Child Development Books

New and Published Books

1. Contemporary Debates in Childhood Education and Development

   Edited by Sebastian Suggate, Elaine Reese

   What are the risks and benefits of non-parental care for young children? What are the short- and long-term effects of academically vs. play-focused environments for learning? How and when should we teach reading? What are the purposes of Education? What is the best way to teach mathematics...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. Theory of Mind

   Beyond the Preschool Years

   By Scott A. Miller

   This is the first book to provide a comprehensive review of the burgeoning literature on theory of mind (TOM) after the preschool years and the first to integrate this literature with other approaches to the study of social understanding. By highlighting the relationship between early and...

   Published April 5th 2012 by Psychology Press
3. Children in Difficulty

   A guide to understanding and helping, 3rd Edition

   By Julian Elliott, Maurice Place

   Written by two leading experts in the field, this welcome third edition of Children in Difficulty: A guide to understanding and helping discusses some of the most common, yet incapacitating, difficulties that are frequently encountered by young children and adolescents. This includes such topics as...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
4. 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
5. Making Sense (Routledge Revivals)

   The Child's Construction of the World

   Edited by Jerome S. Bruner, Helen Haste

   The growing child comes to understand the world, makes sense of experience and becomes a competent social individual. First published in 1978, Making Sense reflected the way in which developmental psychologists had begun to look at these processes in increasingly naturalistic, social situations....

   Published August 28th 2011 by Routledge
6. Experiencing Environment and Place through Children's Literature

   Edited by Amy Cutter-Mackenzie, Phillip Payne, Alan Reid

   Recent scholarship on children’s literature displays a wide variety of interests in classic and contemporary children’s books. While environmental and ecological concerns have led to an interest in ‘ecocriticism’, as yet there is little on the significance of the ecological imagination and...

   Published June 8th 2011 by Routledge
7. International Case Studies of Dyslexia

   Edited by Peggy L. Anderson, Regine Meier-Hedde

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Dyslexia is a disability that exists in all countries that have high expectations for literacy. The inability to read in spite of normal intellectual potential represents one of the most puzzling educational challenges for literate societies, regardless of the culture or language. This book...

   Published April 5th 2011 by Routledge
8. Exploring Children's Creative Narratives

   Edited by Dorothy Faulkner, Elizabeth Coates

   How should we understand children’s creativity? This fascinating collection of international research offers fresh perspectives on children’s creative processes and the expression of their creative imagination through dramatic play, stories, artwork, dance, music and conversation. Drawing on a...

   Published April 3rd 2011 by Routledge
9. Introducing Bruner

   A Guide for Practitioners and Students in Early Years Education

   By Sandra Smidt

   Sandra Smidt takes the reader on a journey through the key concepts of Jerome Bruner, a significant figure in the field of early education whose work has spanned almost a century. His wide-ranging and innovative principles of early learning and teaching are unpicked here using everyday language and...

   Published March 31st 2011 by Routledge
10. A Teaching Assistant's Guide to Child Development and Psychology in the Classroom

    Second edition, 2nd Edition

    By Susan Bentham

    How can you help students most effectively in the classroom? As a Teaching Assistant, you play a vital role in today’s schools. This fully updated new edition will help you get to grips with the main issues to do with psychology and its role in the processes of teaching and learning. This...

    Published March 29th 2011 by Routledge