Parenting & Family Books

Some Mums call it their "Bible" - others say they refer to it "religiously" - but either way it's a phenomenally informative book (now in its 5th imprint), and written by a Kiwi mother for soon-to-be mothers, plus researched alongside leading Obstetricians, Midwives, Paediatricia...

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 until you were hoarse? Do you have days when you feel like making...

Chances are that if you're holding this book in your hands, you're either pregnant or wanting to be. Brilliant! You are about to embark on one of the most amazing, life-changing, heart-exploding-with-love experiences of your life, and you don't want to start that without some useful information and ...

The New Zealand Pregnancy Book has been used by many thousands of parents since the first edition was published in 1991. The third edition has been comprehensively rewritten by GP author Sue Pullon, along with midwife Cheryl Benn. A richly informative text, accompanied by vivid life stories, is i...

Revised & updated edition of Before Your Teenagers Drive You Crazy, Read This! - complete with new content including advice on using internet and wireless devices wisely. Does your teenager sometimes leave you feeling so far out of your depth your head hurts? Has your teenage son lo...

Now you have a baby, what on earth are you going to do with it? Kaz Cooke delivers all the up-to-date, reliable info, with advice from the experts, including real mums and dads. Kidwrangling is funny, reassuring and practical, with no judgemental guruspeak about the right way to do things -- just a ...

Read by more than 90% of US pregnant women who read a pregnancy book--this is the pregnancy bible - the most iconic, must-have book for parents-to-be, with over 14.5 million copies in print. Now fully revised and adapted for Australian and New Zealand readers! This new-look fourth edition is the ...

AUSTRALIA'S TOP-SELLING, MOST RESPECTED PREGNANCY BOOK -REVISED AND EXPANDED! KAZ COOKE gives you the up-to-date lowdown on pregnancy, birth and coping when you first get home. No bossy-boots rules, just lots of cartoons and the soundest, sanest, wittiest advice you'll ever get. Everything you need...

With over 600 pages and heaps of cartoons, Girl Stuff has everything girls need to know about: friends, body changes, shopping, clothes, make-up, pimples (arrghh), sizes, hair, earning money, guys, embarrassment, what to eat, moods, smoking, why diets suck, handling love and heartbreak, exercise, sc...

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. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it...Amy Chu...

Complex issues underlie our youth crime statistics. High-profile cases of child abuse and violent crime highlight the way in which we have traditionally handled - some would argue mishandled - children born into families trapped in a spiral of crime, poverty and abuse. By looking calmly and critical...

What's Your Poo Telling You? -- With universal appeal (everyone poops, after all), this witty, illustrated description of over two dozen dookies (each with a medical explanation written by a doctor) details what one can learn about health and well-being by studying what's in the bowl. A floater? It'...

Completely revised and updated Australian & NZ edition. Everything new parents need to know about the care (and feeding) of an infant, from the authors of What to Expect When You're Expecting. The book covers monthly growth and development, feeding for every age and stage, and sleep strategi...

The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D., outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your ...

Since it was published in 1991, Annabel Karmel's essential guide to feeding babies and young children has become a word-of-mouth classic. For 15 years this book has remained the number-one bestselling book on feeding children and it is consistently in the Top 20 non-fiction titles in the UK - a...

GROWING BOYS: HOW TO RAISE YOUR SON is a brilliant practical parenting book about parenting boys. It's packed with lots of tips and pragmatic ideas for parents and has a strong and positive message for parents. Table of Contents The challenges for boys in the new millenium; The uniqueness of b...

There are two main tenets to the new approach to parenting developed in the book: emotional support and limit setting. It takes about 20 years to raise a child. Within that 20 years, the author believes, you will have taught - or led your child towards the teaching of all the skills they will need t...

Adolescent boys - they seem to disappear into another world where they barely communicate, and where fast cars, alcohol and drugs are constant temptations. Will they survive to become good men? How can parents and schools understand them and help them through this difficult and dangerous time? Celia...

Somehow, somewhere, parenting has become far too complicated and serious. Battlefield Wisdom is the perfect antidote. As a gift for newbie parents, or a soothing balm for the bumps and bruises of the seasoned veteran, this handy little pocket-sized book is for all those who've been worn down by the...

During her many years as a successful New Entrant (Year 0/1) teacher, Colleen Young has been providing parents of pre-schoolers and New Entrants with many practical ideas to help with the transition to school. She developed an 'introduction to School' programme which gave parents an outline of the a...

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. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it...Amy Chua's...

THE KEY TO A BETTER BODY--in shape, energized, and youthful--is a healthy brain. Based on the latest medical research, as well as on Dr. Amen's two decades of clinical practice at the re-nowned Amen Clinics, where Dr. Amen and his as-sociates pioneered the use of the most advanced brain imaging tech...

Why do girls giggle so much? Why does everything have to be pink? Why are they so scary once they hit puberty? How can I stop her from marrying an idiot? All this and more is revealed, with some surprising conclusions about what we think we know about the differences between girls and boys, and taki...

Ian and Mary Grant maintain that the two great human desires are to know that we can love and that we can be loved. In their latest book, they give skills and tips on how to maintain your relationship with your husband or wife. Whether your relationship is flaming with passion or just flaming awful,...

The prospect of bringing a tiny baby home when you already have a toddler can be extremely daunting. Life with a newborn baby is tiring and challenging enough but with a demanding elder brother or sister to deal with too, how do you cope? Written in the same reassuring, accessible style as her bests...

New Zealand's most beloved cook - Alison Holst - has created a book full of delicious recipes that will be welcomed by all parents trying to balance the demands of family, work and life. This collection of recipes provides lots of exciting ideas for parents faced with the dilemma of how to provid...

To hear the parents of AB Combs Leadership Elementary School in Raleigh talk about the school is to be amazed. In 1999, the school introduced a new leadership program that taught The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to a pilot group of students. Students are taught to identify their talents a...

You Sexy Mother redefines what it means to be a stay-at-home mum today…one who is sexy, vibrant, healthy, happy and engaged in a life that has meaning and value. When she became a mother herself, Jodie Hedley-Ward failed to find any book that supported her own beliefs about what motherhood co...

"TRACY HOGG HAS GIVEN PARENTS A GREAT GIFT-the ability to develop early insight into their child's temperament." "-Los Angeles Family " When Tracy Hogg's "Secrets of the Baby Whisperer" was first published, it soared onto bestseller lists across the country. Parents eve...

Time out is a vital parenting tool and in this book Diane Levy explains how best to use it in all situations for children of all ages. She believes children must be taught to experience and handle their emotions and they must learn self- discipline. Her two main parenting tenets - emotional support ...

After the huge success of Growing Great Boys, comes this companion title focusing on girls. Despite girls mostly getting great media these days many issues still remain to challenge them and their parents. This book will give support and advice to parents in the same way that Growing Great Boys has ...

This book records the story of the first twelve months of your baby's life. There are spaces for you to note the many exciting events in your baby's development, from the first smile to the first party, and room to attach photographs at every stage. A pocket at the back enables you to store precious...

First released in 1985, and with 8 reprints, this edition of this important down-to-earth approach to teaching children to sleep through the night has had a design and cover makeover, as well as incorporating updated information. This edition is a result of a request by Plunket, and repeated request...

A candid and engaging take on the struggle to come to terms with life as a new parent. Motherhood, for a first-timer, can be an overwhelming and even frightening experience but admitting this doesn't seem to be the done thing. The birth, according to Eleanor, is the least of it. It's what happens...

The ultimate guide to raising girls. A major new parenting book written by the Girls' Schools Association of the UK. Your Daughter features the combined wisdom of the heads and teachers of the leading girls' schools up and down the country. With decades of experience teaching hundreds of thousands...

Although parents are most worried about sleep issues, their anxiety seems to reach new heights when they even think about potty training. 'When do we do it'? 'How do we do it'? 'What if we start too early'? 'What if we start too late'? The questions are endless. Thankfully help is to hand with Tracy...

It's true -- kids CAN clean! And if anybody knows how to make it happen, it's the Domestic Guru, Shannon Lush. This illustrated book for children covers everything from removing the squashed banana in your schoolbag, to tidying up your bedroom, personal hygiene (or why you should take your finger OU...

It has become common knowledge that childhood obesity rates are increasing every year. But the rates continue to rise. And between busy work schedules and the inconvenient truth that kids simply refuse to eat vegetables and other healthy foods, how can average parents ensure their kids are getting t...

This fully illustrated pregnancy guide gives an expectant mother week-by-week information on her body and the child's physical development, and then explains what she should do at each week for an optimally healthy pregnancy, delivery, and baby. A chapter is devoted to each week of pregnancy and cov...

Everyone knows about the epidemic of child obesity in the Western world and most parents are worried - an overweight child will almost certainly become an overweight adult with all the health risks that come with it. "Food for Fit & Healthy Kids" explores the ways you can cook food you...