely updated 25th anniversary edition of the definitive book on childrens’ sexual health.Now with expanded information on internet safety, birth control, sexual harrassment and more – this universally acclaimed classic by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley is a cutting-edge resource for childr ...Show more
Making Music Together: Providing Musical Experiences in Early Childhood Settings by =
$17.95 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
Have you ever stopped to listen to a tui song? Or tapped your toe to a song on the radio? When we think of sharing music with young children in a group settings, we often think about singing nursery rhymes, but music is much more than that. Music is the soundtrack that accompanies every pert of our live ...Show more
My Journey Starts Here: A Guided Journal to Improve Your Mental Well-Being by Thornton Jazz
$30.00 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf | Reading Level: very good
Jazz Thornton has achieved huge international recognition for her work in advocacy for mental health and the use of voices of lived experience to provide hope to those who are struggling. This journal, written with Genevieve Mora, her co-founder of the organisation Voices of Hope, provides a creative ap ...Show more
My Own Way: Celebrating Gender Freedom for Kids by Joana Estrela, Jay Hulme
$22.99 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
My Own Way is a poem and a picture book that introduces very young children to the wonder of gender diversity. Why feel limited to his or hers, blue or pink, football or ballet? Small children are often asked to choose between a gendered binary - boy or girl, pink or blue. This colourful picture book sm ...Show more
Puberty Is Gross but Also Really Awesome by Gina Loveless
$30.00 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
Puberty . . . is pretty gross for pretty much everyone. It's a smelly, hairy, sticky, and (worst of all) totally confusing time! But did you know there's a lot about puberty that makes it REALLY AWESOME? Get the whole picture with this honest, humorous, and empowering survival guide to the tween years. ...Show more