Improving the well-being of children is more effective when social care professionals work with the children's parents, families and communities. This collection brings together innovative interventions designed to nurture children's health and welfare, and analyses which types of programmes are most effective and why. The contributors explore the impact of poverty on children's development and assess national initiatives set up to assess and reduce need. They present examples from the UK, US, Canada and Australia of specific interventions to counter or prevent difficulties in the domains of...

For the environmentalist as well as the garden lover, this book delightfully conveys the pleasures of ecological landscaping. Field and Forest is for those readers who love plants and want to know more about our native plant communities, how they relate to one another, and what each of us can do to help preserve and restore them. Jane Scott's innovative book looks into such puzzles as: Why are certain plants found only in certain habitats? Why and how do plant communities change? What has been the effect of human activities on plant communities? Field and Forest features an entire section -...

THE BOOK TREE: A CHRISTIAN REFERENCE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Once upon a time, a carpenter entered a forest and happened upon a wolf wearing a feathered cap. Quick -- whose side are you one? If you don't know, we suggest reading a hearty round of fairytales. Stories provide a roadmap for life. This is because stories ARE life. But oftentimes it's easiest to understand where we are when we can look through other eyes -- from the perspective of someone else, living somewhere else, somewhen else. Literary habits naturally give way to literary affections. For those beginning to read for the...

FINALLY, a dating book written from the male perspective. This book is for the woman who is tired of dating players. A player will fool you into believing you are special to him when in reality he is just after sex. This book will help you recognize the warning signs of a player before your feelings get too serious for him. It will start you on a path in the right direction toward finding a Reformed Player to date. A Reformed Player is tired of the games and looking for a more meaningful relationship. This is a fun, easy, quick read. Each chapter focuses on a question that women have always...

The key character, Angela MacLeod, is a young woman growing up in New Zealand with a love of all things English. This was triggered by an overheard conversation in which her mother revealed she had once been engaged to marry a titled Old Etonian. Captivated by this news, Angela is inspired to pursue what her mother had failed to achieve. Despite the distance between New Zealand and England and the differences in upbringing and social background, this unlikely scenario becomes a reality. Angela, a vivacious nineteen -year-old, sails for England in the early 1960s. After a catalogue of...