Child Development: Its Nature and Its Course is McGraw-Hill’s most empirically-driven textbook for the chronologically-organized, one semester child development course. Sophisticated, articulate, contextual, and solidly based in research, DeHart, Sroufe and Cooper provide a coherent and captivating introduction to the multifaceted world of child development, its theories, its themes, and contexts. The fifth edition features the most current research and theoretical findings available, and includes the trademark vignettes about three children who students follow throughout the text. The text emphasizes diversity, a focus on individual development as well as normativedevelopment, a balance between research and applications, and coverage of the latest developments within the discipline.