It has books, booklets and pamphlets. To borrow a book you can pop into the foyer, chose a book and sign it out, using the sign out sheet found in the library. If the title you are waiting for is unavailable send an email to: [email protected] and our Family Liaison Officer will reserve the book for you when it is next returned.
List of Titles:
Starting School Your Child’s first year at School - A book for parents – Jenni Connor and Pam Linke Helping your child learn to write - A guide for parents -Board of Studies NSW Helping your child learn to read - A guide for parents -Board of Studies NSW Helping your child learn to do mathematics - A guide for parents – Board of Studies NSW
Learning The Reading Bug …and how you can help your child to catch it – Paul Jennings Parents Teachers Partners – Barry Dwyer Let’s Say Grace – Mealtime Prayers for Family Occasions Throughout the Year – Robert M. Hamma Info Sheets: Making the Reading-Writing Connection
Girls Love your Body – Jessica Sanders (Positive body image for girls) You don’t really know me – Why Mothers and Daughters fight and how both can win – Terri Apter Boys Raising Boys – Steve Biddulph Why boys are different – and how to help them become happy and well-balanced men
Families and Parenting The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families – Steven Covey (x2 copies) Relationship Rules - How to get along in close, personal family relationships - Dr. Justin Coulson Giving the Love that Heals – A Guide for Parents 1-2-3 Magic - Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 – Thomas Phelan Talking about Divorce – A book for parents to read with their children -Nicola Edwards Tricky Kids - Transforming conflict and freeing their potential – Andrew Fuller Is That Me Yelling? - A Parent’s Guide to Getting Your Kids to Cooperate Without Losing Your Cool – Rona Renner Our Family’s Changed - A book for parents to read with their children. Help for children from changing families – Australian Government What about Me? - Taking Care of yourself, practical ideas on looking after yourself after separation – Australian Government Child Support Agency Booklet The Children’s Book Of Woodwork (projects for kids) – George Buchanan The Creative Family - How to encourage imagination and Nurture Family Connections – Amanda Blake Soule Scholarship and Selection Tests – A guide for students and parents. (ACER Australian Council for Educational Research)
Safety & Cyber-safety Keeping Kids Safe Online – Computers and our kids - Leonie Smith (The Cyber Safety Lady) My Underpants Rule – What’s under my pants belongs only to me – Kate & Rod Power My Tricky Eye-Spy – The Stranger Danger Awareness Book – Kate & Rod Power SafetyTown – NSW Transport goodie bag, how to be safe on roads.
Family School Partnership Making Links – Parent Partner - What matters in early childhood services guide – Stonehouse /Gonzalez-Mena Family-School & Community Partnerships Bureau – Dr Emerson, Fear, Dr Fox, Sanders
Mental Health and Well Being and Resilience 9 Ways to A Resilient Child – Dr Justin Coulson Oliver’s Closed Doors – A guide to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for kids 7 teenagers Help is at Hand, Understanding Panic, Generalized Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Social Phobia (CD) Caring for your Grieving Child – Engaging Activities for Dealing with Loss and Transition. - Martha Wakenshaw Cool Down and Work Through Anger – Cheri Meiners The Secret of Happy Children – Steve Biddulph A Bad Bad Day – Kirsten Hall (When things go wrong, conversation opener)
Early Childhood I’m Three Years Old! - Everything your child wants you to know about parenting – Jerri Wolfe Insights - Behind early childhood pedagogical documentation – Alma Fleet, Cath Patterson, Janet Robertson Your Child’s Body Language - A Practical Guide for Parents – Susan Quilliam Adults and Children Learning Together - Pam Hanna Eat right, don’t fight - Jan O’Connell, Rosey Cumings and Gina Ralston