Packed with the latest updates from the field, Rathus/Rathus’ “Childhood and Adolescence: Voyages in Development,” 8th Edition, walks students chronologically from infancy through the teen years, helping them connect developmental theories and research with their application to everyday life. With a fine-tuned pedagogical approach -- interspersed with personal and humorous stories -- the text captures the wonder of child and adolescent development, while portraying the field of development as the rigorous science that it is. Extremely reader friendly, the text is loaded with pedagogical features to maximize student success.