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Educational credentials are one of the most reliable tickets to a middle-class livelihood across the globe today. But as......more

A Singing Game: A Personal History of "When I Was a Baby" examines a series of variants of the classic singing game. "Wh......more

A Singing Game: A Personal History of "When I Was a Baby" examines a series of variants of the classic singing game. "Wh......more

Despite decades of policy reform, minoritised ethnic families continue to experience disproportionate intervention, hars......more

Girlhood and Adolescence in the Twenty-First-Century Southern Novel explores six works by contemporary Southern women wr......more

Girlhood and Adolescence in the Twenty-First-Century Southern Novel explores six works by contemporary Southern women wr......more

From dramas to reality TV to advertising, quinceañeras are familiar across mainstream media in the United States. The ce......more

Offering a timely and critical examination of the pressures shaping children’s lives - across societies, systems and set......more

This book explores the intricate landscape of youth representation on television, shedding new light on how tweens, teen......more

Addresses how to balance freedom of religion and parental rights with the wellbeing of the child That belief that childr......more

An exploration of the global language of play--and its local accents. There is an inherent contradiction in play: it is ......more

An exploration of the global language of play--and its local accents. There is an inherent contradiction in play: it is ......more

A groundbreaking approach to parenting that presents emotional maturity as the foundation for happy, resilient, successf......more

An edited collection with fresh approaches to tech and youth well-being that go beyond blame and simplistic solutions. T......more

Despite global advances in children’s rights, young people are routinely disregarded, overpowered and excluded. This per......more

Learn how to count and work your way up the number table with this book. Featuring colourful illustrations and examples,......more

Discover the magnificent variety of the animal kingdom with this book. Whether it is cows, or crocodiles, or capybaras, ......more

Expand your vocabulary to another level with this book. Featuring 100 new words with colourful illustrations that will s......more

A guide to supporting children’s wellbeing in cities, through their own perspectives. Bringing together insights from cr......more

A guide to supporting children’s wellbeing in cities, through their own perspectives. Bringing together insights from cr......more

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Discussions on children who have experienced domestic abuse often focuses on trauma and risks, and little is known about......more

Discussions on children who have experienced domestic abuse often focuses on trauma and risks, and little is known about......more

Amid increasing policy and funding pressures, and a dangerously overstretched workforce, the early years sector in the U......more

An unexpected portrait of the first year of school for America’s youngest learners. When we think of kindergarten, many ......more

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hunt, Gather, Parent comes a revolutionary five-step guide--packed with pr......more

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hunt, Gather, Parent comes a revolutionary five-step guide--packed with pr......more

How can we help children make a difference, allowing them to shape their communities, locally and globally? Drawing on a......more

Tracing the cultural history of play--from Fluxus to SimCity Games and gamified activities have become ubiquitous in man......more

Tracing the cultural history of play--from Fluxus to SimCity Games and gamified activities have become ubiquitous in man......more

A groundbreaking study of the meaning of childhood in French colonial Senegal Negotiating Childhood explores how colonia......more

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the lives, challenges, and aspirations of street children across differen......more

Imagining with Purpose in Childhood explores the question: How might moral imagining be conceived to support the cultiva......more

In Boys Will See Boys: Folklore, Friendships, and Emotions in Boyhood Snapshots, author Jay Mechling examines snapshots-......more

Child and family social work faces pressing challenges, from high care rates - particularly among marginalised communiti......more

Child and family social work faces pressing challenges, from high care rates - particularly among marginalised communiti......more

Originally published in 1922, Juvenile Delinquency was written while the author was Director of the Ohio Bureau of Juven......more

The Sensory Child: Sight, Sound, Touch examines a poetic film form evident in contemporary cinema that seems intent on c......more

First published in 1985, Disability in Modern Children’s Fiction presents a case for the inclusion of a planned element ......more

Understanding Contemporary Childhood introduces students to the ways in which childhood is socially constructed by a ran......more

Understanding Contemporary Childhood introduces students to the ways in which childhood is socially constructed by a ran......more

"Our education systems are shortchanging far too many teenagers. This book is brimming with insights on how to change th......more

This book offers various perspectives on children’s spirituality and its relation to life and values education from dive......more

This book offers multidisciplinary and inclusive perspectives on children and young people’s spirituality and its resear......more

In this study of representations of children and childhood, a global team of authors explore the theme of undeadness as ......more

Despite its huge public profile, surprisingly little is known about child protection work. Discussion focuses on failure......more

Despite its huge public profile, surprisingly little is known about child protection work. This book provides a new ’for......more

Raising Spirit in Blackfoot Territory examines the ethnographic dilemmas that arose across the run of the Raising Spirit......more

The first chapter focuses on pedocentrism and offers a genealogical and critical analysis of the child-centered traditio......more

A groundbreaking exploration of the ways in which the intelligence and abilities of children and young adults with autis......more

Gaia Gianni’s All in the Family explores how children shaped the development of pseudo-familial bonds, or fictive kinshi......more

"The figure of the child has played a significant role in constituting both the self-image and international reputation ......more

"The figure of the child has played a significant role in constituting both the self-image and international reputation ......more

Resilience is more than survival--Wendy Sims-Schouten amplifies the resistant and transformative voices of marginalized ......more

This book is about how teen boys use their smartphones to create a world for themselves and their peers. Based on an eth......more

Essays on Music, Adolescence, and Identity: The Adolescentia Project explores music consumption, self-discovery, media c......more

This open access book presents fresh archival evidence to explore the underexamined manuscript cultures of girls living ......more

Producing Children imagines the possibility, indeed the inevitability, of a creative relation between children as produc......more

Producing Children imagines the possibility, indeed the inevitability, of a creative relation between children as produc......more

This book explores the ways in which adolescents in Nigeria domesticate technology and the role of digital gatekeepers s......more

A social and political history of two decades of Egyptian neoliberalism through children’s picture books published in Eg......more

This book provides a rich analysis of the intangible legacies of mega-events and their impact on youth citizenship and c......more

The Block Parent(R) Program of Canada was launched in 1968 following a tragic child abduction and homicide in Ontario. I......more

"Exploring children’s playhouses built on British and American estates between the 1850s and the mid-1930s, Playhouses a......more

Neo-Victorian Young Adult Narratives examines the neo-Victorian themes and motifs currently appearing in young adult fic......more

Originally published in 1945, this is a concise account of the remarkable experiment with boys carried out by the author......more

A radical reinterpretation of the effect of excluding Welsh from schools on the fortunes of the language. Most people in......more

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Children as Social Butterflies examines how kindergarten children experience, negotiate, and claim belonging in a divers......more

Originally published in 1922, Juvenile Delinquency was written while the author was Director of the Ohio Bureau of Juven......more

Hi, this is a book explaining the language of computers and humans, how they differ and how they are same. Computers are......more

This book bridges the fields of critical youth studies, community psychology, and sociology to offer a transdisciplinary......more