The Leading eBooks Store Online

for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...

New to eBooks.com?

Learn more
Browse our categories
  • Bestsellers - This Week
  • Foreign Language Study
  • Pets
  • Bestsellers - Last 6 months
  • Games
  • Philosophy
  • Archaeology
  • Gardening
  • Photography
  • Architecture
  • Graphic Books
  • Poetry
  • Art
  • Health & Fitness
  • Political Science
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • History
  • Psychology & Psychiatry
  • Body Mind & Spirit
  • House & Home
  • Reference
  • Business & Economics
  • Humor
  • Religion
  • Children's & Young Adult Fiction
  • Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Romance
  • Computers
  • Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Science
  • Crafts & Hobbies
  • Law
  • Science Fiction
  • Current Events
  • Literary Collections
  • Self-Help
  • Drama
  • Literary Criticism
  • Sex
  • Education
  • Literary Fiction
  • Social Science
  • The Environment
  • Mathematics
  • Sports & Recreation
  • Family & Relationships
  • Media
  • Study Aids
  • Fantasy
  • Medical
  • Technology
  • Fiction
  • Music
  • Transportation
  • Folklore & Mythology
  • Nature
  • Travel
  • Food and Wine
  • Performing Arts
  • True Crime
  • Foreign Language Books
Children, child development

Most popular at the top

  • Rational Herdsby Christophe P. Chamley

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 44.00

    This book provides a synthesis of the theoretical literature of the last ten years with some empirical applications. Social learning is about individuals learning from the behavior of others and may lead to outcomes such as herding, fads, frenzies, crashes, and booms. more...

  • Studies in Modern Childhoodby Professor Jens Qvortrup

    Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 135.00

    In this timely study, high profile researchers contribute to the burgeoning field of the social studies of childhood with original and often surprising perspectives and approaches. They demonstrate that far from being esoteric or negligible, childhood is part and parcel of the social fabric in both poor and affluent countries. With chapters on children's... more...

  • Childhood in World Historyby Peter N Stearns; Peter N. Stearns

    Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 29.95

    Filling a gap in a field with very few teaching books available, Childhood in World History provides a much-needed historical overview. Studying childhood historically greatly advances our understanding of what childhood is about, and a world history focus permits broad questions to be asked. Peter N. Stearns, an esteemed name in the field, focuses... more...

  • Breakthrough Parenting for Children with Special Needsby Judy Winter

    Wiley 2006; US$ 15.95

    Breakthrough Parenting for Children with Special Needs challenges families and professionals to help children with special needs to reach their full potential by using a proven motivational, how-to approach. This groundbreaking and inspiring book provides detailed information on how to let go of the “perfect-baby” dream, face and resolve... more...

  • The Good Sonby Michael Gurian

    Penguin Group US 2000; US$ 15.95

    Selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books of 1999, The Good Son is the definitive guide to the moral and emotional development of our boys and young men. Within its pages, Michael Gurian widely credited as the founder of today's "boys movement" takes readers through a complete parenting program, showing how to instill virtues in boys... more...

  • A Noble Bet in Early Care and Educationby Brian P. Gill

    RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95

    A discussion of Pittsburgh's bold but troubled Early Childhood Initiative (ECI). The report summarizes ECI's organizational history, analyzes and explains its critical weaknesses, and articulates lessons to inform the design and implementation of future large-scale reform initiatives. more...

  • Boyhood in Americaby Priscilla Ferguson Clement; Jacqueline S. Reinier

    ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 185.00

    This work focuses on the life and history of American boyhood through the centuries. The book covers education, ethnicity, sports, work, religion, health issues, and more. Expert contributors offer perspectives from a myriad of disciplines, including history, cultural studies and sociology. more...

  • The Politics of Childhoodby Dr Jim Goddard; Dr Sally McNamee; Professor Adrian L. James; Dr Allison James

    Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 145.00

    This book analyzes the nature and experience of childhoods around the world at the beginning of the 21st century. Wide-ranging developments concerning children in the fields of social policy, sociology and politics have spurred significant growth in the social study of childhood. The book, which is primarily designed for students, academics and practitioners... more...

  • Promoting the Psychosocial Well Being of Children Following War and Terrorismby M.J. Friedman; A. Mikus-Kos

    IOS Press 2005; US$ 126.00

    Aims to show how community-based psychosocial approaches promote the psychosocial well being of children following war and terrorism. This book focuses on community-based interventions that link individual mental health/psychosocial well being with the health and stability of the community. more...

  • Girlhood in Americaby Miriam Forman-Brunell

    ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 185.00

    Girls' lives and the roles they've played in the social, cultural and political history of the United States have been widely overlooked. This work presents articles by more than 80 interdisciplinary scholars, covering all aspects of girls' roles in American society, past and present. more...