Our Library
We have a library of specialised parenting books carefully selected by our team at out Parenting Resource Centre. There are books on a range of parenting topics such as discipline, communication, self esteem, food and healthy eating, learning and multiple intelligences, pregnancy, bullying, gender and sexuality, raising girls, raising boys, brain science and parenting, tantrums, potty training,weaning, parenting a single child, adoption, teenagers and much much more. We also have children's books which parents can read to their children/ or borrow for their children to read to help them with specific issues such as understanding body changes/ puberty, preparation for school, preparation for a sibling, etc. Our team members will spend time to help you choose the right book for you according to your needs.
Here is a list of books in our Library:
Brain Science and Parenting
BRAINSTORM/DANIEL SIEGEL/BSC1051/1
HOW TO STIMULATE YOUR CHILDS INTELLIGENCE/READER'S DIGEST//BSC1682/1
THE SCIENCE OF PARENTING /MARGOT SUTHERLAND /BSC1778/1
BRAIN RULES FOR BABY /JOHN MEDINA /BSC1632/1
THE WHOLE BRAIN CHILD/SEIGEL & BRYSON/BSC1602/1
THE HUNDRED SIMPLE SECRETS OF HAPPY FAMILIES/DAVID NIVEN/BSC847/1
THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE/BESSEL VAN DER KOLK/BSC1218/1
BRAIN RULES FOR BABIES/JOHN MEDINA/BSC1950/1
Pregnancy and Baby
BELLY LAUGHS /JENNY MCCARTHY /PRB1556/1
THE BABY BOOK /WILLIAM SEARS /PRB1332/1
NEW BABY BOOK/CAROL KEOUGH/PRB85/1
INFANT MASSAGE/VIMALA MCCLURE/PRB1681/1
WHAT TO EXPECT THE FIRST YEAR/HEIDI MURKOFF, ARLENE & CO/PRB966/2
WHAT TO EXPECT THE FIRST YEAR/HEIDI MURKOFF, ARLENE & CO/PRB967/2
PREGNANCY PARENTHOOD AND YOGA/THE YOGA INSTITUTE/PRB1552/1
SECRETS OF THE BABY WHISPERER/TRACY HOGG/PRB1368/1
CHILD OF MINE - FEEDING WITH LOVE AND GOOD SENSE/ELLYN SATTER/PRB393/1
BABY FUN/ANNE KNECHT-BOYER/PRB1053/1
PREGNANY CHILDBIRTH AND THE NEW BORN/PENNY SIMKIN & CO/PRB968/1
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOURE EXPECTING/HEIDI MURKOFF & SHARON MAZEL/PRB381/1
PARENTING THE FUSSY BABY AND THE HIGH NEED CHILD/WILLIAM SEARS & MARTHA SEARS/PRB1499/1
Children’s Books
SUPER DUPER SAFETY SCHOOL /PATTIE FITZGERALD /KID1345/1
RUNAWAY BUNNY /MARGARET WISE BROWN /KID1519/1
A GIFT FOR BABY /JAN HUNT /KID674/1
LITTLE SISTER/KATHLEEN DALY/KID1038/1
THE GOTCHA SMILE/RITA MITCHELL/KID1511/1
WHAT BABY NEEDS/WILLIAM SEARS/KID297/1
KINDERGARTEN ROCKS/KATIE DAVIS/KID868/1
ON MOTHER'S LAP/ANN SCOTT/KID1595/1
DO YOU HAVE A SECRET?/JENNIFER MOORE/KID442/1
CAN'T YOU SLEEP LITTLE BEAR?/MARTIN WADELL/KID610/1
Emotional Intelligence and Communication
RAISING AN EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT CHILD /JOHN GOTTMAN /EQC742/1
RAISING CHILDREN COMPASSIONATELY (BOOKLET)/MARSHALL B. ROSENBERG/EQC1806/1
7 KINDS OF SMART/THOMAS ARMSTRONG/EQC70/1
I ONLY SAY THIS BECAUSE I LOVE YOU/DEBORAH TANNEN/EQC1890/1
RAISING AN EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT CHILD/JOHN GOTTMAN/EQC742/1
WORKING WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE/DANIEL GOLEMAN /EQC1420/1
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (BOOKLET)/ALI KHWAJA /EQC1304/2
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (BOOKLET)/ALI KHWAJA /EQC1303/2
BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD/HAIN G. GINOTT/EQC1789/2
BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD/HAIN G. GINOTT/EQC1788/2
PARENT EFFECTIVENESS TRAINING (PET)/THOMAS GORDAN/EQC316/4
5 LOVE LANGUAGES OF CHILDREN/GARY CHAPMAN /EQC808/1
DADDY MUMMY LET'S TALK (BOOKLET)/ALI KHWAJA /EQC1031/1
TEARS AND TANTRUMS/ALETHA J. SOLTER/EQC948/1
PRIME TIME FOR FAMILIES/MICHAEL G. PAPPAS/EQC1587/2
MOM THEY'RE TEASING ME/MICHAEL THOMPSON & LAWRENCE J. COHEN/EQC268/1
LISTEN – PATTY WIPLER & TOSHA SCHORE
THE GRIEVING CHILD - A PARENT'S GUIDE/HELEN FITZGERALD/EQC1638/1
HEART TO HEART PARENTING/ROBIN GRILLE/EQC1083/1
HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WILL LISTEN & LISTEN SO KIDS WILL TALK/ADELE FABER & ELAINE MAZLISH/EQC1797/4
LISTENING EFFECTIVELY TO CHILDREN/PATTY WIPFLER/EQC821/3
A PARENT'S GUIDEBOOK FAMOLIES COMMUNICATE/AAL/EQC1457/1
RESPECTFUL PARENTS RESPECTFUL KIDS/SURA HART/EQC2/1
Learning and Homework
THE HOMEWORK MYTH /ALFIE KOHN /LHW1857/1
PARENT GUIDE TO HASSEL FREE HOMEWORK/RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT/LHW1959/1
TAKE MONTESSORI HOME/IMC/LHW1005/2
ORGANISING THE DISORGANISED CHILD/KUTSEHER & MORAN/LHW1568/1
THE TEN LAWS OF LEARNING/STEVEN RUDOLEH/LHW886/1
READ TO ME - RAISING KIDS WHO LOVE TO READ/BERNICE E CULLINN/LHW1395/1
PLAYING TOGETHER/WENDY SMOLEN/LHW1924/1
HOW TO MAXIMISE YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING ABILITY/BRADWAY & HILL/LHW1021/1
HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN/BERNADETTE TYNANE/LHW1605/1
THE GIFT OF FAILURE/JESSICA LAHEY/LHW1298/1
FIRST STEPS TOWARDS READING/TIME LIFE/LHW1791/1
HOW TO TALK SO KIDS CAN LEARN/ADELE FABER & ELAINE MAZLISH/LHW146/1
ORGANIZING THE DISORGANIZED CHILD/MARTIN KUTSCHER/LHW378/1
HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING ABILITY/LAUREN BRADWAY/LHW674/1
Technology
HOW TO STOP YOUR KIDS WATCHING TOO MUCH TV /TERESA ORANGE /TEC1467/1
KIDS ONLINE/DONNA RICE HUGHES/TEC1614/1
Approach to Parenting
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE /SHELJA SEN /APP1598/1
EVERYDAY BLESSINGS - THE INNER WORK OF MINDFUL PARENTING/MYLA & JOHN KABAT-ZINN/APP614/1
FRONT PORCH PARENTING/MARY MANZ SIMON/APP735/1
WHOLE CHILD\WHOLE PARENT/POLLY BERRIEN BERENDS/APP1652/1
THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE FAMILIES/STEPHEN R. COVEY /APP652/2
LIBERATED PARENTS, LIBERATED CHILDREN/ADELE FABER & ELAINE MAZLISH /APP300/1
HOLD ON TO YOUR KIDS - WHY PARENTS NEED TO MATTER MORE THAN PEERS/GORDON NEUFELD & GABOR MATE/APP810/1
PARENTHOOD WITHOUT HASSLES - WELL ALMOST/KEVIN LEMAN/APP1700/1
THE PARENT'S ANSWER BOOK/PETER FAVARD/APP968/1
THE BEST ADVICE I EVER GOT/PARENTS MAGAZINE/APP628/1
UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING/ALFIE KOHN/APP747/1
RADICAL PARENTING/BRAD BLANTON/APP1186/1
RAISING POSITIVE KIDS IN A NEGATIVE WORLD/ZIG ZIGLAR/APP1006/1
BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN YOUR CHILD/CYNTHIA ULRICH TOBIAS & CAROL FUNK/APP321/1
PARENTING FUNCTION/H. L. KAILA/APP400/1
PARENTING FOR A PEACEFUL WORLD/ROBIN GRILLE/APP1575/1
PARENT'S GUIDE TO BRINGING UP KIDS/READER'S DIGEST /APP159/1
RAISING SELF RELIANT CHILD IN A SELF-INDULGENT WORLD/STEPHEN GLENN & JOHN NELSEN/APP1824/1
PARENTING - A SACRED TASK/KARUNA FEDORSCHAK/APP929/1
PARENTING YOUR CHILD/MC MATHEW, ANNA MATHEW & BEULAH WOOD/APP601/1
THE 10 GREATEST GIFTS I GIVE MY CHILDREN/STEVE V. VANNOY/APP67/1
HOW TO BRING UP A CHILD (BOOKLET)/AUROBINDO SOCIETY/APP1570/2
WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN/WAYNE W. DYER/APP144/1
PARENTING FOR THE INSIDE OUT/DANIEL J. SIEGEL & MARY HARTZELL/APP1608/1
THE MYTH OF THE SPOILT CHILD/ALFIE KOHN/APP22/1
NUTURE SHOCK/PO BROSNAN/APP1141/1
THE CREATIVE JOURNAL FOR PARENTS/LUCIA CAPACCHIONE/APP169/1
LIBERATED PARENTS LIBERATED CHILDREN/ADELE FABER & ELAINE MAZLISH/APP514/1
EVERYDAY BLESSINGS THE INNER WORK OF MINDFUL PARENTING /MYLA & JON KABAT-ZINN/APP101/1
Discipline and Guidance
THE EXPLOSIVE CHILD /ROSS GREENE /D&G446/1
PARENTING WITH LOVE AND LOGIC/FOSTER CLINE & JIM FAY /D&G359/1
EASY TO LOVE, DIFFICULT TO DISCIPLINE/BECKY A. BAILEY/D&G1022/1
POSITIVE DISCIPLINE/JANE NELSEN/D&G185/1
LOVE WITHOUT SPOILING, DISCIPLINE WITHOUT NAGGING/CEDRIC M. KENNY /D&G898/1
NEW WAYS IN DISCIPLINE/DOROTHY WALTER BARUCH/D&G673/1
KIDS ARE WORTH IT/BARABRA COLOROSO/D&G1756/1
PEACEFUL PARENTS AND HAPPY KIDS/LAURA MARKHAM/D&G1438/1
RAISING YOUR SPIRITED CHILD/MARY SHEEDY KURCINKA/D&G814/1
KID STRESS/GEORGIA WITKIN/D&G106/1
KIDS ARE WORTH IT/BARBARA COLOROSO/D&G1755/1
PUNISHED BY REWARDS/ALFIE KOHN/D&G961/1
Gender
RAISING BOYS /STEVE BIDDULPH /GEN1910/1
REVIVING OPHILIA/MARY PIPHER/GEN924/1
THE CURSE OF THE GOOD GIRL/RACHEL SIMMONS /GEN524/1
RAISING A DAUGHTER/JEANNE ELIUM & DON ELIUM/GEN1774/1
GROWING A GIRL/BARBARA MACKOFF/GEN876/1
REAL BOYS/WILLIAM POLLACK/GEN1929/1
RAISING BOYS/STEVE BIDDULPH/GEN1910/1
PINK BRAIN BLUE BRAIN/LISE ELIOT/GEN668/1
WHY GENDER MATTERS/LEONARD SAX/GEN461/1
HOW GIRLS THRIVE/JOANN DEAK & DORY ADAMS /GEN1395/1
Values and Self-esteem
YOUR CHILD'S SELF ESTEEM/DOROTHY CORKILLE BRIGGS/VSE1366/3
POWER OF SELF ESTEEM/NATHANIEL BRANDEN/VSE587/1
THE ONE MINUTE MOTHER/SPENCER JHONSON/VSE418/1
CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE/NOLTE & HARRIS/VSE963/1
HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR CHILD//VSE1622/1
TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN VALUES/LINDA AND RICHARD EYRE/VSE1177/1
100 PROMISES TO MY BABY/MALLIKA CHOPRA/VSE348/1
YOUR CHILD'S SELF-ESTEEM /DOROTHY BRIGGS/VSE219/1
Building a Healthy Sexuality
THE YELLOW BOOK - A PARENT'S GUIDE TO SEXUALITY EDUCATION/TARSHI/SXY983/2
WILL PUBERTY LAST MY WHOLE LIFE?/JULIE METZGER AND ROBERT LEHMAN/SXY1881/1
READY,SET,GROW/LYNDA MADARAS/SXY1510/1
THE CARE AND KEEPING OF YOU-THE BODY BOOK FOR GIRLS/VALORIE LEE SCHAEFER/SXY779/1
YOUR BODY BELONGS TO YOU/CORNELIA SPELMAN/SXY1119/1
MY PERSONAL SAFET WORKBOOK/TULIR/SXY1663/1
NO TRESPASSING - THIS IS MY BODY/PATTIE FITZGERALD/SXY1421/1
Multiple births
TWINSPIRATION/CHERYL LAGE/MBT377/1
WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING TWINS, TRIPLETS OR QUADS/BARBARA LUKE & TAMARA EBERLEIN/MBT415/1
A CONTENDED HOUSE WITH TWINS/GINA FORD & ALICE BEER/MBT544/1
Adoption
BEING ADOPTED - THE LIFELONG SEARCH FOR SELF/DAVID M. BRODZINSKY/ADP697/1
BREASTFEEDING THE ADOPTED BABY/DEBRA STEWART PETERSON/ADP1583/1
THE PRIMAL WOUND - UNDERSTANDING THE ADOPTED CHILD/NANCY NEWTON VERRIER/ADP320/1
One Child
THE ONLY CHILD/DARRELL SIFFORD /ONC1919/1
SINGLE CHILD (BOOKLET)/ALI KHWAJA/ONC309/2
Sibling Relationships
SIBLINGS WITHOUT RIVALRY/ADELE FABER & ELAINE MAZLISH/SIB1474/2
WHAT DO I DO WHEN MY CHILDREN DO NOT GET ALONG?/POLLY GREENBERG /SIB1312/1
Pre-teens and teens
WHAT TEENS NEED BUT CAN'T QUITE SAY/SAURABH SAKANI/TPR1144/1
BETWEEN PARENT AND TEENAGER/HAIM G. GINOTT/TPR1980/1
THE 7 BEST THINGS SMART TEENS DO/JOHN C. FRIEL & LIND D. FRIEL/TPR1888/1
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE TEENAGE SOUL ON TOUGH STUFF/JACK CANFIELD, MARK VICTOR HANSEN & KIMBERLY KIRBERGER/TPR1556/1
TEENAGE PARENTING/SEEMA GUPTA/TPR1653/1
NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ME/S. YAMUNA/TPR560/1
PLEASE MOM! ITS MY LIFE/JAIDEEP SINGH CHADHA/TPR1996/1
5 LOVE LANGUAGES OF TEENAGERS/GARY CHAPMAN /TPR115/3
TEEN INK - OUR VOICES OUR VISIONS/STEPHANIE H. MEYER & JOHN MEYER/TPR1071/1
BRAIN STORM/DANIEL J. SIEGEL /TPR1671/1
THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEENAGERS/SEAN COVEY/TPR892/1
THE PARENTING BIBLE/ROBIN GOLDSTEIN/TPR1669/1
PARENTING TEENAGERS/DON DINKMEYER & GARY D. MCKAY/TPR2/1
UNDERSTANDING YOUR TEENAGER/WAYNE RICE AND DAVID VEERMAN/TPR1694/1
FOR PARENTS AND TEENAGER/WILLIAM GLASSER/TPR564/1
GETTING TO CALM/LAURA KASTNER/TPR1640/1
BETWEEN PARENT AND TEENAGER/HAIM GINOTT/TPR1979/1
HOW TO TALK SO TEENS WILL LISTEN AND LISTEN SO TEENS WILL TALK/FABER AND MAZLISH/TPR760/1
UNDERSTANDING TEENAGERS (BOOKLET)/ALI KHWAJA/TPR1449/2
Developmental Needs
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR CHILD/MARIA MONTESSORI/DND1687/1
HOW TO UNDERSTAND YOUR CHILD/LYNN WEISS/DND36/1
ESCAPE FROM CHILDHOOD/JOHN HOLT/DND671/2
UNDERSTANDING TODAY'S CHILD (BOOKLET)/ALI KHWAJA/DND756/2
TOUCHPOINTS - THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE/T. BERRY BRAZELTON/DND79/1
DEVELOPMENTAL PROFILES/K. EILEEN ALLEN & LYNN R. MAROTZ/DND1292/1
THE SECRET OF CHILDHOOD/MARIA MONTESSORI/DND760/1
DEVELOPING YOUR CHILD'S POTENTIAL/TIME LIFE/DND1348/1
MIND//DNB974/2
BODY//DNB30/2
PARENTS//DNB823/2
BEHAVIOUR//DNB635/2
SAFETY//DNB1410/2
Resources for Teachers
YOU ARE THE WORLD/J. KRISHNAMURTHI/TEA1758/1
SCHOOL WITHOUT FEAR/J. KRISHNAMURTHI/TEA324/1
ON EDUCATION/J. KRISHNAMURTHI/TEA1775/1
THE UNDERACHIEVING SCHOOL/JOHN HOLT/TEA433/1
SUMMER HILL/A. S. NEIL/TEA214/1
A TEACHER'S HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING THINKING INTHE CLASSROOM/SUSAN & ROBERT HOWLEY/TEA1057/1
TEACHER AND CHILD/HAIM G. GINOTT/TEA1605/1
TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS TRAINING/THOMAS GORDON/TEA870/1
DEMOCRATIC SCHOOLS/APPLE & BEANE/TEA338/1
AMONGST SCHOOL CHILDREN/TRACY KIDDER/TEA1008/1
HOW CHILDREN FAIL/JOHN HOLT/TEA153/1
TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS TRAINING /DR. THOMAS GORGON/TEA154/1
TEACHER AND CHILD/HAIM GINOTT/TEA1604/1
TEACHING CHILDREN COMPASSIONATELY/MARSHALL ROSENBERG/TEA1171/1
COMMENTARIES ON LIVING/J. KRISHNAMURTHI/TEA1601/2
COMMENTARIES ON LIVING/J. KRISHNAMURTHI/TEA1600/2
EDUCATION AND THE GROWING CHILD/AUROBINDO SOCIETY/TEA1947/1
EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE/AUROBINDO SOCIETY/TEA493/1
Jiddu Krishnamurti
NO. 14, JAN 2010/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKJ760/1
NO. 18, 2014/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKJ1231/1
NO. 12, JAN 2008/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKJ609/1
NO. 17, JAN 2013/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKJ1286/1
NO. 19, 2015/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKJ135/2
NO. 19, 2015/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKJ136/2
NO. 13, JAN 2009/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKJ359/2
NO. 13, JAN 2009/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKJ360/2
NO. 16, JAN 2012/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKJ1036/1
NO. 20, JAN 2016/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKJ63/1
NO. 15, JAN 2011/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKJ1786/1
NO. 11, JULY 2007/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKJ1062/1
ACTION WITHOUT CONFLICT/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB1932/1
INWARD FLOWERING/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB1432/1
BOREDOM AND THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB644/1
WHY THIS EMOTIONAL DEPEDENCE/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB819/1
TIME AND TIMELESS/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB526/1
THE IMPORTANCE OF NEGATIVE THINKING/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB1767/1
THE FUTILITY OF CHOICE/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB1207/1
THE RELIGIOUS MIND/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB1558/1
TO LIVE WITH DEATH/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB247/1
A DIALOGUE WITH ONESELF/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB1313/1
WHO IS THE MEDITATOR?/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB1277/1
TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB1198/1
THE FALSENESS OF YOUR EFFORT TO CHANGE/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB1594/1
WHAT DOES FREEDOM MEAN?/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB1989/1
WHAT IS IT TO CARE?/KRISHNAMURTHY/JKB772/1
TALK WITH STUDENTS VARANASI 1954/J.KRISHNAMURTI/JKB1226/1