Children’s Thinking: Cognitive Development and Individual Differences, Seventh Edition by David Bjorklund remains the most comprehensive and current topical textbook available in cognitive development. The text presents up-to-date, thorough research studies and data throughout. Bjorklund expertly introduce readers to the concept of developmental function, which explains that healthy children can individually vary in their cognition as they develop. This concept is discussed throughout the text within the context of the typical progression of cognitive development through infancy and childhood. In addition, the text includes framework showing that, although some traits are established at birth, children’s cognitive development is also shaped by the physical and social environments that surround them throughout their formative years. The seventh edition has been updated to include current and extensive research, sociocultural coverage, evolutionary coverage of memory development, children’s development of prosocial cognition, moral development, and the concept of overimitation.

Illustrating over 150 basic words in the Spanish language, from arbol (tree) to zapatos (shoes). The Spanish word appears next to each image, and again at the bottom of the page with its definite article and English translation.

Current research shows that children's abilities to think, perceive, create, and reason can be enhanced through carefully chosen picture books that promote cognitive development. This detailed guide, designed for teachers, librarians and parents, provides a comprehensive strategy for stimulating thinking skills in children (preschool through the primary grades).The book also aids in selecting books to share with children in a manner that deliberately promotes cognitive development.