Nonfiction Health

A few months ago, Dan had to make a choice. Go to Geneva with his parents for a year, board at school, or move into a house with his 22-year-old bass-playing aunt, Jacq, and her friend, Naomi. He picked Jacq's place.

Now he's doing his last year at school and trying not to spin out, trying to master calculus, and trying to pick up a few skills for surviving in the adult world. Problem is, he falls for Naomi, and things become much more confusing.

Judith Scott was born with Down syndrome. She was deaf, and never learned to speak. She was also a talented artist. Judith was institutionalized until her sister Joyce reunited with her and enrolled her in an art class. Judith went on to become an artist of renown with her work displayed in museums and galleries around the world. Poignantly told by Joyce Scott with Brie Spangler, Unbound is inspiring and warm, showing us that we can soar beyond our perceived limitations and accomplish something extraordinary.

This is an important book for children and young adults, whether they are psychologically or emotionally in trouble or not. This book is equally important for parents, teachers and counselors. The Spark Inside reveals, in easily understood language, the innate health that resides in each and every one of us. It shows young people that they can let go of the dark and negative thoughts that leads to low self-esteem, painful feelings, and anti-social behaviour.

Girls today are hitting puberty about a year earlier than they did in the '70s…. The reality is, your daughter needs to know the ins and outs sooner than you might realize. Adolescence is a tricky phase of life–raging hormones, body changes, friendship struggles, new feelings to navigate…and it’s happening to girls at a younger and younger age.

A fun, colorful, comic book-style, easy-to-follow guide for kids 10-13.

2023 FINALIST - AMERICAN WRITING AWARDS YOUNG ADULT - NONFICTION Congratulations to 16-year old author, Riley Boerger, for receiving the recognition of 2023 FINALIST - AMERICAN WRITING AWARDS, YOUNG ADULT - NONFICTION category for TWELVE SPOONS! Sixty-two doctor appointments, sixteen blood draws, one surgical procedure, and one hell of a story. Ruth Bilbruck, a normal girl living in a small town in Washington lived a normal television life. She went to school, had friends and hopes for the future. That all changed when Ruth started having sharp, stabbing pain in her hips. She traded in her ...

A conversation-changing look at the social, familial, neurological, and psychological benefits of reading aloud, especially for parents and children. A miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another, transforming the simple stuff of a book, a voice, and a bit of time into complex and powerful fuel for the heart, brain, and imagination. Grounded in the latest neuroscience and behavioural research, and drawing widely from literature, The Enchanted Hour explains the dazzling cognitive and social-emotional benefits that await children who are read to.

Dr. Cheryl Price Anderson addresses the need for gun safety for children. This audiobook teaches children how to protect themselves from guns. Children will enjoy listening and learning about gun safety.

A four-chapter guide to help children identify how anger feels for them, discover helpful and safe ways for working through their anger, explore common reasons that we all get angry for, and a final chapter that encourages making amends. Rhyming throughout with helpful prompts, tips, and affirmations, this is a kid-friendly listen for ages four to 10.

During a travel in Romania as a social clown, in October 2006, together with my friends we visited an institute hosting orphaned. The children were more than a hundred and the service staff in total counted no more than six people. In particular, I was impressed by a child among many; although he was three years old, he wasn’t able to speak. No one spent time teaching him. Something broke and, at the same time, something was born in me. It was a new awareness that, left for years at the bottom of my heart, day after day, pulse after pulse, helped me in writing this audiobook.

Find Your Happy offers kids the tools needed to create a more pleasant daily experience. Full of practices and exercises, this book will make kids enjoy learning and doing these tasks while feeling more relaxed, inspired, and confident. This book includes meditations, affirmations, self-esteem practices, calming techniques, and physical exercise routines. Together these help make a child's day more fulfilling and harmonious.

I wanted to be a unicorn. I wanted to be a lawyer. I wanted to be an astronaut. But the thing I really wanted to be, more than anything else, was a little less like me. It was only recently that I realised not wanting to be me was at the heart of every dumb decision I ever made. And so now I am writing this book containing all the life lessons I wish someone had taught me. A book for the teenage girl in me. And for every teenage girl out there. Because the most powerful thing you can be when you grow up is yourself.

Il manuale ufficiale della serie evento di Netflix Sex Education. Per tutti coloro che vogliono leggere di relazioni e di sesso in modo libero, esplicito e sano. Anche Otis, Maeve e i loro amici sentivano il bisogno di conoscere tutti gli aspetti dell'amore. Il risultato? Una guida schietta, inclusiva e informativa alla vita. Dal conoscere l'anatomia del tuo corpo e acquisire sicurezza nel tuo aspetto, al consenso, all'identità e all'orientamento sessuale.

Introduce young learners to topics of disability, accessibility, and inclusion in an easy-to-understand ABC book format. Designed for both disabled and non-disabled listeners, complicated issues are made simple through compassionate writing. This book has something for everyone, from children to adults!

It's All in Your Head is a comprehensive, positive and wise guide to mental health - a subject that directly affects one in four of us each year and indirectly affects millions more. Nonreverential and darkly funny, the audiobook aims to take mental health discussions out of the margin and make them mainstream and accessible. Rae Earl, author of My Mad Fat Diary, writes about her own experiences and speaks to teens and young people about theirs.

L'autoanalyse est née lorsque Freud a considéré les rêves comme des expressions humaines à part entière et mis au point une méthode pour les interpréter. Cette pratique n'est pas, pour autant, réservée au fondateur de la psychanalyse. Elle est accessible à tous ceux qui acceptent leur inconscient. Cependant, s'ouvrir à sa part irrationnelle nécessite rigueur et lucidité. Cet ouvrage nous explique comment instaurer ce dialogue entre nos parties les plus méconnues.

My Puppy Can Find Me is your child's first step on an exciting learning experience that will teach them what to do if they are lost or find themselves alone. By listening to this book with your children, the whole family will learn what to do if they are ever separated or missing. You'll also learn how the family dog can be of assistance during emergencies.

Plus qu'un régime ou un mode de vie, le véganisme est un mouvement social et politique visant à libérer les animaux du joug humain. S'opposant au carnisme, les véganes renoncent autant que possible à utiliser des produits ou des services issus de leur exploitation. Leurs arguments rencontrent aujourd'hui un écho de plus en plus favorable parmi les consommateurs, alors même que les animaux, sur terre et dans la mer, n'ont jamais été tués dans de si grandes proportions.

The beautiful true story of one girl's journey growing up autistic - and the challenges she faced in the 'normal' world. I'm not like the other children in my class...and that's an actual scientific fact. Hi! My name is Abigail, and I'm autistic. But I didn't know I was autistic until I was an adult-sort-of-person*. This is my true story of growing up in the confusing 'normal' world, all the while missing some Very Important Information about myself.

Tommi, che si affloscia come una buccia senza la banana dentro, sa molto bene di essere diverso dagli altri bambini. Al mondo, infatti, non siamo tutti uguali, o meglio lo siamo, ma solo un po’. Lui, per esempio, da qualche tempo non parla, non cammina, insomma non riesce a fare un sacco di cose… Tutto per colpa di un drago ostinato che lo ha preso di mira: una malattia che neanche i dottori più bravi hanno saputo spiegare.