Parenting Books
Gin And Juice: A Victorian Guide To Parenting
$19.99 – Hardcover book / Bloomsbury
Learn the importance of routine from Gertrude Fj?rd-Mett?d, how to Have It All from Queen Victoria (mother of seventeen and Empress of India), how to tell which twin is the Good One and which the Evil, how to turn a Bad ... Buy or find out more →
The Girl With The Butterfly Tattoo
$19.95 – Paperback book /
My first book, The Butterfly Effect, is aimed primarily at mothers, helping them to navigate their daughters’ often challenging adolescent years. Yet many of the parents who buy the book tell me they are buying it for th... Buy or find out more →
Healthy Parents Healthy Babies
$29.95 – Paperback book / Random House
'This book is for anybody who might ever become a mum or a dad - the physical and mental health of your children is in your hands. It all depends on your efforts before conception. Truly beautiful, healthy, happy babies ... Buy or find out more →
Baby Names 2012
$16.95 – Paperback book /
The ONLY annually updated baby names book including the year's most popular names, celebrity choices and names making a comeback. Discover the right name for your new child with over 7,000 inspirational names, tips on ch... Buy or find out more →
French Children Don't Throw Food
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Random House
How the French tame their babies, raise 'sage' kids and have a life! What British parent hasn't noticed, on visiting France, how well-behaved French children are - compared to our own? ·French Children Don't Throw Food a... Buy or find out more →
Complete Book Of Mother And Babycare
$39.95 – Trade paperback / Dorling Kindersley
A specially adapted Australian edition of the classic bestselling baby and childcare manual
The Complete Book of Mother and Babycare was the first baby book to provide illustrated step-by-step instructions on how to care... Buy or find out more →
Career Mums
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin
'I want to go back to work.'
No matter what your story, your reasons, your philosophy, chances are that if you're a mum, one day you'll find yourself saying a version of those words. And then wondering how you'll make it... Buy or find out more →
Save Our Sleep My Very First Diary
$39.99 – Paperback book / Macmillan
The companion diary to the bestselling baby book SAVE OUR SLEEP. Tizzie Hall has gained an international reputation as a baby whisperer, baby coach, baby interpreter and miracle worker. Even from an early age, Tizzie kne... Buy or find out more →
Save Our Sleep Toddler
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Macmillan
A new Toddler-centric edition of the bestselling sleep series. In 14 years of operation, Tizzie Hall's Save Our Sleep organisation has assisted thousands of children of all ages to learn how to sleep through the night, e... Buy or find out more →
Shit On My Hands: A Down and Dirty Companion to Early Parenthood
$20.00 – Paperback book / Arcade
An irreverant agony aunt for sleep-deprived new parents and hormonally unbalanced expectants, Shit on My Hands: A Down and Dirty companion to Early Parenthood provides a pithy commentary on the twists and turns of parent... Buy or find out more →
10 Mindful Minutes
$29.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
From the bestselling author, Academy Award-winning actress and founder of the Hawn Foundation, a practical guide for parents to help children cope with stress, improve concentration and lead happier lives.
Bestselling au... Buy or find out more →
Get Out Of My Life But First Could You Drive Me And Cheryl To The Mall
$22.95 – Paperback book / Henry Holt & Company
This updated edition (a chapter on gay and lesbian teenagers and the ramifications of the electronic world have been added) will be as useful to parents as the 1992 version. Wolf, a clinical psychologist who works with a... Buy or find out more →
Becoming Us: Loving Learning And Growing Together
$35.00 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
There are thousands of books that tell you how to find Mr Right. But what do you do once you've found him, and thrown a child or two into the mix? Ninety-six per cent of couples report having more conflict and disagreeme... Buy or find out more →
Parenting Apart
$29.95 – Paperback book / Vermilion
When a marriage ends, the most important thing divorcing parents can do is to help their children through this difficult transition and remain united as parents even if they are no longer united as a couple. In Parenting... Buy or find out more →
Complete Buddhism For Mothers
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
Firmly grounded in the day-to-day reality of being a mother, The Complete Buddhism for Mothers gives personal and honest advice based on Buddhist teachings as applied to the everyday challenges of bringing up children.
B... Buy or find out more →
Parenting For A Peaceful World
$35.00 – Paperback book / Longueville
Parenting for a Peaceful World is a fascinating look at how child-rearing customs have shaped societies and major world events. It reveals how children adapt to and are influenced by different parenting styles and how sa... Buy or find out more →
Mind In The Making: Seven Essential Skills Every Child Must Learn
$23.95 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
Ellen Galinsky has spent her entire career studying early childhood development, first at Vassar College, then for twenty-five years at the Bank Street College of Education, and for the past twenty years as the founder a... Buy or find out more →
Politically Incorrect Parenting
$27.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
Includes full text of previously published title Before Your Kids Drive You Crazy, Read This plus approximately 1/3 new content!
Do your kids sometimes make you feel your head is going to explode? Ever yelled at them unt... Buy or find out more →
Being Dad: For Dads To Be And The Women Who Love Them
$27.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Being Dad is the bloke's guide to pregnancy, birth and babies. Whether the dad-to-be would rather undergo Chinese water torture than attend a child birth class or is keen as mustard but utterly clueless about all things ... Buy or find out more →
Whats Happening To Our Girls?
$26.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
WHY ARE GIRLS as young as five years old concerned about their looks and addicted to shopping?
WHY ARE YOUNG TEENAGE GIRLS having sex and binge-drinking, responding to chat-room predators, and bullying their peers via em... Buy or find out more →
Save Our Sleep Second Edition
$29.99 – Trade paperback / Macmillan
A fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling baby sleep guide. Buy or find out more →
The Contented Little Baby Book Of Weaning
$23.95 – Paperback book / Vermilion
All parents have to do it but even the most confident will admit that weaning is one area of parenting that can be cause for much anxiety and concern. So many questions need answering, most of them begining with 'when?' ... Buy or find out more →
The New Contented Little Baby Book
$29.95 – Paperback book / Vermilion
This book could be your salvation! A quote from the Daily Telegraph, but this cry could equally have come from the thousands of mothers who have put Gina Ford's kind but firm routines into practice and put some calm back... Buy or find out more →
Anonymums: Three Women, The Truth And A Whole Lot Of Dares
$27.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
Once upon a time, there were three mums - Mum A, Mum B and Mum C. Bored with their suburban existence, they decided to add some spice to their lives. For three months, they would dare each other to do things. Mum B would... Buy or find out more →
Buddhism For Mothers
$27.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Firmly grounded in the day-to-day reality of being a mother, this revolutionary guidediscusses Buddhist teachings as applied to the everyday challenges of bringing up children
Teaching how to become a calmer and ... Buy or find out more →
The Attachment Parenting Book
$19.95 – Paperback book / Little Brown
Might you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed? How old is too old for breastfeeding? What is a father's role in nurturing a newborn? How does early attachment foster a child's eventual independence? Dr. B... Buy or find out more →
Buddhism For Mothers Of Young Children Becoming A Mindful Parent
$27.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
From the author of the acclaimed Buddhism for Mothers, a guide to discovering the path to meaningful, spiritual, and satisfying motherhood A combination of personal narrative and stories gathered from mo... Buy or find out more →
Buddhism For Mothers Of School Children Finding Calm In The Chaos Of The School Years
$27.99 – Paperback book / Inspired Living
Mindful Motherhood
$23.95 – Paperback book / New Harbinger
From hormones to stretch marks, labor pains to diaper changes, motherhood is an adventure like none other. The rapid changes in your body, your lifestyle, and your very identity call for a certain mental agility. Mindful... Buy or find out more →
What's The Hurry?
$21.95 – Paperback book / Australian Scholarships Group 25 35 Hanover St. Oakleigh, Vic 3166 Aus
Are well-meaning parents over-scheduling their children's activities with the possible effect of robbing young people of the joys of childhood?
Education consultant and early childhood expert, Ms Kathy Walker, author of ... Buy or find out more →
Ready, Set, Go? How to tell if your child's ready for school and prepare them for the best start
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Starting school for the first time is a significant milestone in every child's life. But how do you know when your child is ready? And what can you do to help them prepare?
Educational and parenting expert Kathy Walker e... Buy or find out more →
The Billings Method: Using The Body's Natural Signal Of Fertility To Achieve Or Avoid Pregnancy
$29.95 – Paperback book / Anne O'donovan
Wanting a baby?
Not wanting a baby just now?
Nature has provided every woman with a precise signal of her state of fertility, which she can quickly learn to recognise. This simple fact is the basis of the Billings Method... Buy or find out more →
How To Crack An Egg With One Hand, A Pocketbook For The New Mother
$24.99 – Hardcover book / Bloomsbury
Within these pages you will find everything you need to know (and a few things you don’t) in order to embark on the mindboggling journey that is modern motherhood.
Discover humorous yet pertinent advice on everything f... Buy or find out more →
Helping Children To Cope With Change Stress And Anxiety
$38.95 – Paperback book / Jessica Kingsley Pub
This book is full of creative ideas for use with children who have difficulty in coping with change, stress and normal levels of anxiety. Supported by a comprehensive but accessible theory section, the practical exercise... Buy or find out more →
Helping Children With Dyslexia
$29.95 – Paperback book / Global Publications
Is your child struggling at school? To Read? ...To Write?.To Remember?...To Learn? Helping Children With Dyslexia shows you how to ensure your child's success at school .You will find out:How to tell if your child is dys... Buy or find out more →
The A to Z of Mummy Manners
$29.99 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
An etiquette guide for managing other children′s Mothers and assorted Mummy dilemmas
So you thought dealing with your own Mother was a challenge? Try dealing with someone else′s ...
The A to Z of Mummy Manners is a h... Buy or find out more →
Greater Expectations Living With Down Syndrome In The Twenty First Century
$26.95 – Paperback book / Freemantle Press
Down syndrome is the most common cause of intellectual disability in Australia and renowned child health expert Professor Fiona Stanley calls Greater Expectations THE book to read if you have a child with Down syndrome. Buy or find out more →
The Panic Virus: Fear, Myth And The Vaccination Debate
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Black Inc
In 1998 Andrew Wakefield claimed to have found a link between a common childhood vaccine and autism. Wakefield based his findings on a case study of just a dozen children, and his methods and conclusions almost immediate... Buy or find out more →
Infertility The Hidden Causes
$24.95 – Paperback book / Health Directions
One in six Australian couples experience infertility. Infertility is a symptom of an underlying health problem. This book outlines the dozens of potential causes of infertility and provides safe and effective solutions t... Buy or find out more →
Babycare Everything You Need To Know
$24.95 – Paperback book / Dorling Kindersley
Some new parents feel daunted by huge pregnancy and babycare tomes. Babycare: Everything You Need to Know delivers just the right amount of information in crystal-clear detail. Gets straight to the point, showing parents... Buy or find out more →
Rocket Your Child Into Reading
$19.95 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
The book every parent and teacher should own.
Written in Jackie French′s inimitable style, one of the aims of this book is to help parents and teachers identify children′s reading difficulties and then suggest ways to de... Buy or find out more →
Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother
$29.99 – Trade paperback / Bloomsbury
Witty, entertaining and provocative, this is a unique and important memoir that will transform your perspective of parenting forever.
A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids.... Buy or find out more →
Brain Rules For Baby: How To Raise A Smart And Happy Child From Zero To Five
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Scribe Publications
A groundbreaking new book from the author the New York Times bestselling author of Brain Rules
What’s the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy? What does watching TV do to a child’s brain? What’s the b... Buy or find out more →
Baby Love (Revised Edition)
$35.99 – Trade paperback / Macmillan
Australian, authoritative and totally up-to-date, Baby Love is the only book you'll need to guide you through your baby's first year. With expert advice for the first 12 months of every baby's life and full of Robin Bark... Buy or find out more →
Opening The Door A Mothers Journey When Her Son Comes Out
$20.00 – Paperback book / Pacific Books
OPENING THE DOOR is written for anyone who is interested in how families react when someone they love discloses they are gay or lesbian. Shelley Argent tells of her efforts to understand her son's life and become part of... Buy or find out more →
Raising The Best Possible Child
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Abc Books
An original and knowledgeable take on child rearing, using cutting-edge research it will show you how you can be the best possible parent and make sure that your child becomes the best possible person they can be.
How to... Buy or find out more →
Please Mum Dont Supersize Me
$0.00 – Paperback book / Rockpool Publishing
This is the essential parents' guide to a healthier, happier child. It provides simple, straight forward information and advice to families about good health. You can open any page and find tips and learn healthier habit... Buy or find out more →
Up Downs A Fun And Practical Way To Introduce Reading And Writing To Children Aged 2 To 5
$29.95 – Paperback book / Finch Publishers
Up Downs shows how enjoyable and easy it can be for parents to introduce reading and writing to young children. The Up Downs’ approach makes it fun for parents and children to share time together reading, singing, moving... Buy or find out more →
Eco Baby
$0.00 – Paperback book / Green Books
Shows new parents how to make the most ethical decisions about the products they buy. This book looks at each aspect of a new baby's life in the first year, including: cots, nappies, decorating, the nursery, clothing, fo... Buy or find out more →
Attack Of The Fifty-Foot Hormones
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
For many women, the emotional aspects of pregnancy are far more taxing than the physical ones. There′s no shortage of studies into the health of the foetus and the physical state of its incubator. But how women FEEL duri... Buy or find out more →
Unspoil Your Kids
$9.95 – Paperback book / Wilkinson Publishing
Mother of three Cheryl Critchley, who refuses to let the parenting industry run her life, is on a mission to de- clutter parenthood and bring back the basics. Today's parents are time-poor and confused. We are literally ... Buy or find out more →
Mums And Dads Get Active With Your Kids
$7.95 – Paperback book / Wilkinson Publishing
Mums and Dads it's time to get active with your kids. Australia
has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the world. Our
kids deserve better, so get outside with your family and let's fix
this. Where do we sta... Buy or find out more →
Parenting: A practical guide to raising preschool and primary-school children
$32.95 – Paperback book / Viking
Does your child have trouble settling at bedtime? Refuse to sit at the table for meals? Ignore you or argue when you say it's time to turn off the TV?
Expert parenting and educational consultant Kathy Walker recognises t... Buy or find out more →
Breast Bottle Bowl Revised And Updated
$29.99 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
Breast Bottle Bowl is the only book you'll ever need to ensure your child gets the best start to life. Now updated with a new chapter about childhood obesity, this invaluable, commonsense guide takes all the anxiety and ... Buy or find out more →
The Essential First Year
$35.00 – Paperback book / Dorling Kindersley
A new research-based guide to baby-care from the world-renowned authority on child development, Penelope Leach This outstanding new guide to parenting from the expert who transformed the way we raise children. Penelope L... Buy or find out more →
The Winter Of Our Disconnect
$34.95 – Trade paperback / Bantam Press
Think of this as reality TV. Only without the TV!
For any parent who's ever IM-ed their child to the dinner table - or yanked the modem from its socket in a show of primal parental rage - this account of one family's sel... Buy or find out more →
Happy Kids: The Secrets Of Raising Well-Behaved Contented Children
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
Cathy Glass has been a foster carer for over 20 years, during this time fostering more than 50 children, as well as bringing up three of own. Many of these children have had severe behavioural difficulties and have come ... Buy or find out more →
Be A Parent Not A Pal
$24.95 – Paperback book / Australian Academic Press
At last! A guide that treats parents with respect and offers real comfort and support in the often baffling world of child rearing. Dr Loretta Giorcelli, OAM FACE, Professor of Special Education and Child Development Syd... Buy or find out more →
What's Happening To Our Boys?
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Viking
What kind of world are our boys growing up in?
Why are increasing numbers of boys suffering body image and self-esteem problems? Why do they feel worthless without the latest branded toy, game or item of clothing? What m... Buy or find out more →