Dr. Telly Kamelia 
If you only need the buying answer: the current paperback listing is the strongest clean route in this snapshot. It comes in below the sampled rental, well below the sampled eBook, and far below the sampled used and new print comparators. For a child-development text that often stays useful beyond one course, print is the strongest value route here.
Current price comparison
| Format | Source | Price | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | Merybook | $70.92 | Check price |
| Quarter rental | eCampus | $94.28 | Check price |
| eBook (180 days) | eCampus | $108.00 | Check price |
| Paperback | eCampus | $180.48 | Check price |
What this book actually teaches
Infants and Children: Prenatal Through Middle Childhood is a child-development text about developmental stages, prenatal influence, early learning, family systems, and middle-childhood growth. The book matters because it helps readers connect developmental theory to observation, practice, and real child contexts rather than treating development as a sequence of disconnected stages.
That gives it more shelf life than a one-course survey. Students in education, child development, and helping fields often come back to developmental frameworks later in practicum, curriculum work, assessment, or advanced coursework.
Why print is the strongest route here
The financial picture here clearly favors ownership. The current paperback undercuts every other clean comparator sampled, including rental. When the keepable copy is also the lowest clean price, the decision becomes much easier.
I would lean strongly toward print for students who expect to revisit developmental material later in education, child development, or helping-professions study. The only argument against ownership would be reliable access elsewhere and no intention to return to the content.
