I used this book when I was studying children's development and found it very good anything I needed to know about development stages I could find in here it goes right through from a newborn to a child of 5 years old.It is set out very clearly and is easy to read and follow.All development is in bullet points and each one is put under a heading of physical, social, behaviour, communication and language.The book also has small black and white illustrations of the children in the next section of it it has how to assess children and tells you how to recognise when something is normal and when the child is delayed I don't use this part very often because I feel this changes  Read the complete review

As part of my course in Speech and Language Sciences, I have to carry out a child study. I have to observe a normally developing pre-school child and in order to do this successfully I have to know what is considered to be 'normal'. We have learned about this in lectures but our lecturer also recommended this book as reference while we are completing our study. This book has become invaluable while I have been carrying out my observations for my child study. The book is based on the work of Mary Sheridan and has long been accepted as a guide to children's development. The book was first published in 1973 and has been reprinted many times since. It ...  Read the complete review