Parenting and Childcare

Deborah Jackson / Letting Go as Children Grow

  This book considers the inner world of the child and argues that children are more capable than many of us realize. Babies make their needs known; toddlers can walk for miles; teenagers are...

Joanna Faber / How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen : A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7

 From the widely acclaimed HOW TO TALK series, discover tried and tested communication strategies to survive - and thrive - with kids ages 2-7The all-new content in this book deals with struggles...

Ken Graver / A Guide for the Partners of Incest Survivors (Large Paperback)

  Although the impact of incest or sexual abuse can destroy relationships and test long-standing commitments, Ghosts in the Bedroom provides comfort and guidance for partners in the process of...

Sarah Brewer / Planning A Baby? (Large Paperback)

  Planning a Baby? is all about giving your baby the best possible start in life. By taking maximum care of your health in the six important months before your new child is even conceived, you can...

Maire O'Dwyer / At the Coalface : A Family Guide to Caring for Older People in Ireland (Large Paperback)

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Cherry Chappell / Perfect Wedding Planning

 Perfect Wedding Planning is an indispensable guide to every aspect of arranging and coordinating the wedding you've always wished for. Covering everything from booking the caterers to choosing the...

Barbara Want / Baby Secrets : How to Know Your Baby's Needs (Large Paperback)

 "Jo's pioneering 'spaced soothing' technique is a failsafe method that teaches babies to enjoy their sleep and empowers parents to understand their babies better." - Made for MumsBaby Secrets will...

Naomi Stadlen / How Mothers Love (Large Paperback)

 Mothers describe falling in love with their babies and then, more slowly, learning to understand them. Children flourish when their mothers love and understand them.For over 20 years, Naomi Stadlen...

Katharine Graves / The Hypnobirthing Book with Antenatal Relaxation Download (Large Paperback)

  Childbirth can be an empowering and positive experience that you treasure for the rest of your life. KG Hypnobirthing teaches simple and gentle techniques that have a profound effect on you and...

Andrew G. Marshall / I Love You But You Always Put Me Last (Large Paperback)

 The kids are happy, but how are things really between you and your partner?In modern parenting, the established wisdom is that you should prioritize the needs of your children above all else. But...

Richard Ford / Between Them (Hardback)

 LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sportswriter comes a deeply personal account of his parents - an intimate portrait of American mid-twentieth...

Ann Ingle / Openhearted (Hardback)

 SHORTLISTED FOR TWO IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021'Something they don't tell you about getting older is that you fall. Oh, you hear about it in passing, of course, "She had a fall, poor thing". Falling is...

Susan Reynolds / My Dad Is My Hero

  Children often have trouble telling their father how much they love him. Fortunately, this book expresses those emotions for them. This endearing collection of stories about the everyday heroics...

Sam Butt / A Deadbeat Dad and the Bloody Pandas

 Truth sees no boundaries and sooner or later it comes out and expresses its need to be acknowledged. Relationships are needed and sustained throughout our lifespan and need sustenance through...

Matt Coyne / Dummy

 **THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER, APRIL 2017**'The night before Charlie was born I had this dream. I dreamt that I was a soldier, riding into battle ... completely naked, and on the back of a...

Rob Kemp / The Expectant Dad's Survival Guide : Everything You Need to Know (Large Paperback)

 From buying buggies and cutting the cord to dealing with your wife's breastfeeding in public - the life of a first-time father will throw up new experiences every day.The Expectant Dad's Survival...

Mary Wingfield / The Fertility Handbook (Large Paperback)

 Professor Mary Wingfield is one of Ireland's foremost fertility experts, and she has helped hundreds of people to conceive over the last thirty years. In The Fertility Handbook she has created an...

Dave Pelzer / Help Yourself for Teens (Large Paperback)

 'The bottom line: Your life's outcome is solely up to you. If you can get out of bed in the morning, go to the bathroom, get dressed and nuke something in the microwave without any help, then you...

Maureen Gaffney / Your One Wild and Precious Life (Large Paperback)

 WINNER OF THE AUDIENCE CHOICE IRISH BOOK AWARD 2021Once you've got a few decades on the clock, life can seem sort of cross-roadsy. Once you're no longer thinking of yourself as 'young', you may be...

Sandi Mann / Dealing with Difficult Eaters (Large Paperback)

  If mealtimes often turn into a battleground when you’re trying to persuade your child to eat, this book is for you. Written by a trio of experts in parenting, psychology and nutrition, this book...

Troy Osinoff / My Bad Parent : Do as I Say, Not as I Did

 No parent is perfect. But let's just say some need more guidance than others."My Bad Parent "is a reminder of the lesson all parents will unavoidably pass down: Do as I say, not as I do. With...

Tony Humphreys / A Different Kind of Discipline (Large Paperback)

 Discipline is a topical issue. It is fundamental to all our lives and our relationships. Discipline is about safeguarding our rights both as individuals and as a society.In this ground-breaking new...

Kathleen Jordan / Nanny, Ma and me (Large Paperback)

 'This story is the result of long hours of delving into the pasts of my nanny and my ma. I hope it will give some insight into the experiences of one family of colour in Ireland today. Most of all,...

Diane Wiessinger / The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (Large Paperback)

 It's no secret that breastfeeding is the normal, healthy way to nourish and nurture your baby. Dedicated to supporting nursing and expectant mothers, the internationally respected La Leche League...

Tim Dowling / Dad You Suck (Large Paperback)

 Written with self-excoriating candour and the driest humour, comes a book about being a dad from one of our best loved journalists."For me the hardest task of fatherhood was always the oppressive...

Elizabeth Pantley / The No-Cry Discipline Solution (Large Paperback)

  "The No-Cry Discipline Solution is a definite must-have for all parents and caregivers of young children. If you are looking for understandable, effective, and nurturing tools to raise good...

Aidan Macfarlane / Teenagers : The Agony, the Ecstasy The Answers (Large Paperback)

  The authors of "Teenagers" are both experienced in health care and research. They show how parents and teenagers can communicate in this humorous and informed handbook that enables both parties...

The American College Of Obstetricians And Gynecologists / Your Pregnancy and Childbirth: Month to Month (Large Paperback)

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Elle Wright / Ask Me His Name

 The Sunday Times Bestseller'A beautiful book' Giovanna Fletcher'Will stay with you long after you have put it down' Jools Oliver'Bold, compelling... will blow you away' Marina Fogle'Heartbreaking.....

Patrick Hanks / Babies' Names

  This brand new edition of Babies' Names will help you find the right name for your baby. The book gives over 2,500 names in common use in the English-speaking world with information on their...

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...

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...

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...

Marie Sherlock / Living Simply with Children (Large Paperback)

 Raising children ranks as one of life's most rewarding adventures. Yet between Mom and Dad working full-time jobs, endless carpooling of overscheduled youngsters, and the never-ending pressures to...

Natalie Madorsky Elman / The Unwritten Rules of Friendship (Large Paperback)

  A practical parenting handbook explains how to enhance any child's social skills by identifying individual social strengths and weaknesses, using case studies, drills, and exercises designed to...

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...

Fiona Ford / Healthy Eating For You And Your Baby

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Cathy Glass / Happy Kids

 A fresh and practical guide to successfully managing children's behaviour - from babies to young adults.Cathy Glass has been a foster carer for over 20 years, during this time fostering more than 50...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Laura Doyle / The Surrendered Single (Large Paperback)

  Having previously set out her "surrendering" principles for wives (and ruffling the feathers of feminists), Laura Doyle now tackles the single girl and shows how to get used to surrendering...

John Houghton / A Forever Family (Hardback)

  John Houghton and his wife - middle-class, highly educated, well-travelled - learned that they could not have children of their own. Instead they adopted three siblings, two boys and a girl, who...

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...

Rob Stears / Why I Love My Mum (Hardback)

 A book of illustrations with universal appeal about the love between a kid and their mother - funny, touching, celebratory.Why I Love My Mum celebrates the ageless, timeless bond between a child and...

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...

Rosemary Wells / Helping Children Cope with Grief (Large Paperback)

  Nothing can take away the pain and loss for a child who has lost someone close to them, but there is a great deal that a caring adult can do to avoid the long-term distress which can be caused...

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...

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...

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...