"A wonderful book. Well researched, well written and sensitive to both parents' and children's needs in the task of growing up together."---T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.<BR><BR>This newest edition of Penelope Leach's much-loved, trusted and comprehensive classic-an international best seller for thirty years-encompasses the latest research and thinking on child development and learning, and reflects the realities of today's changing lifestyles.<BR><BR>In easy-to-follow stages from birth through age five, Leach describes each area of children's development so you can find information about what interests or concerns you about your own child.<BR><BR>Penelope Leach's warmth and practical authority will reassure, encourage, inform and inspire every parent and parent-to-be.<BR><BR>Penelope Leach, educated at Cambridge University and at the London School of Economics, is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a founding member of the U. K. branch of the World Association for Infant Mental Health and a senior research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, She works on both sides of the Atlantic for organizations concerned with prenatal care and birth, family-friendly working practices, child care and early years education. Penelope Leach lives in Lewes, England.<BR><BR>"If you purchase only one book on child care, make it this one."-Library Journal