Child Development Books

New and Published Books

1. From Birth to Sixteen

   Children's Health, Social, Emotional and Linguistic Development

   By Helen Cowie

   From Birth to Sixteen outlines children’s physical, social, emotional and language development from infancy through to adolescence. In both its practical application of research and its contribution to the assessment of child development, this text provides essential reading for those studying, or...

   Published February 1st 2012 by Routledge
2. Emerging Topics on Father Attachment

   Considerations in Theory, Context and Development

   Edited by Lisa A. Newland, Harry S. Freeman, Diana D. Coyl

   This book is the first of its kind to focus specifically on children’s attachment to fathers, and explores the connections among fathering, family dynamics, and attachment relationships. It includes theoretical, methodological and research reports written by an interdisciplinary group of...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
3. Child's Conception of the World

   Selected Works vol 1

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
4. Origin of Intelligence in the Child

   Selected Works vol 3

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
5. Evolutionary Playwork

   2nd Edition

   By Bob Hughes

   Play is a crucial component in the development of all children. In this fully updated and revised edition of his classic playwork text, Bob Hughes explores the complexities of children’s play, its meaning and purpose, and argues that adult-free play is essential for the psychological well-being of...

   Published September 27th 2011 by Routledge
6. Young People, Border Spaces and Revolutionary Imaginations

   Edited by Stuart Aitken, Fernando Bosco, Thomas Herman, Kate Swanson

   Drawing from discussions that pulled together child researchers working near the borders of Mexico, the United States and Canada, this book explores how material and metaphoric borders give way to young people's experimentations with cultural, social and political change. The contributors...

   Published May 11th 2011 by Routledge
7. Social Understanding and Social Lives

   From Toddlerhood through to the Transition to School

   By Claire Hughes

   Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology

   Over the past thirty years, researchers have documented a remarkable growth in children’s social understanding between toddlerhood and the early school years. However, it is still unclear why some children’s awareness of others' thoughts and feelings lags so far behind that of their peers. Based on...

   Published March 22nd 2011 by Psychology Press
8. Handbook of Self-Regulation of Learning and Performance

   Edited by Barry J. Zimmerman, Dale H. Schunk

   Series: Educational Psychology Handbook

   Self-regulated learning (or self-regulation) refers to the process whereby learners personally activate and sustain cognitions, affects, and behaviours that are systematically oriented toward the attainment of learning goals. This is the first volume to integrate into a single volume all aspects of...

   Published March 7th 2011 by Routledge
9. Children’s Food Practices in Families and Institutions

   Edited by Punch, Ian McIntosh, Ruth Emond

   This book brings together recent UK studies into children’s experiences and practices around food in a range of contexts, linking these to current policy and practice perspectives. It reveals that food works not only on a material level as sustenance but also on a symbolic level as something that...

   Published February 13th 2011 by Routledge
10. Play in Early Childhood

    From Birth to Six Years, 3rd Edition

    By Mary D. Sheridan, Justine Howard, Dawn Alderson

    Based on the pioneering work of Mary D. Sheridan, Play in Early Childhood is a classic introductory text to play and development – key topics for all those who work with young children. Updated for a contemporary audience and fully evidence-based, it explains how children’s play develops and how...

    Published December 13th 2010 by Routledge