Jessica: 2764 books
Listening to Children
A Practitioner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
'Listening to children' is one of those feel-good phrases that always features in childcare literature as if it were self-evidently a good thing. Often, however, there is a lack of critical attention to what it really means: How does one listen? How can one evidence that listening has taken place? Starting...
What Did You Say? What Do You Mean?
An Illustrated Guide to Understanding Metaphors
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Children with autism or Asperger Syndrome (AS) have difficulty understanding figurative language because they use and comprehend language literally and expect words to mean exactly what they say. This can often lead to misunderstandings at home and in the classroom.
Jude Welton looks at a hundred...
The Dementia Diaries
A Novel in Cartoons
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Longlisted for the School Library Association's Information Book Award 2017 - 'Over 12' category.
Brie's Granddad has always been a serious man, never without a newspaper and knowing the answer to everything. But now he keeps losing track of the conversation, and honestly, Brie doesn't really...
Can I Tell You About Self-Harm?
A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Meet Asher - a teenager who self-harms to manage their feelings when it all feels like too much.
The latest in the best-selling Can I Tell You About... series describes what self-harm is, along with the wide range of behaviours that qualify, why teens do it, and how to get help if you feel...
Can I tell you about Asthma?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Meet Alfie - a young boy with asthma. Alfie invites readers to learn about asthma from his perspective, describing how it feels to have an asthma attack and what the common triggers are. He talks about the challenges of having asthma and how important it is that his friends and the people around him...
by Kathy Hoopmann
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Life as a bird can be stressful! From worrying about airplanes, windows, and getting enough worms to eat, it is clear that birds can be anxious beings. Through a light-touch, quizzical depiction of bird behaviour, All Birds Have Anxiety uses colourful images and astute explanations to explore with...
A Girl Like Tilly
Growing up with Autism
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
Tilly is a bit of a puzzle. She's struggling at school, she really doesn't like surprises, she isn't sure if she's a girl or a boy, and she just doesn't want to make new friends. Why is it such hard work to try and understand people, or for them to understand her?
This poignant story maps the...
Children, Families and Violence
Challenges for Children's Rights
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2008
This book examines the risk factors surrounding children at risk of experiencing and perpetrating violence, and looks at the positive role that children's rights can play in their protection. The authors propose that violence in childhood is not spontaneous: that children are raised to become violent...
Vincent the Vixen
A Story to Help Children Learn about Gender Identity
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Vincent is a fox who is assigned male at birth, but who knows they are actually a girl. With the help of family and friends, Vincent begins to understand their gender identity and the importance of accepting and being authentic to who they truly are. Part of the Truth & Tails series for children ages 4-8.
Carlos the Chameleon
A Story to Help Empower Children to Be Themselves
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Carlos the Chameleon is always changing his colours to match those around him, but this is exhausting and he starts to feel that he isn't being his true self. With the help of his friends, Carlos learns that it is ok to be different and you don't have to change who you are to be accepted. Part of the Truth & Tails series for children ages 4-8.
Roxy the Raccoon
A Story to Help Children Learn about Disability and Inclusion
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Roxy the raccoon lives in the forest with three friends who love to do everything together, which sometimes means they have to make small changes to their games. By working together, the friends are able to make the forest an inclusive place for everyone, including those with a disability. Part of the Truth & Tails series for children ages 4-8.
Can I tell you about Dyspraxia?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Meet Marco - a boy with dyspraxia, which is sometimes called Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD). Marco invites readers to learn about dyspraxia from his perspective, helping them to understand what it is and what it feels like when he sometimes struggles to control his movement and co-ordination....
Can I tell you about Bipolar Disorder?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
If a grownup you love has bipolar disorder, what does that mean? In this friendly guide, 11-year-old Josh tells all about his dad's bipolar, including what mental illness is, and how it can affect patients and their families.
The guide explains in child-friendly terms how different types of...
My Anxiety Handbook
Getting Back on Track
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Helping young people with anxiety learn to recognise and manage their symptoms, this anxiety survival guide teaches young people aged 10+ how they can overcome their biggest worries.
Showing that anxiety is a normal human emotion that many people face, this book helps young people understand...