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Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families by Laurene Krasny Brown
$25.00 NZD
Category: Separation & Divorce | Series: Dino Life Guides for Families
This picture book helps young children and their families deal with the anxieties of divorce. Simple, direct text and lively illustrations. "Friendly dinosaurs in the throes of difficult divorce situations reassure readers in similar straits that everything will be all right." --Publishers Weekly Ages ...Show more
I Like Myself! (Board Book - small) by Karen Beaumont
$25.00 NZD
Category: Self-Esteem & Fitting In
High on energy and imagination, this ode to self-esteem encourages kids to appreciate everything about themselves inside and out. Messy hair? Beaver breath? So what! Here's a little girl who knows what really matters. At once silly and serious, Karen Beaumont's joyous rhyming text and David Catrow's wil ...Show more
The Huge Bag of Worries by Virgina Ironside
$20.00 NZD
Category: Emotions
Wherever Jenny goes, her worries follow her - in a big blue bag. They are there when she goes swimming, when she is watching TV, and even when she is in the lavatory. Jenny decides they will have to go. But who can help her? The Huge Bag of Worries was written by Virginia Ironside, one of Britain's lea ...Show more
Living with Mum and Living with Dad: My Two Homes by Melanie Walsh
$19.00 NZD
Category: Separation & Divorce
Mum and Dad don't live together any more, so sometimes this little girl lives with her mum and her cat, and sometimes she lives with her dad. She has two bedrooms and two sets of toys, but she takes her favourite toys with her wherever she goes. This simple, warm, lift-the-flap book with bold and colou ...Show more
Little Volcanoes : Young Children's Anger and Happiness by Elaine Whitehouse & Warwick Pudney
$25.00 NZD
Category: Emotions
Little Volcanoes is a practical book that helps teach children to handle their anger in a constructive way. It does this by looking at the causes of anger such as hurt, loss and fear. It helps parents and other caregivers to help children under 5 to deal more positively with their angry thoughts and fee ...Show more
And Tango Makes Three (Board Book) by Justin Richardson
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children's Books | Series: Classic Board Books
The heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family is now available in a sturdy board book edition. At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others. But their desire for a family was the same. And with ...Show more
Tell Me: What Children Really Want To Know About Bodies, Sex And Emotions by Katharina von der Gathen
$30.00 NZD
Category: Issues
Everything children really want to know about sexuality and bodies - and aren't afraid to ask. This book collects questions asked by boys and girls and answers them directly: the questions are real, the answers honest and the images funny. How much sex education do children need? As much as they ask fo ...Show more
The Great Big Book of Feelings by Mary Hoffman
$22.00 NZD
Category: Emotions
The book opens with the question: "How are you feeling today?" And this leads on to a spread by spread presentation of a wide range of feelings, including: *Happy * Sad * Excited * Bored * Interested * Angry * Upset * Calm * Silly * Lonely * Scared * Safe *Embarrassed * Shy * Confident * Worried * Jeal ...Show more
The Worry (Less) Book by Rachel Brian
$20.00 NZD
Category: Emotions
This is a book for people who worry (so, yeah-everyone!) We all have a mixture of fun and not-so fun feelings. And everyone feels worried sometimes. But too much anxiety can get in the way. So this book is here to help you identify your anxiety, understand why it's just part of that thing we call life ...Show more
101 Tips to Help Your Anxious Child by Poppy O'Neill
$25.00 NZD
Category: Emotions
Reassuring advice and simple strategies for parents and carers to help their child manage anxiety and overcome worries. One in four children will suffer from anxiety at some point in their young lives. As a parent it can often be difficult to know how best to support your child when they become fearfu ...Show more
When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death by Laurie Krasny Brown
$20.00 NZD
Category: Grief | Series: Dino Life Guides for Families
Straightforward and compassionate, When Dinosaurs Die explains death, dying, and coping with grief and loss in simple and accessible language for young kids and families. No one can really understand death, but to children, the passing away of a loved one can be especially perplexing and troublesome ...Show more
The Red Beast: Controlling Anger in Children with Asperger's Syndrome by K.I. Al-Ghani
$37.00 NZD
Category: Emotions
Deep inside everyone, a red beast lies sleeping. When it is asleep, the red beast is quite small, but when it wakes up, it begins to grow and grow. This is the story of a red beast that was awakened. Rufus is in the school playground when his friend John kicks a ball that hit him in the stomach, and wak ...Show more
