Martin Waddell, Owl babies, Candlewick, 2015
Three owlets are waiting for the return of their mother who has gone hunting but she doesn’t return soon enough for them. The owl siblings start to imagine what could’ve happened to their mum and to be frightened but they try to make each other brave, until their mother returns.
It's a book that can help children to deal with detachment from the parent, while waiting for their return.
Jan Hunt, The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart, New Society Pub, 2001
Children behave as they are treated. It’s vital to realise that "as parents we are not perfect, but we can continually recognize the crucial importance of how we behave towards our children". Let's stop and think: how am I helping or preventing my children to be the best version of themselves? As parents, let's stop and think how to approach our children, before acting or expressing our thoughts under the impulse of
Mirelle d’Allancé, What a tantrum!, Scholastic, 2004
It hasn’t been a good day for little Roberto and it gets even worse when he argues with his father! He gets so angry! …and he starts to feel a Thing growing inside… which gets bigger and bigger until it becomes a monster inside Roberto… which then materializes and starts destroying everything in Roberto’s room. But Roberto manages to tame it with a trick.
This is a story that tells children how this feeling (as important as all the feelings
Lara Zibners, If Your Kid Eats This Book, Everything Will Still Be Okay: How to Know If Your Child's Injury or Illness Is Really an Emergency, Grand Central Life & Style, 2009
Are you a parent who panics if your child hits his head or swallows pebbles in the aquarium? Here is a guide-vademecum-manual or handbook. This is a useful book to help you recognize when the child's discomfort is serious or not. This guide has an analytical index and presents many useful tips and suggestions that
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