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A story for any child who confronts a difficult situation and needs reassurance. It tells the story of Chester Raccoon who is not ready to go to school and seperate from his mom. She reassured him with a kissing hand.
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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…
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Animals in the Kingdom of Self-Esteem illustrate the qualities that contribute to being lovable and having self-esteem.
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Children, now young adults, who participated in pain management program "No Fears No Tears, 1986." discuss the impact of cancer on their lives.
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This booklet is to teach parents about pain in children and to help them to ask for better care. It tells about sources of pain, how to measure it in children, and pain management.
Join Baby, Bunny and Fido as they learn how to use a potty. This book will help to make this everyday activity familiar to very young children. Each bright, friendly picture has lots to look at, point to and talk about and will entertain babies and toddlers, as well as adults.
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Explains how girls can achieve total fitness by focusing on three broad areas: developing a positive self-image, choosing nutritious foods, and exercising regularly.
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It offers children of all ages a comforting, realistic look at loss-loaded with positive, life-affirming helps for coping with loss as a child. It's a book that promotes honest and healthy grief-and growth. This book is illustrated in the "Elf-help" style of artist R.W. Alley
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Designed to be used in middle/high school setting, this is a selection of 80 activity handouts taken from Life Management Skills books III & IV, which look at the social, personal and self growth of young people.
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Designed to be used in middle/high school setting, this is a selection of 80 activity handouts taken from Life Management Skills books I & II, which look at the social, personal and self growth of young people.
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A book aimed at helping parents of visually impaired babies by providing activities and play ideas.
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This book was written by 10 to 13-year-old boys for 10 to 13-year-old kids. This book deals with: illegality of sexual abuse, consequences, personal responsibility, empathy, denial, and normal sexuality.
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A modern-day fable, told in a richly illustrated children's book format, about a woman who has suffered a terrible loss.
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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.
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This book is a collection of comforting, down-to-earth thoughts and meditations, including the authentic voices of survivors, for anyone grieving the loss of a loved one.
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This "how-to" book was designed to assist Teacher, Speech-Language Pathologists and parents in devising solutions to the communication and self-management challenges common to students who experience autism and other moderate to severe communication disorders.
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Emma and her father discuss what they will do when the new baby arrives, but they adjust their expectations when he is born with Down syndrome.
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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 …
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This book introduces the digestive system and shows how food slips and slides through the body.
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This is a book offering support for young children when a brother or sister is in hospital. It explores the emotions that go through children's minds when a sibling is in hospital.
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