Social Issues category: 20415 books
Letting Go of Stress
A Kid's Guide to Putting Worry in Its Place
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Children aren’t immune to stress. Kids are especially prone to feel fear before stressful events in their lives. Family, school, and team sports’ schedules have been crammed into their daily activities so extensively that many children are robbed of their free recreational “growth” time, and...
Have Courage!
A book about being brave
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Help children develop the attitudes and skills of courage and assertiveness in order to make wise choices and work through challenges. Children learn to do what they think is right and be brave, even if it’s hard. They learn to distinguish between expectations set by trusted adults and hurtful,...
How Can I Deal with Bullying?
A Book about Respect
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
What should you do if you see someone bullying another person at school? Is it better to just stay out of it? Or what should you do when your best friend says she won't play with you if you talk to someone she doesn't like?
It's really tricky to handle situations like these. But if you show...
by Leslie Margolis
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Ellie Charles ghosted her best friend—and her actions come back to haunt her. A heartwarming and funny middle-grade story of redemption from Leslie Margolis.
Thirteen-year-old Ellie Charles has everything going for her: she’s the smartest, prettiest, best-dressed, and most popular kid at...
Enjoy the Popcorn
Helping Your Child re-script the bully horror show
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Parents are disturbed and angry that their children have to endure the physical and emotional harm from the bully in their school canteens, classrooms, neighbourhoods, and cyberspace. The bully is virtually a fact of life for so many children these days. Parents demand a truly practical book that...
by Elizabeth Verdick, Elizabeth Reeve, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
This positive, straightforward book offers kids with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) their own comprehensive resource for both understanding their condition and finding tools to cope with the challenges they face every day. Some children with ASDs are gifted; others struggle academically. Some...
Putting Peace First
7 Commitments to Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018
Young people are hungry to change the world, but often aren't given the chance. This book empowers them to make change happen.
When he was just eighteen, Eric David Dawson co-founded the non-profit Peace First based on the idea that young people can change the world for the better--not someday,...
Make Your Own Picture Stories for Kids with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)
A DIY Guide for Parents and Carers
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Picture stories can play a vital role in helping parents negotiate challenging scenarios with kids with ASD. Yet no matter how many books and flashcards you have, they can't cover every eventuality. So, suppose you could draw the stories yourself... Brian Attwood took up pen and paper when his son John's...
The Asperkid's Game Plan
Extraordinary Minds, Purposeful Play... Ordinary Stuff
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
The Asperkid's Game Plan looks from the inside at the learning style of children with Asperger syndrome and explains how to introduce structured play that engages Asperkids and explicitly addresses ASD weaknesses while reinforcing ASD strengths. Showing how just about anything can be turned into an...
Tom Needs to Go
A book about how to use public toilets safely for boys and young men with autism and related conditions
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
When Tom is out shopping, he needs to go to the toilet. Tom knows that public toilets are different to his toilet at home. There are urinals and cubicles and he has to decide which to use.
This visual resource helps parents and carers teach boys and young men with autism or other special needs...
Making a Difference
Teaching Kindness, Character and Purpose
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Build Character in your Kids
Kindness, courtesy, respect and purpose: Through positive and motivating text, Making a Difference assures children that they are important, and that what they do matters. Boost your child's confidence and sense of purpose as you read and affirm that their hopeful thoughts,...
Luna's Red Hat
An Illustrated Storybook to Help Children Cope with Loss and Suicide
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
It is a beautiful spring day, and Luna is having a picnic in the park with her family, wearing her Mum's red hat. Luna's Mum died one year ago and she still finds it difficult to understand why. She feels that it may have been her fault and worries that her Dad might leave her in the same way. Her...
by Autumn Libal
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Have you ever known that you shouldn't do something, but just couldn't stop yourself? Of course you have! Perhaps you couldn't resist having one more piece of birthday cake. Maybe your brother or sister made you so mad that you couldn't help yelling. Everyone experiences uncontrollable impulses like...
The Worry Workbook for Teens
Effective CBT Strategies to Break the Cycle of Chronic Worry and Anxiety
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Break the worry cycle for good! This fun, practical workbook offers effective, easy-to-understand cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) exercises to help you understand your chronic worrying, toss “junk mail” thoughts, and manage your fears in a constructive way.
Do you worry all the time?...