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Positive Parenting - Not just for parents! Books for anyone who wants to encourage self-esteem, confidence and happiness in the children they care for or work with.

Related category: Children & Young People
Related booklists: Parenting Boys and Young Men, Health and Wellbeing - Books for Children,

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 16 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources for Raising Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children by Shannon Brescher Shea
    Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources for Raising Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children - by Shannon Brescher Shea

    £13.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781623174712 | ISBN 10: 1623174716

    Drawing from cutting-edge social-science research, parent interviews, and experiential wisdom, science writer and parenting blogger Shannon Brescher Shea shows how green living and great parenting go hand in hand to teach kids kindness, compassion, r ... more

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  • Cover image of book Why Don
    Why Don't Children Sit Still? A Parent's Guide to Healthy Movement and Play in Child Development - by Evelien van Dort; translated by Barbara Mees

    £7.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781782505143 | ISBN 10: 1782505148

    Why is my son so clumsy? Why is my daughter's handwriting so messy? My children only want to play video games: will lack of movement really hurt them?  Movement is essential in helping children develop not only motor skills but also intellect ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to Make Children Laugh by Michael Rosen
    How to Make Children Laugh - by Michael Rosen

    £9.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781787471573 | ISBN 10: 1787471578

    Learn the most beautiful skill in the world from the world expert in making children laugh, Michael Rosen.   Jokes, a jack-in-the-box, jelly and jumping beans make children laugh.   As do practical jokes, peekaboo, pantomine and poe ... more

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  • Cover image of book How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin
    How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way - by Tim Seldin

    £12.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780241286265 | ISBN 10: 0241286263

    Written by Tim Seldin, President of the Montessori Foundation, this is the most fully up-to-date guide on Montessori parenting, packed with brand-new advice on children's use of digital media, and the neuroscience of child development.  The M ... more

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  • Cover image of book What To Do When You Feel Too Shy: A Kid
    What To Do When You Feel Too Shy: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Social Anxiety - by Claire A. B. Freeland & Jacqueline B. Toner. Illustrated by Janet McDonnell

    £18.95   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781433822766 | ISBN 10: 1433822768

    Circus clowns perform tricks and make us laugh. They wear bright colors, big shoes, and all kinds of wigs and colorful hats. Have you noticed that they seem to like people looking at them and laughing at them?   Lots of kids feel shy when they ... more

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  • Cover image of book Play the Forest School Way: Woodland Games and Crafts for Adventurous Kids by Peter Houghton and Jane Worroll
    Play the Forest School Way: Woodland Games and Crafts for Adventurous Kids - by Peter Houghton and Jane Worroll

    £12.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781780289298 | ISBN 10: 1780289294

    Help your child connect with nature, be adventurous and most of all have fun, with these woodland games, crafts and skill-building activities from Forest School.  The ultimate guide to woodland fun with kids! Forest School is founded on a philoso ... more

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  • Cover image of book Good Ideas: How to be Your Child
    Good Ideas: How to be Your Child's (and Your Own) Best Teacher - by Michael Rosen

    £10.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781444796445 | ISBN 10: 1444796445

    We live in a world surrounded by all the stuff that education is supposed to be about: machines, bodies, languages, cities, votes, mountains, energy, movement, plays, food, liquids, collisions, protests, stones, windows. But the way we've been taught ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
    How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk - by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

    £12.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781848123090 | ISBN 10: 1848123094

    New, expanded 30th anniversary edition of the number one practical guide to making your family life less stressful and more rewarding.Effective step by step techniques to help you improve and enrich your relationships with your children. Learn h ... more

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  • Cover image of book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
    Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder - by Richard Louv

    £10.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781848870833 | ISBN 10: 1848870833

    This huge international bestseller, fully revised for non-American readers, is now in paperback. Last Child in the Woods shows how our children have become increasingly alienated and distant from nature, why this matters, and what we can do to make a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Growing Up in a Culture of Respect: Child Rearing in Highland Peru by Inge Bolin
    Growing Up in a Culture of Respect: Child Rearing in Highland Peru - by Inge Bolin

    £16.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780292712980 | ISBN 10: 0292712987

    Far from the mainstream of society, the pastoral community of Chillihuani in the high Peruvian Andes rears children who are well-adjusted, creative, and curious. They exhibit superior social and cognitive skills and maintain an attitude of respect fo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Letting Go As Children Grow: From Early Intimacy to Full Independence - a Parent
    Letting Go As Children Grow: From Early Intimacy to Full Independence - a Parent's Guide - by Deborah Jackson

    £9.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780747565765 | ISBN 10: 0747565767

    An updated edition of Do Not Disturb: the Benefits of Relaxed Parenting. Feeling confused, guilty, overworked and piteously undervalued? You must be a 21st century parent. It's ok. You can let go now ... Most childcare books encourage us to become ... more

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  • Cover image of book Storytelling with Children by Nancy Mellon
    Storytelling with Children - by Nancy Mellon

    £12.99   paperback   (2000) - ISBN 13: 9781907359262 | ISBN 10: 1907359265

    Telling stories awakens wonder and creates special occasions with children, whether it is bedtime, around the fire or on rainy days. Encouraging you to spin golden tales, Nancy Mellon shows how you can become a confident storyteller and enrich your f ... more

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  • Cover image of book Special Time by Patty Wipfler
    Special Time - by Patty Wipfler

    £1.75   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781584290315 | ISBN 10: 1584290315

    One of a series of six pamphlets, written for parents and anyone interested in caring well for children. The series explains in down-to-earth terms what children want and need from the people who love them, why children show their feelings so fully, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Playlistening by Patty Wipfler
    Playlistening - by Patty Wipfler

    £1.75   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781584290353 | ISBN 10: 1584290358

    One of a series of six pamphlets, written for parents and anyone interested in caring well for children. The series explains in down-to-earth terms what children want and need from the people who love them, why children show their feelings so fully, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tantrums and Indignation by Patty Wipfler
    Tantrums and Indignation - by Patty Wipfler

    £1.75   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781584290346 | ISBN 10: 158429034x

    One of a series of six pamphlets, written for parents and anyone interested in caring well for children. The series explains in down-to-earth terms what children want and need from the people who love them, why children show their feelings so fully, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Healing Children by Patty Wipfler
    Healing Children - by Patty Wipfler

    £1.75   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781584290308 | ISBN 10: 1584290307

    One of a series of six pamphlets, written for parents and anyone interested in caring well for children. The series explains in down-to-earth terms what children want and need from the people who love them, why children show their feelings so fully, ... more

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