Berk’s Child Development has been the standard for twenty years. Now, this twentieth-anniversary edition builds on its long and successful history with the most cutting-edge research, pedagogy, and supplements package available! Laura Berk has taught thousands of students with diverse majors, future goals, interests, and needs. Her work is continually at the forefront of changes in the field. The eighth edition includes the most up-to-date scholarship while retaining all of the hallmark features for which Laura Berk’s texts are known–unique story-telling, practical applications, meticulous research, and much more! “This text is my favorite in the field and I plan to continue to use it. The book is current, accurate, comprehensive, balanced, and well written.” –Rebecca Bigler, University of Texas at Austin “Berk's Child Development has a long-standing reputation as a strong text for developmental courses; students always rate it highly; and the text and graphics are a pleasure to read and view.” –Doug Symons, Acadia University, Canada “The overall organization and coverage of Berk’s text are excellent. The chapters cohere and interweave quite nicely. . . . I like all the features used throughout the text, [and] each edition of Child Development features cutting-edge material.” –John Gibbs, Ohio State University