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Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
In this healing story, a little tree loses some of her branches in a storm. She experiences emotions of fear, self-blame, and worry so common to children facing serious medical problems. The little tree in the forest survives the storm and learns that although many branches and leaves were lost, sh…
A positive story of a family facing HIV, told in a rural First Nations settings. After the children learn their favourite cousin has HIV, they discover that illness brings understanding and awareness. The story provides insights into ways of learning, the influence of elders in the community, and c…
This is a story of a girl who has Attention Deficit Disorder. Dakota describes her passion for people and countries around the world. Dakota also shares the challenges she faces when she's daydreaming both at home and at school.
This book can help you overcome your medical phobia. Start by learning about your fears, where they might come from, what factors influence them, and how you can best prepare to overcome them. *Then you will gradually and safely confront your specific fears.; The book also includes information abou…
This book offers powerful, step-by-step treatment strategies for panic disorders, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), worry, and fear.; You will also find new information on relapse prevention after successful …
Hospital patient Filbert MacFee transforms himself into a series of animals to avoid some unpleasant medical procedures, making the nurses so frustrated that he is finally allowed to go home.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Friday, May 17, 2024 |
When Natalie's little brother Evan Earl is born prematurely, he's earns the nickname Evan Early. No one can say for sure when Evan will come home from the hospital. To help her with this uncertainty, Natalie's father gives her a calendar to keep track of the days - each day that Natalie colors in i…
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Monday, March 4, 2024 |
The focus of this book is on children taking personal responsibility for what they say, as well as thinking before speaking. Communication skills that promote friendship and other key social skills are encouraged. Bright, colorful illustrations convey the messages well via body language and facial …
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Tuesday, May 14, 2024 |
This board book includes tips for parents and caregivers on helping their children face the important milestone of using the potty. Tips from a pediatrician offer parents and caregivers additional support.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, May 16, 2024 |
Aimed towards parents of children who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Includes information on strategies for success, structure, routine, consistency, expectations, discipline, comfort area, sensory issues, communication & language, daily life skills, social skills, crisis management, …
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Friday, April 19, 2024 |
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, June 20, 2024 |
Now in its sixth edition and recommended by therapists worldwide, The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook has been the unparalleled, essential resource for people struggling with anxiety and phobias for almost thirty years. Living with anxiety, panic disorders, or phobias can make you feel like you aren't …
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Friday, January 26, 2024 |
As important as screens are in our lives, we all need to unplug, especially children. This active, encouraging board book offers young children and families an easy way to set boundaries and limits for screen time, and to find enjoyable ways to spend time without screens. "Together, we say, 'All do…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Tuesday, May 14, 2024 |
Sneezes, coughs, runny noses, spills, and messes are facts of everyday life with children. And that?s why it?s never too soon to teach little ones about germs and ways to stay clean and healthy. This book is a short course for kids on what germs are, what they do, and why it?s so important to cover…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Tuesday, July 2, 2024 |
A story for children who have had bad dreams. Helps the child develop and draw on their own resources for conquering nightmares.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
Illustrated book dealing with the many complicated feelings the well child experiences in a situation where a sibling is ill: guilt about having caused the illness, fear that the sibling will die, anger over being left out, anxiety about catching the sickness, and longing for life to return to the …
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Wednesday, June 26, 2024 | ||
| Copy 2 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
Animals in the Kingdom of Self-Esteem illustrate the qualities that contribute to being lovable and having self-esteem.
| Copy 2 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
Life and death are explained in a sensitive, caring way using examples from nature and lovely illustrations.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available | ||
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A story that features a chlid who is able to overcome his shyness to help out a friend. Includes a special section that explains the forms of shyness and offers parents an extensive list of specific and practical tips to help their child become more self-confident.
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An introduction to the human skeletal system, explaining how the 206 bones of the skeleton join together, how they grow, how they help make blood, what happens when they break, and how they mend.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
