A Boomer's Guide to Grandparenting. Kathryn & Allan Zullo, $17.95

“We are your typical boomer nana and papa," say authors Kathryn and Allan Zullo, "younger, healthier, wealthier, and better educated than our grandparents. We are more active and less formal than our own parents were at our age. We no longer fit the traditional image of our elderly kin." That description signals the need for a new kind of grandparenting. "Most boomer grandparents work hard and lead vigorous, often stressful, lives where time is a precious commodity," say the Zullos. This book helps grandparents relieve the stress of grandparenting and make the most of limited time; it provides tips for a smooth transition into grandparenting and sets the stage for successful relationships and experiences for the entire family

The Don't Sweat Guide for Grandparents: Making the Most of Your Time with Your Grandchildren. Foreward by Richard Carlson, $13.99

100 easy-to-do strategies show grandparents how to enjoy their time with their children and grandchildren to the fullest, without giving up time for themselves. Including how to set boundaries, how not to stress out about finances with reduced income, and to avoiding boredom and "retirement blues".  This book is an invaluable help for grandparents who are finding life in their golden years less easy and peaceful than they imagined.

Eye of My Heart: 27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother. Barbara Graham, Editor, $18.99

A fierce, funny and enlightened look at the complicated truth about being a grandmother.

The First Three Years of a Grandmother’s Life. Carol Mathews, $15.95

A collection of short columns written by a first-time grandmother, this is a sweet reflection on the birth of a powerful new relationship.

Grandma Rules: Notes on Grandmotherhood, the World's Best Job. Jill Milligan with Michael Milligan, $14.95

Younger and hipper than ever before, twenty-first century grandmas are savvy enough to realize that after all the work they put into their own kids, they can now kick back and just have fun grandmothering — a job with far less hassle and responsibility than mothering. If fifty is the new forty, then grandmas are better looking, more successful, more active, and more interesting than ever before. Why shouldn't they get the most out of every facet of their lives — including grandmotherhood?

Written in a lighthearted and irreverent tone, and brightened by sharp and colorful illustrations, Grandma Rules is the perfect gift for the grandmother you know — for Mother's Day, for her birthday, upon the birth of her new grandchild, or just for her to read and enjoy while she's at the gym.

GrandLoving: Making Memories with Your Grandchildren. Sue Johnson, Julie Carlson & Elizabeth Bower, $20.95

Grandloving: Making Memories with Your Grandchildren includes anecdotes and hints from hundreds of grandparents, parents, and grandchildren from all over the world. Whether you’re a seasoned grandparent, newbie nana, or child caregiver, this vast collection of fun, low-cost activities, resources and helpful information provides support for family members of all ages.

The Grandmother Book: a Book about You and Your Grandchild. Andy & Susan Hilford, $20.99

This is the “other” baby book — the one you fill in and give to your grandchildren. It’s all about you and your life and the lessons you want to hand down to a new generation.

Grandparenting the Blended Family: How to Succeed with Your Step or Adopted Grandchildren. Dene Low, $16.50

Ever wonder what other grandparents do to succeed with their grandchildren? GRANDPARENTING THE BLENDED FAMILY explores over 30 different grandparents and how they interact with their grandchildren — natural, step, and adopted.

Grandparenting a Child with Special Needs. Charlotte Thompson, $22.95

When a new baby is born into a family, grandparents are excited about having a baby to enjoy and love. If the child is born with a disability, it can be difficult to know how to react and how best to help the child and the family as a whole. This book provides guidance on how to grandparent a child with special needs and give every grandchild the love and care they deserve and parents the added support they need.

Grandparents as Parents: a Survival Guide for Raising a Second Family. Sylvie de Toledo & Deborah Edler Brown, $19.95

If you're among the millions of grandparents raising grandchildren today, you need information, support, and practical guidance you can count on to keep your family strong. This is the book for you. Learn effective strategies to help you cope with the stresses of parenting the second time around, care for vulnerable grandkids and set boundaries with their often-troubled parents, and navigate the maze of government aid, court proceedings, and special education. Wise, honest, moving stories show how numerous other grandparents are surviving and thriving in their new roles. Updated throughout, and reflecting current laws and policies affecting families, the second edition features new discussions of kids' technology use and other timely issues.

Grandparents: Enjoying and Caring for Your Grandchild. Miriam Stoppard, $19.95

Many aspects of baby and child care have changed since you raised your children. This practical book offers indispensable updates on everything from modern equipment to the latest guidelines on feeding, sleep routines, hygiene and much more.

GRANDPARENTS is a wise and sensitive look at how best to support the parents and how to develop a close and loving relationship with your grandchildren.

Preserve your family stories in this beautifully crafted and bound journal of acid-free paper. Your children and grandchildren will love reading your reflections and history.

Columnist Adair Lara reports from the frontlines — sharing lessons she learned the hard way.

Help! I'm a Granny. Flic Everett, $18.95

After your children move out of the family home, you can finally look forward to enjoying life after parenthood. Or can you? When your offspring unexpectedly start to have children of their own, you may have to face up to the 'G' word at the same time as being catapulted back into a new cycle of nappies, baby alarms and toddler tantrums. With easy-to-navigate sections and practical lists with step-by-step instructions, Help! I’m a Granny is the ideal reference for grans who have had to relearn all those tricky parenting skills and acquire new ones for the Internet age. Learn everything from texting your first baby pictures to coping with competitive mums at the nursery gates and from how to Skype a bedtime story to what to do when you never learned to knit.

Now in paperback, the book that celebrates grandparenting as one of life's greatest joys, from New York Times bestselling author Willard Scott and his friends.

Intentional Grandparenting: a Boomer's Guide. Peggy Edwards & Mary Jane Sterne, $24.99

Grandparenting is one of the greatest joys in life. Most "grandboomers" are young, active, and anxious to be involved in the lives of their grandchildren. However, grandparenting in the twenty-first century is often complicated by long distances, family breakups, and remarriage. Based on solid evidence from the experts combined with inspirational — and sometimes funny — real-life stories from grandparents, parents, and grandchildren, Intentional Grandparenting provides readers with ten child-centred principles to guide their decision-making as modern grandparents. At the heart this approach is the notion of intentional grandparenting, a process for planning ahead and taking deliberate action to be the kind of grandparent you want to be. The authors identify the challenges and offer practical, parent-friendly advice to help boomers become happy and effective grandparents. Written in an accessible and engaging style, Intentional Grandparenting is at once entertaining and informative.

The Joyous Gift of Grandparenting. Doug and Robin Hewitt, $20.00

The Joyous Gift of Grandparenting helps grandparents inspire their grandchildren’s imaginations, open their minds to new ideas and concepts, and help develop their social skills. The books’ conversation starters, fun facts, activities included are suitable for all ages. As well, the authors’ discuss grandparent-specific problems, such as:

• the challenges of maintaining a relationship over long distances
• navigating parenting conflicts between grandparents and parents
• helping grandchildren cope with their parents’ separation or divorce

Keeping Your Grandkids Alive till Their Ungrateful Parents Arrive. Walter Roark, $21.95

Written expressly for grandfathers, Keeping Your Grandkids Alive celebrates the art of being a Grandpa with good fun, grand adventures and great humour.

Living with Your Grandchildren: a Guide for Grandparents. Jennifer Lee & Lissa Cowan, $24.95

475,000 Canadian grandparents live with their grandchildren and nearly 57,000 of them are raising these children alone. With chapters on grandparent and grandchild emotions, special needs, health and self-care, as well as an interactive Workbook section, Living with Your Grandchildren is the definitive book for the rising numbers of grandparents who find themselves raising their grandchildren.

Memories for My Grandchild: a Journal. Annie Decker & Nicole Stephenson, $26.95

Printed on archival paper, Memories for My Grandchild makes telling stories about your life easy, by drawing out memories of travel and romance, family and friends, dreams and special places and much more. With photo pages, a back pocket to store letters and other treasures, this keepsake journal is a wonderful gift for grandparents and grandchildren.

The Modern Grandparent's Handbook. Georgia Witkin, $16.00

Grandparents today are healthier, more active, and more youthful and young at heart than their predecessors. THE MODERN GRANDPARENT'S HANDBOOK is the ultimate guide to the new rules of Grandparenting:

• How to connect with their grandchild — online and off; near or far
• How to contribute to their grandchild's emotional development
• The hidden stresses of being a grandparent and how to deal with them
• The three things they should never say to their son- or daughter-in-law

Resilient Grandparent Caregivers: a Strengths-Based Perspective. Bert Hayslip Jr. & Gregory Smith, Editors, $53.50

The study of grandparents raising grandchildren has tended to have a negative bias, emphasizing the difficulties such people face and the negative impact that grandparent caregiving has on them physically, socially, and emotionally. This book seeks to reverse this trend by taking a positive approach to understanding grandparent caregivers, focusing on their resilience and resourcefulness. This method reflects a strengths-based approach and the importance of benefit-finding and positive coping. Chapters feature information from both qualitative and quantitative studies and are written by a diverse range of professionals, such as counselors, psychologists, geriatric social workers, and nurse practitioners, to provide multidisciplinary perspectives for practitioners working with grandparent caregivers.

So Now You’re a Grandparent. Kim Oates, $19.99

After having your own children, becoming a grandparent is one of life's most exciting challenges. Pediatrician and child advocate Dr Kim Oates explains how to negotiate the transition from parent to doting grandmother or grandfather. So Now You’re a Grandparent offers helpful suggestions on creating a loving relationship with your grandchildren, as well as advice on more serious issues such as separation and divorce, and the death of a family member. The book also looks at the importance of a healthy lifestyle, so that you can keep up with your grandchildren for a long time to come.

Stay Close: 40 Clever Ways to Connect with Kids When You’re Apart. Tenessa Gemelke, $10.95

How do you keep up with your son’s interests when you’re a hundred miles away? What can you do to express your love to a granddaughter you rarely see? How can you make sure a young person grows up happy and healthy even when you’re not physically there? When you’re away from a young person you love, concerns like these can make the distance seem insurmountable. Stay Close: 40 Clever Ways to Connect with Kids When You’re Apart offers adults fun and creative solutions for nurturing long-distance relationships with kids. This new resource uses activities, real-life anecdotes, and helpful tips to show adults how easy it is to bridge the physical (and generational) gap. Whether you’re 200 or 2000 miles apart, Stay Close will keep your young person just a heartbeat away.

Today’s Grandmother: Your Guide to the First Two Years. Angela Bowen, $26.99

A lot has changed since you had your baby! This book will give you practical information and sensible tips to navigate this wonderful, transforming — yet sometimes challenging — relationship with your new grandfamily.

Wondrous Child: the Joys and Challenges of Grandparenting. Edited by Lindy Hough, $23.95

29 tender and inspiring essays from grandmothers, grandfathers and grandchildren.