Child: How Children Think, Learn and Grow in the Early Years

by Desmond Morris

The author of Amazing Baby explores childhood from ages 2 to 5, offering profiles that will help readers interpret growth patterns, social and emotional behavior and physical and cognitive skills; discussions of gestures and body language; information on the subtle differences between boys and girls; and much more, in a book with 250 full-color photos.

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Hardcover

First published October 20, 2010

About the author

Desmond John Morris (born 24 January 1928) is an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. He is known for his 1967 book The Naked Ape, and for his television programmes such as Zoo Time.

Reviews

[Sara Fukuda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book. It’s half info, half stunning illustrations. It makes childhood look as magical as it is.

My biggest beef with this book, is when they mention “religion” and “sin nature” the author misrepresents the Christian view of sin nature, and has no mention of the gospel or what Christ has done for us (which is the whole point.) it’s always disappointing when an author can’t accurately represent the view they disagree with.

Some helpful things in here, lots I fundamentally disagree with as a Christian, though I expected that:)

Read for a research project.

[Petr Toman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Zajímavé informace a hezky graficky řešeno.

[Ginny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Libro lleno de sabiduría, Desmon Morris nunca defrauda. Ojalá uno sobre adolescentes y adultos

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

(4.5 stars) Lots of interesting little tidbits on toddler development. Each page dealt with a different aspect of physical, emotional or intellectual development. I found it occasionally a little preachy about "good" parenting, but they photography is beautiful and it had some good stuff on how kids' brains work.

However, I really felt like Maddy does not fall into the average expectations for her age, and I'm not sure if that's a shortcoming of the book, or if Maddy's just different.

[Siobhan O' Sullivan · Rating 2 out of 5]

more like a textbook not Morris's usual style, so not one of my favourites. not saying that its not interesting i just prefer his other stuff