{"product_id":"tiny-feet-a-treasury-for-parents-isbn-9781912559473","title":"Tiny Feet: A Treasury for Parents","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn eclectic showcase of the most influential writing about children from the past four hundred years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChildren are a wonder, a blessing, a miracle, and everyone has an opinion on how we should raise them. From novelists to pediatricians and from modern parenting “experts” to child psychologists, \u003ci\u003eTiny Feet \u003c\/i\u003eis the first anthology of its kind, showcasing a range of the most influential writing about children over the past four hundred years. Published chronologically, the extracts featured in this delightful compendium show the extent to which some of our attitudes have changed while others remain absolute, and remind us of the joy that children have always brought to our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors include:  Erik H. Erikson on shame and guilt; Marvin J. Gersh on how to raise children in your “spare time”; Naomi Stadlen on how parenting books undermine parenting by reducing it to a number of essential tasks; and Donald Winnicott on “the good-enough mother.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlus: memoir, fiction, and further opinion from Daniel Burgess, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Isabella Beeton, Charles Darwin, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Sully, Maria Montessori, Bertrand Russell, Margaret Mead, Jean Piaget, Harry F. Harlow, Benjamin Spock, Marvin J. Gersh, Toni Morrison, Lydia Davis, Alison Gopnik, Giuseppina Persico, Cleon C. Mason, Bernardine Evaristo, Ella Cara Deloria, John B. Watson, and Rosalie Rayner.\u003ci\u003e\"For parents in the throes of babydom\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eTiny Feet\u003c\/i\u003e is a slim miscellany of historical and literary extracts about how children see the world and how adults see children. Introduced with humor and charm by author and illustrator Lauren Child, this collection offers perspectives that are sometimes captivating, sometimes amusingly anachronistic....Small enough to fit in a Christmas stocking, \u003ci\u003eTiny Feet\u003c\/i\u003e is ideal for browsing in fugitive moments of calm amid the squalls.\"  —Meghan Cox Gurdon, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Showcasing a range of the most influential writing about children over the past four hundred years. . . . the extracts featured in this delightful compendium show the extent to which some of our attitudes have changed while others remain absolute, and remind us of the joy that children have always brought to our lives.\" —\u003ci\u003eMotherwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Child\u003c\/b\u003e is an English children’s author and illustrator best known for her \u003ci\u003eCharlie and Lola\u003c\/i\u003e picture books, which were adapted into a children’s television show; the \u003ci\u003eClarice Bean\u003c\/i\u003e series, for young teenagers; and the \u003ci\u003eRuby Redfort\u003c\/i\u003e novel series, about an undercover agent and mystery solver. She has also illustrated many books, including classics such as \u003ci\u003ePippi Longstocking\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eAnne of Green Gables\u003c\/i\u003e series. Child introduced Charlie and Lola in 2000 with \u003ci\u003eI Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato\u003c\/i\u003e and won the UK’s annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association for the year’s most distinguished illustration in a book for children. For the fiftieth anniversary of the Medal, a panel named it one of the top ten winning works, which comprised the shortlist for a public vote for Britain’s favorite. Child was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to children's literature.","brand":"Notting Hill Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302448877797,"sku":"NP9781912559473","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781912559473.jpg?v=1767742673","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/tiny-feet-a-treasury-for-parents-isbn-9781912559473","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}