Tizzie Hall is an international bestselling childcare author who has been working with babies & parents for over 18 years The tried & tested information in this parenting book will help you to deal with the inevitable challenges that come as your baby becomes a toddler This easy-to-use guide

Includes:: Sleep & feeding routines for children between one & three years Solutions to common sleep problems & advice on the transition from cot to bed Dealing with tantrums & introducing boundaries Advice on potty training for boys & girls Answers to common health concerns & safety issues With real-life case studies answers to common questions & brilliant tips How to Raise a Happy Toddler will help you to have a happy rested & well-adjusted toddler & allow you to enjoy this wonderful & exciting period of their lives

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You don't have to own a dog & you don't have to be Jewish A humour title about using guilt shame & passive aggression to raise your dog that will have you barking with laughter 176 pages Rabbis of Boca Raton Theological Seminary ...

From the author-illustrator team behind the bestselling How to Babysit a Grandad comes a funny & heartwarming celebration of mothers perfect for Mother's Day Raising a happy healthy mum is fun & important! It's up to you to take good care of her from morning to night from waking her up nice & early to reading her a story before bed & always remember mums require lots of cuddles! Praise for How to Babysit a Grandad ' Youngsters will thoroughly enjoy the tongue-in-cheek role reversal'
- School Library Journal Illustrated by the winner of the Red House Children's Book Award & a New York Times bestselling artist
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Written by Tim Seldin President of the Montessori Foundation this is the most fully up-to-date guide on Montessori parenting packed with br&-new advice on children's use of digital media & the neuroscience of child development The Montessori method emphasises learning through discovery with children encouraged to choose their own activities at their own pace outside of formal teaching methods How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way shows you how to build independence creativity & confidence in your child with exciting preschool activities & educational games to inspire your child at home This essential book also

Includes:: an activity checklist with appropriate activities for children up to 6 years How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way summarises each of Montessori's pioneering child-centred methods & covers children's first steps in reading writing & maths Understand the science behind the method with neuroscientific & developmental research explaining your child's brain Manage & participate in your child's screen time build their sensory awareness & teach grace & courtesy from a young age with this celebrated parenting guide Previous edition ISBN 9781405312998

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For the millions of people every year who consider bringing a puppy into their lives
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With half a million copies in print How to Read a Book is the best & most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader completely rewritten & updated with new material Originally published in 1940 this book is a rare phenomenon a living classic that introduces & elucidates the various levels of reading & how to achieve them-from elementary reading through systematic skimming & inspectional reading to speed reading Readers will learn when & how to judge a book by its cover & also how to X-ray it read critically & extract the author's message from the text Also included is instruction in the different techniques that work best for reading particular genres such as practical books imaginative literature plays poetry history science & mathematics philosophy & social science works Finally the authors offer a recommended reading list & supply reading tests you can use measure your own progress in reading skills comprehension & speed ...

The work done on a play before the first rehearsal the first group reading or even the before the cast have met can be crucial to the success of a production Directors & dramaturgs must know how to analyze understand & interpret a play or performance text if they hope to bring it to life on the stage This book provides a broad range of tools & methods that can be used when reading a text including Lessons from the past What can we learn from Aristotle Stanislavsky Meyerhold Vakhtangov Brecht & Harold Clurman? This section establishes the models & methods that underpin much of a director's work today A survey of current practices in Western theatre A combination of research interviews & observation of practical work addresses the main stages in understanding a play such as getting to know characters sharing ideas mapping the action & grappling with language A workbook setting out twenty one ways of breaking down a play from the general to the particular Contributions reflections & interjections from a host of successful directors make this the ideal starting point for anyone who wants to direct a play or even devise one of their own This wide range of different approaches options & techniques allows each reader to create their own brand of play analysis ...

A practical teach-yourself course on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for the general reader In this text the grammar of ancient Egypt is introduced using the inscriptions found on monuments with an emphasis on learning to read & translate accurately A series of 43 exercises accompanies an easy to follow ten-step guide & is supported by a reference section of sign-lists & a short dictionary at the end of the text Background notes on general topics including gods royal dynasties & principal sites aim to help the reader to understand the historical concept ...

The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire
- Jacques Lacan Is psychoanalysis
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A literary master's entertaining guide to reading with deeper insight better understanding & greater pleasure What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full of concealed loathing resentment & aggression? In this accessible delightfully entertaining book Terry Eagleton addresses these intriguing questions & a host of others How to Read Literature is the book of choice for students new to the study of literature & for all other readers interested in deepening their understanding & enriching their reading experience In a series of brilliant analyses Eagleton shows how to read with due attention to tone rhythm texture syntax allusion ambiguity & other formal aspects of literary works He also examines broader questions of character plot narrative the creative imagination the meaning of fictionality & the tension between what works of literature say & what they show Unfailingly authoritative & cheerfully opinionated the author provides useful commentaries on classicism Romanticism modernism & postmodernism along with spellbinding insights into a huge range of authors from Shakespeare & J K Rowling to Jane Austen & Samuel Beckett ...