Books for parents

Filthy Creatures by David Williams
Filthy Creatures by David Williams
From the new house of oort publications comes Filthy Creatures: things my mother never told me by David Williams, a collection of 17 poems casting a humorous perspective on members of the animal kingdom. Anne Coates reviews.
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Confessions of the World's Best Father
Confessions of the World's Best Father
Confessions of the World's Best Father will make anyone smile (if not succumb to raucous belly-laughing). Publication of Dave Engledow's book of photographs and commentary is perfectly timed for Father's Day but will make a great gift for any new or soon-to-be dad, writes Anne Coates.
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Little London by Sunshine Jackson and Kate Hodges
Little London by Sunshine Jackson and Kate Hodges
Little London – Child-friendly Days Out And Fun Things To Do by Kate Hodges and Sunshine Jacksonin is a comprehensive guide to activities in the captial including over 200 free and affordable ideas. Anne Coates takes a wander through the pages.
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The Music Miracle (5)
The Music Miracle (5)
In the final part in our series of articles by Liisa Henrickson-Macaulay, founder of the early music education programme Moosicology and author of bestselling parenting title The Music Miracle: The Scientific Secret to Unlocking Your Child's Full Potential gives her last two tips on how to engage with your child through music.: playing "Conductor Says" and remembering your child is born musical.
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Get Things Done by Robert Kelsey
Get Things Done by Robert Kelsey
Subtitled What stops smart people achieving more and how you can change, Robert Kelsey's Get Things Done may be just what you need to kick-start a more productive you, and the principals within the book can be applied to how you organise family life and help your children reach their own portential, writes Anne Coates.
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The Music Miracle (4)
The Music Miracle (4)
Liisa Henriksson-Macaulay, founder of the early music education programme Moosicology and author of bestselling parenting title The Music Miracle: The Scientific Secret to Unlocking Your Child's Full Potential gives her top ten tips on how to engage with your child through music. Here are tips seven and eight: Catch the higher bird and Musical moods.
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Tell me a story
Tell me a story
To celebrate National Storytelling Week, we publish ten useful guidelines for telling stories from Nancy Mellon's book Storytelling with Children.
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Mindfulness for Health by Burch and Penman
Mindfulness for Health by Burch and Penman
Subtitled "a practical guide to relieving pain, reducing stress and restoring wellbeing", Mindfulness for Health by Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman offers a course of meditations to help you get more from life, whatever your situation. Anne Coates reviews.
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A book isn't just for Christmas
A book isn't just for Christmas
We don't usually review  fiction on Parenting Without Tears but founder Anne Coates is an avid reader as well as writer and here's some of the authors and books she's discovered and enjoyed this year via Twitter.
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Great Places for Kids' Parties (UK) by Diane Mannion
Great Places for Kids' Parties (UK) by Diane Mannion
Diane Mannion has created a comprehensive overview of the type of UK venues and activities available for children's parties in Great Places for Kids' Parties (UK) as Anne Coates discovered.
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We're Going on a Bar Hunt
We're Going on a Bar Hunt
We're Going on a Bar Hunt A parody by bestselling authors Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees and illustrated by Gillian Johnson will arouse a knowing smile if not a snort of laughter in every parent, writes, Anne Coates.
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Soup Can Make You Thin
Soup Can Make You Thin
Soup Can Make You Thin The Cookbook by Fiona Kirk & Jean Barr is a great source for soup recipes, a ten day flab-fighting soup diet and excellent nutrional advice, as Anne Coates discovered.
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Backbone by Hilary Wilce
Backbone by Hilary Wilce
Subtitled How to Build The Character Your Child Needs To Succeed, Hilary Wilce's parenting book, Backbone, is "an excellent read for every parent and anyone working with children" writes Anne Coates.
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The Natural Health Bible for Women by Marilyn Glenville
The Natural Health Bible for Women by Marilyn Glenville
Julia Bairstow reviews The Natural Health Bible for Women by Marilyn Glenville who offers comprehensive advice on nutritional needs as well as treating women's health problems naturally.
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Special offer: A Tale of Two Sisters
Special offer: A Tale of Two Sisters
Anne Coates A Tale of Two Sisters  –  novella and two short stories – is on a special offer price of just 99p on Amazon. See what other readers had to say about these storeis of family relationships and sibling rivalry.
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Made by Dad by Scott Bedford
Made by Dad by Scott Bedford
Made by Dad: 67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff andother great title from Workman reviewed by Jonathan Bell.
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The Nature Magpie by Daniel Allen
The Nature Magpie by Daniel Allen
The Nature Magpie by Daniel Allen presents a cornucopia of facts, anecdotes, folklore and literature from the natural world by Daniel Allen, writes Debbi Scholes.
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More Maths for Mums and Dads The Teenage Years
More Maths for Mums and Dads The Teenage Years
From the authors of the bestselling Maths for Mums and Dads, Rob Eastaway and Mike Askew, comes the next guide to get parents and teenagers through the turbulent years of GCSE maths and beyond. Louise Pollard and her husband Harvey get reading...
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