Parenting

Rufus the cat lives with a family who looks after him, feeds him and gives him lots of cuddles. He feels happy and safe, especially when he is lying on his favourite cushion. But he didn't always feel this way. The family that Rufus used to live with were not kind to him at all and he struggles to escape from his bad memories.

Based on a true story, this charming and heart-warming tale proves that all you need to make a family is love.

Written by an adoptive dad, 'The Blanket Bears' sensitively and accurately outlines the adoption process from a child's perspective, helping young children to understand the concept of adoption.

This is a picture book for use with children who are moving on to adoption. It tells the story of two bear cubs who have to leave their parents and live with a foster bear family. The book's interactive text encourages children to compare their own experiences with those of the bears' and this helps to trigger discussions between children and adults going through the story with them.

Rhythmic text and illustrations with universal appeal show a toddler spending the day with its daddies. From hide-and-seek to dress-up, then bath time and a kiss goodnight, there's no limit to what a loving family can do together.

Dennis is sad because he has to leave his mum and dad as they can no longer look after him. He goes to live on a river where he makes new friends and is cared for by grown-up ducks. Through Dennis's story, this colourful picture book explains what may be happening to young children and helps them to express some of the emotions they may be feeling about upsetting and confusing events.

Elfa the elephant was in a bad mood. It was a hot day, and she was carrying a box on her back. It was really heavy and felt very uncomfortable. Elfa carried it on her back everywhere she went. She never took it off because she was scared of losing it. In it Elfa kept her most precious things - her memories.

Heather's favourite number is two - she has two arms, two legs, two pets and two lovely mummies. But when Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy - and Heather doesn't have a daddy! But then the class all draw portraits of their families, and not one single drawing is the same. Heather and her classmates realise - it doesn't matter who makes up a family, the most important thing is that all the people in it love one another very much.

Whether you have two mums, two dads, one parent or one of each, there's one thing that makes a family a family... and that's love. Celebrate the variety of families, and the common theme of love, in this illustrated board book for young readers.

For one little girl, there's no place she'd rather be than sitting between Mama and Mummy. So when Mummy goes away on a work trip, it's tricky to find a good place at the table. As the days go by, Mama brings her to the library, they watch films, and all of them talk on the phone, but she still misses Mummy. As they pass by a beautiful garden, the girl has an idea. When Mummy finally comes home, it takes a minute to shake off the empty feeling she felt all week before leaning in for a kiss.