Description
Walking upright, using tools, talking, thinking and interacting socially – these are all characteristics that define us as human beings, separate from the rest of the animal world. Yet these skills do not come easily: the new baby must absorb more information in his first two years than he will deal with for the rest of his life. From baby gurgles to the sophisticated storytelling of the four-year-old, and from the first struggle to sit unaided to running, skipping, and climbing stairs: this is when the baby develops from a helpless organism into a small human being. It’s an extraordinary journey, but once completed it is usually taken for granted.
Baby It’s You, based on the acclaimed Channel 4 series, is the first real attempt to study this important time of life – from the baby’s point of view. Following the approach of a natural-history study, and drawing on the latest scientific research, it is a fascinating, authoritative – and often surprising – study of the development of the human animal. Destined to become a classic of child development, Baby It’s You is essential reading not only for parents, but for anyone who has ever been a child.
Hardcover. 256 pages.
In very good to excellent preloved condition, mark from price sticker on back of dustjacket and minor damage on edges of dustjacket.