Recent Articles in Books for parents

Tell me a story
Feb 3, 2014

To celebrate National Storytelling Week, we publish ten useful guidelines for telling stories from Nancy Mellon's book Storytelling with Children.

Mindfulness for Health by Burch and Penman
Dec 31, 2013

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.

A book isn't just for Christmas
Dec 18, 2013

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.

Great Places for Kids' Parties (UK) by Diane Mannion
Dec 5, 2013

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.

We're Going on a Bar Hunt
Oct 17, 2013

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.

Soup Can Make You Thin
Oct 17, 2013

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.

Backbone by Hilary Wilce
Oct 11, 2013

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.

The Natural Health Bible for Women by Marilyn Glenville
Jul 15, 2013

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.

Special offer: A Tale of Two Sisters
May 22, 2013

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.

Made by Dad by Scott Bedford
May 21, 2013

Made by Dad: 67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff andother great title from Workman reviewed by Jonathan Bell.

The Nature Magpie by Daniel Allen
May 2, 2013

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.

More Maths for Mums and Dads The Teenage Years
Mar 14, 2013

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...