🧒 Child Development

From infant cognition to adolescent identity, these books illuminate how children grow, learn, and become themselves. Grounded in research but alive to the mystery of watching a mind unfold.

Degree in a Book

by Alan Porter • 2018

Psychology's biggest ideas: why conditioning works, how memory fails, and what shapes personality.

4.02

278

📜 History Of Psychology 🧠 Psychology Fundamentals 💻 Cognitive Science 👥 Social Influence 🎭 Personality Theory

Degree in a Book

Psychology's biggest ideas: why conditioning works, how memory fails, and what shapes personality.

by Alan Porter 2018

4.02

278 ratings

📜 History Of Psychology 🧠 Psychology Fundamentals 💻 Cognitive Science 👥 Social Influence 🎭 Personality Theory

Autism Intervention Every Day!

by Merle J Crawford • 2013

The early intervention model where parents lead and breakfast is the lesson plan.

4.00

🧩 Early Intervention 🔁 Daily Routines 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Coaching 👂 Sensory Processing 🗣️ Early Communication

Autism Intervention Every Day!

The early intervention model where parents lead and breakfast is the lesson plan.

by Merle J Crawford 2013

4.00

6 ratings

🧩 Early Intervention 🔁 Daily Routines 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Coaching 👂 Sensory Processing 🗣️ Early Communication

Raising Children With Grit

by Laila Y Sanguras • 2018

The trait that outperforms IQ is teachable. A parent's guide to building it.

3.50

🏗️ Building Resilience 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Styles 🌱 Growth Mindset 🌻 Positive Psychology 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation

Raising Children With Grit

The trait that outperforms IQ is teachable. A parent's guide to building it.

by Laila Y Sanguras 2018

3.50

16 ratings

🏗️ Building Resilience 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Styles 🌱 Growth Mindset 🌻 Positive Psychology 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation

The Development Psychology of the Black Child

by Amos N. Wilson • 1978

Black infants outpace white infants on every measure. Then racism becomes neurological.

4.61

🧠 Black Psychology 🪞 Racial Identity 📋 Cultural Bias In Testing 🗣️ Black English ⛓️ Systemic Racism

The Development Psychology of the Black Child

Black infants outpace white infants on every measure. Then racism becomes neurological.

by Amos N. Wilson 1978

4.61

89 ratings

🧠 Black Psychology 🪞 Racial Identity 📋 Cultural Bias In Testing 🗣️ Black English ⛓️ Systemic Racism

Spontaneous Activity in Education

by Maria Montessori • 1916

The case against teaching. What freedom and the right tools unlock in a child's mind.

4.01

146

📚 Progressive Education 🧭 Self-Directed Learning 💡 Intrinsic Motivation 🏗️ Constructivist Education 🏠 Montessori Method

Spontaneous Activity in Education

The case against teaching. What freedom and the right tools unlock in a child's mind.

by Maria Montessori 1916

4.01

146 ratings

📚 Progressive Education 🧭 Self-Directed Learning 💡 Intrinsic Motivation 🏗️ Constructivist Education 🏠 Montessori Method

La fábrica de cretinos digitales

by Michel Desmurget • 2019

A neuroscientist's radical screen rules: zero before six, thirty minutes a day after.

4.09

770

📺 Screen Time Effects 📱 Digital Parenting 💻 Tech Criticism 💥 Attention Crisis 🏫 Edtech Skepticism

La fábrica de cretinos digitales

A neuroscientist's radical screen rules: zero before six, thirty minutes a day after.

by Michel Desmurget 2019

4.09

770 ratings

📺 Screen Time Effects 📱 Digital Parenting 💻 Tech Criticism 💥 Attention Crisis 🏫 Edtech Skepticism

How the Body Knows Its Mind

by Sian Beilock • 2015

Your body doesn't just express your thoughts. It decides them, from your face to your fingers.

3.60

426

🔬 Embodied Cognition 🧠 Mind-Body Connection ✍️ Embodied Learning 🏃 Brain Health 🌳 Environmental Psychology

How the Body Knows Its Mind

Your body doesn't just express your thoughts. It decides them, from your face to your fingers.

by Sian Beilock 2015

3.60

426 ratings

🔬 Embodied Cognition 🧠 Mind-Body Connection ✍️ Embodied Learning 🏃 Brain Health 🌳 Environmental Psychology

Is Your Child Psychic?

by Alex Tanous • 2009

Children are born with psychic senses. Learn to nurture them before the world trains them out.

3.25

🧿 Psychic Parenting 🔮 Psi Phenomena 💤 Dream Work 👻 Imaginary Friends ✨ New Age Spirituality

Is Your Child Psychic?

Children are born with psychic senses. Learn to nurture them before the world trains them out.

by Alex Tanous 2009

3.25

4 ratings

🧿 Psychic Parenting 🔮 Psi Phenomena 💤 Dream Work 👻 Imaginary Friends ✨ New Age Spirituality

Make Believe

by Mac Barnett • 2026

How the most daring literature ends up for eight-year-olds, and what adults can learn from them.

4.38

4k+

📚 Children's Literature 📝 Literary Criticism ✍️ Essay Collections 🎭 Imaginative Play 🔍 Fiction Theory

Make Believe

How the most daring literature ends up for eight-year-olds, and what adults can learn from them.

by Mac Barnett 2026

4.38

4k+ ratings

📚 Children's Literature 📝 Literary Criticism ✍️ Essay Collections 🎭 Imaginative Play 🔍 Fiction Theory

The Secret of Childhood

by Maria Montessori • 1936

Children are driven toward self-perfection; the loving adult is often their greatest obstacle.

4.15

2k+

🏫 Progressive Education 🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Self-Directed Learning 🍼 Early Childhood 🧭 Intrinsic Motivation

The Secret of Childhood

Children are driven toward self-perfection; the loving adult is often their greatest obstacle.

by Maria Montessori 1936

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏫 Progressive Education 🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Self-Directed Learning 🍼 Early Childhood 🧭 Intrinsic Motivation

The Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessori

by Maria Montessori • 1949

A child's mind constructs itself. The blueprint behind the first six years decides a lifetime.

4.17

3k+

🏫 Montessori Education 🧭 Child-Led Learning 🧠 Developmental Psychology 📖 Educational Philosophy 🪴 Learning Environments

The Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessori

A child's mind constructs itself. The blueprint behind the first six years decides a lifetime.

by Maria Montessori 1949

4.17

3k+ ratings

🏫 Montessori Education 🧭 Child-Led Learning 🧠 Developmental Psychology 📖 Educational Philosophy 🪴 Learning Environments

The Sensory-Sensitive Child

by Karen A. Smith • 2004

When defiance is really sensory overload: a framework for parents who have tried everything.

4.11

275

🧠 Sensory Processing 🤗 Special Needs Parenting ⚖️ Self-Regulation 🌈 Neurodiversity 🧬 Brain Plasticity

The Sensory-Sensitive Child

When defiance is really sensory overload: a framework for parents who have tried everything.

by Karen A. Smith 2004

4.11

275 ratings

🧠 Sensory Processing 🤗 Special Needs Parenting ⚖️ Self-Regulation 🌈 Neurodiversity 🧬 Brain Plasticity

L'éducation à la sexualité

by Julie LeMay • 2023

A questioning method that handles every 'where do babies come from' without panic. Start at birth.

4.61

💬 Sex Education 🌱 Positive Parenting ✋ Bodily Autonomy 💭 Emotional Intelligence ✨ Body Positivity

L'éducation à la sexualité

A questioning method that handles every 'where do babies come from' without panic. Start at birth.

by Julie LeMay 2023

4.61

23 ratings

💬 Sex Education 🌱 Positive Parenting ✋ Bodily Autonomy 💭 Emotional Intelligence ✨ Body Positivity

Sleep

by penney-hames • 1999

The gentle way through baby and child sleep: adaptable methods from birth to the toddler years.

5.00

👶 Baby Sleep 🌙 Sleep Training 🌿 Gentle Parenting 🤱 Attachment Parenting 🍼 New Parents

Sleep

The gentle way through baby and child sleep: adaptable methods from birth to the toddler years.

by penney-hames 1999

5.00

1 ratings

👶 Baby Sleep 🌙 Sleep Training 🌿 Gentle Parenting 🤱 Attachment Parenting 🍼 New Parents

Freud

by Marc Pepiol • 2015

Reason rides in the back seat. Freud's tour of the real drivers: hidden desire, guilt, and dreams.

3.97

250

🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🧠 Unconscious Mind 🌙 Dream Interpretation 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms ⛪ Psychology Of Religion

Freud

Reason rides in the back seat. Freud's tour of the real drivers: hidden desire, guilt, and dreams.

by Marc Pepiol 2015

3.97

250 ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🧠 Unconscious Mind 🌙 Dream Interpretation 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms ⛪ Psychology Of Religion

The Village Effect

by Susan Pinker • 2013

Hyperconnected yet lonelier than ever: the biological cost of screens replacing faces.

3.78

785

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🏘️ Community Health 🦠 Social Contagion 🧬 Longevity Science 📵 Digital Detox

The Village Effect

Hyperconnected yet lonelier than ever: the biological cost of screens replacing faces.

by Susan Pinker 2013

3.78

785 ratings

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🏘️ Community Health 🦠 Social Contagion 🧬 Longevity Science 📵 Digital Detox

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