Parents' shelf
A small selection of books to help parents become confident parents. Child development, reading, behaviour etc.
Raise Your Child to Read and Write by Frances Adlam
$39.99 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf | Reading Level: near fine
This book offers parents an understanding of the key tools required to give your child the best start in learning to read and write. It is based on the simple concept that how you talk, read and write with your child will directly affect their success in reading and writing for the rest of their lives. ...Show more
Step Up! My Anti-Bullying Activity Book by Josephine Dellow
$23.00 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
A fun activity book with engaging and creative activities to inform children about bullying, to increase knowledge and awareness, and to highlight the need to act with kindness.
Teaching Rebooted - Using the Science of Learning to Transform Classroom Practice by Jon Tait
$32.99 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
Teaching Rebooted uncovers the most important pieces of educational research on the science of learning, helping teachers to understand how we learn and retain information. Jon Tait explores strategies such as metacognition, interleaving, dual coding and retrieval practice, examining the evidence behind ...Show more
This is ADHD by Chanelle Moriah
$33.00 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
An essential guide to understanding Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder - commonly known as ADHD - written and illustrated from the perspective of someone with ADHD. Chanelle Moriah was officially diagnosed with ADHD at 22, and soon discovered just how inaccessible a lot of information can be f ...Show more
We Need To Talk About Death : An Important Book About Grief, Celebrations and Love by Sarah Chavez; Annika Le Large (Illustrated by)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
An educational book that helps grieving children understand what happens when we die, and celebrates the traditions people around the world use to honour the dead. Death is an important part of life, and yet it is one of the hardest things to talk about - for adults as well as children. Historian and m ...Show more
We Need to Talk About Vaginas by Allison K. Rodgers
$24.99 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
Do you know the difference between a vagina and a vulva? If you're not sure, We Need to Talk About Vaginas by TikToker Dr. Allison K. Rodgers could be for you! There are lots of reasons why we don't talk about vaginas. It can be embarrassing to discuss your vagina with your parents, we can feel confus ...Show more
Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell
$20.00 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
Katherine Rundell - Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children - explores how children's books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how children's fiction, with its unabashed emotion and playfulness, can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives ...Show more
Wild Things: How We Learn To Read and What Can Happen If We Don't by Sally Rippin
$32.99 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
We love wayward children in literature. Not so much in life. When Sally Rippin discovered her child was struggling to read, the best-selling children’s author assumed it would sort itself out over time. She couldn’t have been more wrong. Her son’s dyslexia and ADHD went undiagnosed for years, leaving ...Show more
You Are Awesome by Matthew Syed
$24.99 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
This positive and empowering guide, by bestselling mindset author Matthew Syed, will help boys and girls build resilience, fulfil their potential and become successful, happy, awesome adults. I'm no good at sport ... I can't do maths ... I really struggle with exams ... Sound familiar? If you believe yo ...Show more
You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be by Marcus Rashford
$24.99 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
It's hard to know what is possible until you start. You have to be able to dream big and be prepared to work towards your dreams. Good things take time. I've achieved a lot, but it didn't come in one go - big things rarely happen overnight, and good things rarely happen as if by magic . . . Marcus Rash ...Show more
You Vs The World: The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up by Bear Grylls
$30.00 NZD
Category: Parents' shelf
Give the young person in your life the mindset they need to thrive.Kids today are presented with new challenges all the time. They face an uncertain future and are under constant pressure to thrive in an overwhelming and fast-paced world.You vs the World- The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up retells ...Show more