Jessica: 2764 books
Can I tell you about OCD?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Meet Katie - a teenager with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Katie invites readers to learn about OCD from her perspective, helping them to understand what it is, how her obsessions and compulsions affect her daily life, and how people around her can help.
With illustrations throughout,...
Molly the Mole
A Story to Help Children Build Self-Esteem
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Molly is a mole with many friends, including a deer, a butterfly, and an owl. Sometimes Molly feels sad because she doesn't look the same as her friends, and feels very different to them. By helping each of them out with a task, Molly learns that her friends love her for the amazing qualities that...
Emily Is Being Bullied, What Can She Do?
A Story and Anti-Bullying Guide for Children and Adults to Read Together
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2018
Meet Emily. She is being bullied by a group of children at school. She describes how this makes her feel, think and act. Eventually, she finds ways to help herself and also realises that she can get help from other people - both adults and other children.
As well as the perspective of the child...
Minnie and Max are OK!
A Story to Help Children Develop a Positive Body Image
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Minnie has had a bad day at school. Some children made fun of her looks, and she wishes she was more like them.
Max, Minnie's dog, wishes he looked different too. And he doesn't understand why Grandma doesn't like his singing!
When Grandma sees that Minnie and Max aren't OK, she takes...
by Jessica Elliott
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2013
There were three rules when I was growing up: Do not kill or permanently maim each other. When you make a mess, clean it up. Do NOT burn the house down. We usually tried to follow the rules, honest. But sometimes rules get a little bit bent. Okay a lot bent. Oh alright, they get downright broken!...
Help! I've Got an Alarm Bell Going Off in My Head!
How Panic, Anxiety and Stress Affect Your Body
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2015
Ever wondered what happens inside our bodies when we feel angry, nervous, stressed or anxious? This straightforward, illustrated guide explores just that, explaining what happens to the brain and nervous system when that alarm bell in our heads starts ringing. It describes how our bodies can become...
Sometimes Noise is Big
Life with Autism
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Sometimes noise is too big for my ears. Sometimes the light is too loud for my eyes. I have autism and this means that sometimes the world around me is just too much! This book will help you to see the world through my eyes and to understand why I react to things the way I do.
Flipping the...
Starving the Stress Gremlin
A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Stress Management for Young People
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Watch out for the Stress Gremlin – he loves to feed on your stress, and as he gets bigger and bolder, you get more and more stressed! How can he be stopped? Don't give him any more stress to eat, and watch him and your stress disappear!
Starving the Stress Gremlin shows young people how they...
Can I tell you about Pathological Demand Avoidance syndrome?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Meet Issy – an 11-year-old girl with pathological demand avoidance syndrome (PDA), a condition on the autism spectrum. Issy invites readers to learn about PDA from her perspective, helping them to understand how simple, everyday demands can cause her great anxiety and stress. Issy tells readers...
Alex and the Scary Things
A Story to Help Children Who Have Experienced Something Scary
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2015
Alex is an alligator who has experienced 'scary' things. In this charmingly illustrated story, he talks about how this affects him and how he copes.
By reading about the different parts of Alex that come out because of the scary things he has experienced, such as The Destroyer when he is angry,...
Guiding Your Teenager with Special Needs through the Transition from School to Adult Life
Tools for Parents
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2007
When teenagers with special needs transition from school to adult life, both they and their families are faced with many new decisions and challenges. This book provides advice and information to help families prepare for that transition, and make it happen as smoothly and seamlessly as possible. Mary...
All You Need Is Love
Celebrating Families of All Shapes and Sizes
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
All families come in different shapes and sizes, but they are all special when they love and respect each other. These rhyming stories are a celebration of the diversity of families and encourage inclusion and acceptance in a child's relationships.
By promoting diversity and understanding in...
Okay Kevin
A Story to Help Children Discover How Everyone Learns Differently including those with Autism Spectrum Conditions and Specific Learning Difficulties
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Kevin never smiles at school, but he is different at home. He jumps up and down when his favorite football team scores a touchdown, and screams "CANNONBALL!" when he jumps into the swimming pool. But at school he feels that he isn't 'okay.' Other kids in his class are much quicker at putting...
by Sarah Savage
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
'A lovely, sensitive, much-needed book that helps all children ask the big questions about identity and gender.' - Juno Dawson, author of This Book is Gay
Tiny loves costumes! Tiny likes to dress up as an animal, or a doctor, or a butterfly. Tiny also prefers not to tell other children whether...