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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.
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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This book explores the difficult issue of bullying among children. It helps kids accept the normal fears and worries that accompany bullying, and suggests ways to resolve this upsetting experience.
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Even though Chad has cerebral palsy, he can still attend school and do many of the same things as his classmates. This book answers many of the questions his classmates have but may be too scared or uncomfortable to ask. It also includes an experiment that allows children without cerebral palsy to …
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A mouse describes the feelings he and his family members experience during the day, including feeling happy, sad, jealous, angry, and scared.
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Drawing on detailed interviews, this book offers specific strategies for handling conflicts and power struggles, bolstering a daughter's self-esteem, and coping with problems. The author uses sample dialogues, exercises, and activities to take the terror out of talking about topics such as dating,…
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Encourages young readers to explore the "long, winding tunnel" of the grieving process and to keep going in the face of terrible loss and sadness.
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This book deals with childhood guilt in a positive way. It looks at feelings when there is a family fight, a divorce, illness, injury or death. The book gives kids support and understanding during a crisis and helps them understand that thoughts do not make bad things happen.
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A picture book which explores the difficult issue of death for young children. Children's feelings and questions about this sensitive subject are looked at in a simple but realistic way. This book helps them understand their loss and to come to terms with their feelings. It promotes interaction be…
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With sensitivity and insight, this series offers suggestions for healing activities that can help survivors learn to express their grief and mourn naturally. Acknowledging that death is a painful, ongoing part of life, it explains how people need to slow down, turn inward, embrace their feelings of…
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Saying please and thank you are fun and easy to remember with this simple and repetitive story told with the help of flaps that little fingers can easily lift.
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In a school assignment, seven-year-old Moses, who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, reflects that his neighbor's disabled iguana resembles him because they both have figured out how to get where they want to be in different ways than those around them.
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Casey and his father find a special way to share their love when his father has to go away on business. Includes a note to parents.
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A story which addresses the complex problem of eating disorders in a language that children from ages 5-12 can understand. It is a beautifully illustrated book telling the story of two mice who use food in an effort to cope with the stress in their lives. "Mouse stress" involves an ever-present cat…
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A small book packed with realistic ideas for first things to do when a baby dies and simple funeral planning.
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A young boy named Charlie describes the activities he shares with his friend Isabelle, a girl with Down Syndrome.
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Provides advice about hygiene and cleanliness and on how to avoid illness, nits, athlete's foot, warts, head lice, and more tips.
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Why is healthy skin important? -- Why should I care for my hair? -- Why should I take a shower or bath? -- Why should I wash my hair? -- Why does my head itch? -- Why should I brush my hair? -- Why should I wear sunscreen? -- Why do I get pimples? -- Why do I get a skin rash? -- How can I soothe so…
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Why should I wash my body? -- How are germs bad for me? -- How often should I wash my body? -- Why should I wear clean clothes? -- Why should I change my socks? -- Why shouldn't I bite my nails? -- Why should I blow my nose? -- Why should I wash my hands after going to the bathroom? -- Why should I…
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This board book suggests positive things children can do instead of biting. Ideal for reading aloud, accessible and durable, this book also includes helpful tips for parents and caregivers.
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Dragons show up when you least expect them. You turn around, and there they are. You think: am I dreaming? But you aren't.; This beautiful, gently humorous book from an award-winning author is a must-have for anyone whose worries can sometimes seem bigger than they really are..
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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 |
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 |
A book that contains ideas which can help a grieving mother to heal in a loving, healthy way. It discusses the stages of grief, how to cope, nurturing oneself, and nutrition.
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In simple words and colourful pictures, this book helps little ones learn how to use their feet for fun, not hurting others. Includes helpful tips for parents and caregivers.
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This illustrated book tells about Jason's first day at school. Including an information section and discussion guide, it is for educator's to use as a reference and resource to help integrate an awareness of osteogenesis imprefecta (OI). This book also provides information that can be used by teach…
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Even very young children can learn to choose words that are helpful, not hurtful. This simple, charming book shows them how. Includes helpful tips for parents and caregivers.; Todos los niños pueden aprender a escoger o utilizar palabras afectuosas o amables en lugar de palabras que lastimen o duel…
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From the bestselling author of Full Catastrophe Living comes a brilliant work that explores the principles and practices of mindfulness. A simple and straightforward introduction to Buddhist meditation from one of the country's leading authorities on stress-reduction techniques, Wherever You Go The…
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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…
An illustrated storybook to help children to understand the emotional and learning changes they may go through after a brain injury.
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This illustrated book is a guide for children undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Written from the perspective of a child, it helps them understand why they need a bone marrow transplant, how it works and and some of the things that they can expect will happen.
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Using simple words and colourful illustrations, this book encourages careful handling, awareness, and respect of animals. Includes helpful tips for parents and caregivers.
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To Kabat-Zinn,, the author, meditation is important because it brings about a state of "mindfulness," a condition of "being" rather than "doing" during which you pay attention to the moment rather than the past, the future, or the multitudinous distractions of modern life. This book presents basic …
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Ce livre est un outil pour aider les parents à aborder avec leur enfant atteint d'un traumatisme crânien ce qu'il vient de lui arriver.; -; This book is a tool to help children who have suffered a head injury, and their parents, to deal with what has happened to them.
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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 |
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…
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This illustrated book guides children and parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of anxiety. Concepts and strategies are introduced through metaphors and illustrations, which made them easy to understand.
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This illustrated book is a tool for introducing children to the idea of using their imaginations to cope with pain.
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Directed toward children who have met a child with autism, the author explains how the person with autism is looking for the same understanding and acceptance as others. The book encourages interactive awareness to help increase understanding and awareness.
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A practical cookbook containing over 100 recipes to help people living with cancer to manage eating difficulties (loss of appetitie, nausea, taste changes, swallowing difficulties, diarrhea) during cancer treatment. The final chapter contains information on healthy eating after treatment.
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This is the board book for toddlers in the Germs Are Not for Sharing set that includes an expanded paperback for older kids ages 4-7. This board book is a colorful primer for basic hygiene, like when and how to wash hands, the importance of using tissues, the best way to cover your mouth when you c…
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Anatomical illustrations guide children through the mysteries of the body with revealing lift the flap pages.
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The Period of PURPLE Crying® program aims to change knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of primary and temporary caregivers towards early infant crying, especially inconsolable crying, and its link to shaken baby syndrome. The program aims to educate the primary caregiver (mom) before the increase…
This illustrated book guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat negative thinking. Lively metaphors and illustrations help kids see life's hurdles in a new way, while drawing and writing activities help them master skills to get over those hurdles.
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Sprout loves his Grandma. He also likes trucks, trains, and seeing new places. But when Grandma invites him and his big sister on an overnight trip, Sprout is nervous. After all, he's never slept away from Mom and Dad before. Soon they're on the road passing big rigs, at a restaurant with dancing c…
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Kids learn ways to manage and relieve the pain of common headaches and stomachaches, as well as pain related to injuries and illness. Self-care skills include belly breathing, positive self-talk, aromatherapy, and acupressure.
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Eddy is a happy-go-lucky kid who doesn't see his affliction with ADHD as a problem, but rather as something that makes him special. The authors say they wrote the book to help educate young people, teachers and even parents, that the diagnosis of a mental (or neurological) health disorder is not ne…
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This illustreated book is for children who hold in their bowel movements and have fears about using the potty. Includes a note to parents by the author.
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This illustrated book guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Using examples, activities, and step-by-step instructions, this interactive self-help book helps kids develop the skills needed to recognize and mor…
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