Penguin Books Australia

Give your child a head-start in life!

Your toddler throws a tantrum in the middle of a store.  Your preschooler refuses to get dressed.  Your 11-year-old sulks on the bench instead of playing on the field.  Do children conspire to make their parents' lives endlessly challenging?  No — it's just their developing brain calling the shots!

A groundbreaking new book from the author of the New York Times Bestseller Brain Rules

What's the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy?  What does watching TV do to a child's brain?  What's the best way to handle temper tantrums/  Scientists know.

Making Babies tells the stories behind the statistics, inside the world...

A specially adpated Australian pregnancy guide with a personal touch

From pre-conception through to the first six weeks after your baby's birth, My Pregnancy is packed with practical how-to and real-life experience. Written by six experts who are also mums themselves it's like having your own personal team of experts on-hand whenever you need them. They will help reassure you and answer all...

A simple, visual approach to helping your child understand maths.

Reduce the stress of studying maths and help your child with their homework, following this unique visual guide which will demystify the subject for everyone.

Using clear, accessible pictures, diagrams and easy-to-follow step-by-steps - and covering everything from basic numeracy to more challenging subjects like statistics and algebra -...

Let parenting guru, Dr Miriam Stoppard, guide you through the essentials of baby and childcare in a new edition of this ultimate one-stop guide.

From bathing a newborn to choosing a preschool, in-depth practical advice will give you the confidence to make the best decisions for your...

Updated quick-reference Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) visual medical guide to children's symptoms and their treatment.

From asthma to chicken pox, learn to look after your child in times of illness with this at home guide for parents, covering childhood diseases and disorders.

New edition of this baby bible, from pregnancy and childcare expert Dr Miriam Stoppard - this edition has been fully adapted for the Australian market, and given a fresh new jacket.

If you're pregnant and want trusted advice, have all your questions answered by top parenting expert Dr Miriam Stoppard - popular and trusted childbirth specialist.

Updated, trusted advice for parents-to-be from expert Dr Miriam Stoppard

From trusted pregnancy and baby care expert Dr Miriam Stoppard, a guide to every magical stage of your pregnancy, from pre-conception planning to the first days of life.

Packed with reassuring, fully updated advice on fertility treatment, antenatal care, nutrition, exercise and your choices in childbirth and special sections on...

Updated guide to pregnancy and babycare during the first year, from expert Dr Miriam Stoppard.

Find out what it's really like to have a baby and how to adapt to becoming a family from Dr Miriam Stoppard - Britain's most popular and trusted childcare specialist.

You'll learn everything you need to know; from what happens during pregnancy and birth, through to day-to-day babycare including feeding, washing...

Updated parents' guide to helping your baby develop through creative play, from expert Dr Miriam Stoppard.

Bring out your baby's full potential with just a single 'golden hour of play' each day following expert advice from trusted childcare specialist, Dr Miriam Stoppard.

Discover how in just one hour a day you can help your baby develop during the first year: from their speech to movement, coordination...

Make your pregnancy personal with this combination of trusted practical advice and friendly reassurance that will ensure the next nine months are really special for you.

Miriam Stoppard's...

Knowledge from the very start.

Bringing a child into the world is the most momentous time of one's life. Now parents can have the most up-to-date information on what to expect from the nine months of pregnancy and the entire process of childbirth. Written by an experienced OB-GYN and mother, with a reassuring tone, the latest edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Pregnancy and Childbirth includes:...

From Atticus to Zuzu ...

With 10,000 additional names and 50 additional lists (200 total), this latest edition is the most comprehensive guide to naming newborns on the market-and the most fun! With specialized lists-from world leaders to favourite characters from children's literature, biblical figures to Wiccan/ Gothic/Vampire names, Olympic medalists to Nobel Prize winners-plus alphabetized lists...