"From a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children, a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhood-and what we can do about it"--

Presents the biography of Anne Frank, including the historical events which forced her to hide with her family in an attic in Nazi-occupied Holland for two years.

In this fun, fact-filled children's book, Kiki the engineering explorer and Gustavo the history expert get caught up in a spooky time travel mystery when a ghostly figure shows up at a medieval castle and terrifies the crowds!

Providing Support if Your Child is Transgender or LGBTQ+ “Unconditional” is a parenting guidebook that provides parents of an LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning) child with a framework for helping their LGBT child navigate a world that isn't always welcoming. Tips from a mother with experience. In “Unconditional”, author Telaina Eriksen, a professor at Michigan State University, explains what she and her husband have...

Annie searches for coins dropped beneath the boardwalks of Nome so she can buy her little brother a much, desired ice cream cone. Will Annie's perseverance overcome the obstacles she faces and allow her to become Little Brother's hero?

This book presents the perspectives of 22 leading figures involved in shaping the field of Childhood Studies over the last 30 years. They reflect on the changes that have taken place in the study of children and childhood, discuss ideas underpinning the field, examine current dilemmas and explore challenges for the future.

A true story of a conversation between a mother and daughter about where rain comes from. It's raining and the little girl wants to go outside and play. She asks her mother, "Where does rain come from." The mother explains that rain is a gift from God and it comes from Heaven. She continues to tell her little girl that God is at work, and he is busy watering all the trees, plants, and flowers. Also, the rain brings water for animals and people...

What does motherhood mean today? Drawing on interviews with new mothers and intergenerational chains of women in the same family, this exciting and timely book documents the transition to motherhood over generations and time. Exploring, amongst other things, the trend to later motherhood and the experience of teenage pregnancy, a compelling picture emerges. Becoming a mother is not only a profound moment of identity change but also a site of socio-economic...

Children and young people in the early twenty-first century encounter, and creatively adapt to, a range of cultural phenomena in an increasingly mediated, commercialised and globalised world. Children and young people's cultural worlds offers a critical introduction to childhood in the digital age. Childhood innocence is a concept that often underpins the way adults think about children and new technologies. The book challenges adult concerns, highlighting...

In this provocative history of parenting, Harry Hendrick analyses the social and economic reasons behind parenting trends. He shows how broader social changes, including neoliberalism, feminism, the collapse of the social-democratic ideal, and the 'new behaviourism', have led to the rise of the anxious and narcissistic parent. The book charts the shift from the liberal and progressive parenting styles of the 1940s70s, to the more 'behavioural', punitive...