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What's Going on Down There?
A Boy's Guide to Growing Up
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Celebrating twenty years in print, this essential illustrated guidebook for adolescent boys--part manual, part older brother--is now available as a refreshed edition, with new and updated content.
With 150,000 copies sold, this appealingly illustrated guidebook to puberty--now updated with...
by Jan Stewart, M.Ed.
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2004
Learning More About Anger is an interactive illustrated workbook offering teachers and counselors specific, easy-to-use strategies for approaching difficult but important issues of emotional literacy in the lives of middle school students.
Gallup Guides for Youth Facing Persistent Prejudice
People with Mental and Physical Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
Different skin colors, different languages, different religions, different abilities--these are all things that sometimes cause us to judge other people unfairly. People with mental and physical challenges often face misunderstanding and prejudice. Institutionalization, violence, and stereotypes are...
Touch and Go Joe
An Adolescent's Experience of OCD
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2006
Part of the Reading Well scheme. 35 books selected by young people and health professionals to provide young people with high-quality support, information and advice about common mental health issues and related conditions. As many as 2 in every 100 people suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder...
by Elizabeth Verdick
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Full-color cartoons and humorous, kid-friendly text teach kids how to make smarter choices about how they behave at home and at school so they stay out of trouble, feel good about themselves and their choices, and get along better with family, friends, and teachers. Better behavior isn’t just about...
by Students of Omaha South High Magnet School
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
What happens when adults ask teenagers what is going on in their lives and then really listen to the answers? Once the teens trust that the adults are sincere and accepting, this book is what can happen. Written by two classes of seniors at Omaha South High Magnet School with the support of 29 volunteer...
Snow White's Seven Patches
A Vitiligo Fairy Tale
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Snow White's Seven Patches: A Vitiligo Fairy Tale is a modern-day story with the classical theme of good conquering evil. You'll find the age-old ingredients of a magic mirror, poisonous apple, dwarfs, and romance here. However, this adaptation includes a vain mother who's so clouded by beauty myths...
Your Own Beautiful
Advice and Inspiration from Chelsea Crockett
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Inspired by Chelsea Crockett’s popular YouTube channel, Your Own Beautiful is a life, faith, and beauty guide, filled with her trademark tips on makeup and style alongside full-color photos, how-tos, and more to help young women with all the big issues they face—from self-confidence and friendship...
What to do when you are feeling blue
Basic EFT recipes for kids
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
This book is part of a series of inspirational books giving all parents and teachers a working ‘tool kit’ to support children with emotional / behavioural issues. This book will:
Allow children to identify what they are feeling and gauge the scale of their worries.
Uses wonderful illustrative...
by Tara St. Pierre
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
All Carrie Roberts wants is to be a little bit smaller.
To fit into the perfect dress for the Valentine’s Day Dance. To look beautiful for her boyfriend, the school’s star basketball player. To keep his jealous ex-girlfriend, a rival cheerleader, away from him. And to be noticed by her...
No More Excuses
Dismantling Rape Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
Soon after the sexual misconduct allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein became public in late 2017, the #MeToo movement went viral, opening up an explosive conversation about rape culture around the globe. In the US, someone is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds. More than 320,000 Americans...
Getting Over Overeating for Teens
A Workbook to Transform Your Relationship with Food Using CBT, Mindfulness, and Intuitive Eating
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Transform your relationship with food, once and for all. Written by a family therapist and eating disorder specialist, this skills-based workbook will give you the tools you need to manage your emotions and find the comfort and sweetness you truly seek in life—without overeating!
If you struggle...
Gay Believers
Homosexuality and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
For centuries, organized religion has been one of the main forces of prejudice and rejection of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. But the fact is, not all religious traditions are unfriendly to LGBT people, and some old ways of reading the Bible are being re-examined in new and...
On the Internet
Our First Talk About Online Safety
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
On the Internet: Our First Talk About Online Safety introduces children to the basics of online safety in a story-based, conversational style. Using real-world examples set within the context of a child who is using the Internet for the first time and watching an older sibling interact with social...