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1,400 things for kids to be happy about

Barbara Kipfer

An interactive workbook that not only celebrates all the little things that makes kids happy, but also allows them to fill in blanks with additional ideas of their own.

28x21cm

96 pages

$18.00

10 Simple Solutions to Worry

How to Calm Your Mind, Relax Your Body, and Reclaim Your Life

Kevin L. Gyoerkoe,Pamela S. Wiegartz

We all worry about things from time to time, but some of us just can’t seem to stop expecting the worst—even when our expectations are very unlikely to occur. This condition, chronic worry, is disruptive all by itself, and it can lead to other, more serious anxiety problems. This little book—the fifth in New Harbinger’s Ten Simple Solution series—offers a handful of easy and effective techniques for getting rid of worry once and for all.
Drawing on powerful psychotherapeutic techniques, 10 Simple Solutions to Worry is a succinct resource of cognitive-behavioral techniques for controlling worry and reducing stress. Exercises include self-assessments, motivation builders, relaxation training, and cognitive restructuring. After identifying and changing the negative thoughts that result in worry, you’ll learn to replace worry behaviors with other, more positive and constructive activities.

19x13cm

160 pages

$24.00

All About Emotions

Patricia Howlin

Intended to accompany the book Teaching Your Child with Autism to Mind-Read, also by Howline, this is an A4 sized workbook to help identify facial expressions and emotions, namely sad, happy, cross and scared. The workbook provides various scenarios that fall into the general categories of Emotional Situations, Desires and Emotion, and Beliefs, Desires and Emotion, asking various questions that aim at identifying particular emotions.

30x21cm

28 pages

$10.00

Anger Management for Everyone

Seven Proven Ways to Control Anger and Live a Happier Life

Raymond Chip Tafrate, Howard Kassinove

From the authors of Anger Management: The Complete Treatment Guidebook for Practitioners, here at last is a comprehensive program for the rest of us! They bring their significant expertise and research-based understanding to everyone who is interested in learning to control their anger reactions.

Is your anger: • making others uncomfortable and creating distance in your relationships? • disrupting your ability to think clearly and make good decisions? • resulting in behaviors that you later regret or recall with embarrassment?

Anger Management for Everyone shows you “Seven Proven Ways” to cope with the adversity, unfairness, and disappointment that are part of everyone’s existence, so that you can successfully “put anger in its proper place and live a vital, happy, and upbeat life.”

23x15cm

240 pages

$32.95

Boy Who Didn't Want to Be Sad

Rob Gollblatt

A little boy who tries to eliminate all sources of sadness from his life soon realizes that they are also the sources of his happiness as well. This story utilizes the vivid colors and art to teach children how feelings of sadness and happiness are natural experiences in life. Includes Note to Parents section. Full color.

25x20cm

$25.00

Captain Grumpy

Russell Deal

Captain Grumpy didn't want to be a pirate, he wanted to be an artist. But a pirate he became--and he was good at it because he was good at being grumpy. But grumpiness soon became the boss of Captain Grumpy. Use this book to explore what happens when grumpiness pushes us around, and how we can keep our most important inner treasures safe.

32 pages

$24.50

Children and Babies with Mood Swings

New Insights for Parents and Professionals

Stanley Greenspan

Addressing the challenges of living with a child whose moods are extreme and unpredictable, this book transcends traditional tendencies and diagnoses by discussing mood swings in terms of how they develop, instead of presenting the reader with the usual list of symptoms and treatments. The complex interplay between children's emotional states and the various developmental milestones that lie along the pathway to adulthood are described, offering hope to parents by giving them a whole new way of looking at an old problem that paradoxically seems to be increasing in modern times.

21x15cm

150 pages

$40.00

Dealing With Disappointment

Helping kids cope when things don't go their way

Elizabeth crary

Who's responsible for happiness? Is it your obligation as a parent to make your cAnd worse yet, if you put too much effort into preventing or reducing your child's dissatisfaction with homework, chores or other parts of our daily routine, your children do not develop the skills they need to handle frustration and disappointment. This practical, easy-to-read guide walks parents through the concept of emotional competency, which begins by teaching children to identify and acknowledge their feelings. Then it provides exercises and examples that demonstrate how children--even toddlers--can cope with their, emotions, using self-calming techniques (exercise or a few minutes with a favorite book, for example) and problem-solving tools. Parents who too often find themselves overwhelmed by frustrated children will appreciate the step-by-step recommendations. Crary's straightforward suggestions will help you survive emotional meltdowns--and think through how to prevent future problems. She also identifies how a parent's role changes as children grow and become better able to handle disappointments. hildren happy?

23x15cm

137 pages

$25.00

Double-Dip Feelings

Stories to Help Children Understand Emotions (2ND ed.)

Barbara Cain, Anne Patterson

A delightful and engaging book that helps children understand that it's possible to experience two contrasting feelings at the same time, such as feeling both proud and scared on the first day of school. Questions are raised throughout the book to help them cope with the tugs and pulls of emotions that simultaneous and dissimilar feelings can produce. End notes for parents and chidren.

26x20cm

32 pages

$16.95

Exploring Feelings

Activities for Young Children

Susan B Neuman and Renee P Panoff

We all want our children to grow into healthy, self-confident, secure adults. "Exploring Feelings" is just the resource you need to help make it happen. This truly unique and invaluable activity book is the first to focus on emotional development -- on helping young children develop self-confidence, independence and creative freedom. These delightful activities help children acknowledge and examine their feelings about their families, their friends and themselves, and encourage children to use their five senses to explore the world around them. Using everyday experiences, ideas and materials, these activities are suitable for both a group or individual home setting. Help give the children you love the precious gift of a healthy outlook and a positive self-image. You'll be helping your children be all that they can be with "Exploring Feelings".

27x20cm

226 pages

$49.95

Feel Good Book

Todd Parr

Here are lots of things that make you feel good. What others can you think of. Great introduction for young children to positive thinking.

23x23cm

32 pages

$15.00

Feelings

Aliki

Children often have difficulty articulating emotion. That fact is the underpinning for Aliki's catalog of feelings, be they happy, sad, or somewhere in between

25x20cm

32 pages

$14.00

Feelings Diary

Helping Pupils to Develop their Emotional Literacy Skills by Becoming More Aware of their Feelings on a Daily Basis

Gillian Shotton

The publication consists of: comprehensive teacher notes, lesson plans focused on emotional literacy, copiable diary pages notes.
Facilitating this programme the teacher will: help students to understand, manage and express their own emotions, extend the range of feelings and vocabulary used, encourage emotionally literate behaviours and relationships.
An essential resource for those who want to encourage emotional development in young people.

21x30cm

40 pages

$47.95

Grouchies

Debbie Wagenbach, Steve Mack

Want can you do when the grouchies take hold? Do you grouch and grump at everyone you meet throughout the day? Does that help you get your way? Through engaging rhyme and colorful illustrations, this fun, easy-to-read story shows kids how to chase away their grumpy mood. Children will learn how to recognise and understand the affect negativity can have on others - including their family and friends - and how to change grumpy behavior and what outcomes might just result from positive thinking. A "Note to Parents" is included.

20x25cm

32 pages

$17.95

Heart Masters: Managing the Difficult Emotions

Years 5-9

Bellhouse Fuller Johnson

Bad things happen every day. Sometimes they cause feelings of anger, worry or helplessness. This book is written in an engaging and entertaining way to help young people keep their stress low and their energy high. The first section concentrates on five habits that help maintain physical and mental health. The second section of the book discusses the difficult emotions; anger, worry and helplessness, in more detail. There are plenty of enjoyable quizzes and activities that will help young people to understand their own profiles, while giving them new ideas to try out. Short sections also provide information about grief, alcohol and tobacco.

20x13cm

$20.00

Hot Stuff to Help Kids Worry Less

The Anxiety Management Book

Jerry K Wilde

A practical, activity-based guide designed to help children and adolescents who struggle with anxiety. this book speaks directly to kids in a language they can easily understand and empowers readers by helping them learn the tools needed to cope with anxiety. This is an interactive and engaging book that teaches its readers how to change what they feel by changing what they think.

23x15cm

90 pages

$15.00

How Are You Peeling?

Foods with Moods

Freyman & Elffers

Brief text and color photographs of carvings made from vegetables introduce the world of emotions by presenting leading questions such as "Are you feeling angry?"

28x25cm

32 pages

$32.00

I feel Angry (Your Emotions)

Brian Moses

One of four in the series that deals with being frightened, jealous, sad and angry, these are suitable to early primary years. This one tells of situations when this character feels angry, and what can be done to soothe it. Notes for adults.

20x18cm

32 pages

$20.00

I feel frightened (Your Emotions)

Gordon , Moses

One of four in the series that deals with being frightened, jealous, sad and angry, these are suitable to early primary years. This one tells of situations when this character feels frightened, and what can be done to ease it. Notes for adults.

20x18cm

32 pages

$20.00

I'm worried (Your feelings)

Brian Moses

Young children experience many confusing emotions in their early years. This book examines worries - what it feels like when you're worried, what sorts of things can cause worries, and what to do when you get worried. Great for early years and junior primary.

20x18cm

32 pages

$21.00

Is a Worry Worrying You?

Feriday Wolff, Harriet M Savitz, illus Marie Le Tourneau

Addresses common childhood worries with humor and imagination, as hilarious scenarios teach kids the use of perspective and the art of creative problem-solving.

19x25cm

32 pages

$14.00

Learning to Listen, Learning to Care

A Workbook to Help Kids Learn Self-Control & Empathy

Lawrence Shapiro

A collection of fun activities and exercises designed to teach children behavioral skills like empathy, compliance, and more. This program will help kids develop self-control and understand the importance of being cooperative.

25x20cm

136 pages

$30.00

Let's Talk Emotions

Helping Children with Social Cognitive Deficits, Including AS, HFA, and NVLD, Learn to Understand and Express Empathy

Teresa Cardon

The often overlooked area of emotions, which poses a major challenge for children with autism spectrum and other social cognitive challenges, receives major emphasis in this collection of easy-to-use activities for children ages 4-18. Children learn to identify and respond to their own feelings as well as the feelings of others, thereby improving their chances of maintaining and establishing fulfilling and successful social relationships.
We also have picture story books used in a couple of the activities - What To Do When You Worry Too Much, and Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day.

27x21cm

128 pages

$50.00

Liam Knows What To Do When Kids Act Snitty

Coping When Friends Are Tactless

Jane Whelan Banks

Liam is a very talented boy. He can do lots of neat things, like tricks, tumbles and freaky faces. One day, Liam decided to impress his friend Sarah with a super-duper somersault on the couch. Sara said: 'So?'
In this book Liam finds out why his amazing feats of greatness are sometimes met with snide or snitty responses. He learns that when kids are snitty, it does not mean they don't like you, or that your tricks are boring, but that they haven't yet learnt how to be gracious and polite.
Vibrant, colourful and lively, this book's positive messages and advice are ideal for young children wanting to understand social situations or how friendships work.

16x18cm

32 pages

$16.95

Liam Says "Sorry":

Repairing an Encounter Gone Sour ( Liam Books )

Jane Whelan Banks

Liam and his brother Jamie play lots of fun things together. Liam's favourite game is wrestling. One day when they were wrestling, Jamie had Liam pinned on the ground. Liam got frustrated and whacked Jamie on the nose…
Making mistakes goes hand in hand with learning. Yet it is not our mistakes but how we deal with them that truly defines who we are. In Liam Says "Sorry" Liam impulsively whacks his brother on the nose and ruins an otherwise joyful round of wrestling. Wanting desperately to resume the game and win favour with his brother, Liam accepts responsibility for his blunder and apologises. His brother forgives him, and apologises too - and the wrestling at last can be resumed. Good job Liam!
Vibrant, colourful and lively, this book's positive messages and advice are ideal for young children wanting to understand social situations or how friendships work.

16x18cm

32 pages

$16.95

Liam Wins the Game, Sometimes

A Story about Losing with Grace

Jane Whelan Banks

Liam's favourite game is 'Woof Woof' which he loves to play with Daddy. When Liam collects all the bones and Daddy loses, Daddy says 'Good game Liam'. When Daddy wins, he gets to shout 'Woof Woof - I win!'. Liam does not like it when he doesn't win.
In this story Liam learns that is okay to feel disappointed if you don't win, but that it's not ok to moan or cry or throw things: sometimes you win and sometimes you don't. He learns how to become a good sport, and that makes him a real champ!
Vibrant, colourful and lively, this book's positive messages and advice are ideal for young children wanting to understand social situations or how friendships work.

16x18cm

32 pages

$16.95

Loving Touches

A Book for Children about Positive, Caring Kinds of Touching

Lory Freeman

Describes various types of loving or positive touches, including hugs, kisses, and sitting on laps, and how to ask for and enjoy them.

21x17cm

32 pages

$12.00

My Book Full of Feelings

How to Control and React to the Size of Your Emotions

Amy Jaffe

My Book Full of Emotions: How to Control and React to the SIZE of Your Emotions This book will help teach children to identify, access the intensity of and respond appropriately to their emotions. This book is fully interactive and uses a dry-erase marker so that unique situations and solutions can be added and changed with a wipe of a paper towel, as the child masters a skill and grows. Also included is a Communication Pad for tracking and sharing information between home and school

23x21cm

70 pages

$49.95

No Matter What

Deb Gliori

A book about setting big worries to rest. A powerful yet witty story about parental love.

30x24cm

24 pages

$15.00

Parenting for a Peaceful World

Robin Grille

"Parenting for a Peaceful World" is a fascinating look at how child-rearing customs have shaped societies and major world events. It reveals how children adapt to and are influenced by different parenting styles and how safeguarding their emotional development is the key to creating a more peaceful, harmonious, and sustainable world. Practical advice for raising a well-adjusted child includes tips on: Supporting your child's developing emotional intelligenceUnderstanding how your childhood has influenced your own emotional make-upHelping you achieve your full parenting potential "Parenting for a Peaceful World" is for parents, child health professionals, teachers, and adults seeking to heal and grow. Robin Grille is an internationally renowned author, speaker, educator, psychologist, and psychotherapist specializing in child development, parenting issues, and family relationships

24x16cm

400 pages

$35.00

Recipe for Dreaming

Bryce Courtenay

This collection of thoughts and images from Bryce Courtenay will help you recapture the lost art of dreaming. His reflections on how essential it is to daydream, and to question provide a challenging and inspiring personal vision.

16x16cm

88 pages

$24.95

Red Beast

Controlling Anger in Children with Asperger's Syndrome

Al-Ghani

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 wakes up the sleeping red beast: `I hate you - I'm gonna sort you out!'. The red beast doesn't hear the teacher asking if he's okay. It doesn't see that John is sorry - how can Rufus tame the red beast? This vibrant fully illustrated children's storybook is written for children aged 5+, and is an accessible, fun way to talk about anger, with useful tips about how to 'tame the red beast' and guidance for parents on how anger affects children with Asperger's Syndrome

21x28cm

47 pages

$28.95

See You Later, Procrastinator!

Pamela Espeland

Everyone procrastinates, but it's never too late (or too soon) for kids to learn how to get stuff done, get organized, get control of their schedules, and just get started.

18x14cm

101 pages

$14.00

Sheila Rae, The Brave

Kevin Henkes

When brave Sheila Rae, who usually looks out for her sister, Louise, becomes lost and scared one day, Louise comes to the rescue.

20x25cm

28 pages

$12.00

Silly Billy

Anthony Browne

Billy is a bit of a worrier. He worries about hats and shoes. He worries about clouds and rain and giant birds. Most of all, he worries about staying at other people's houses. His mum and dad try to help, but still Billy worries...until a visit to his grandma's shows him how to overcome his fears with the aid of his imagination - and some tiny worry dolls.

27x25cm

32 pages

$15.95

Sometimes I Feel ...

How to help your child manage difficult feelings

Dr Samantha Seymour

Although it is natural for children to feel emotions such as being worried, sad, angry or shy, at times they can be overwhelming. Parents, too, can wonder how to help their child cope with these difficult emotions.
Sometimes I Feel … is an imaginative and highly visual book, created by clinical psychologist Dr Samantha Seymour, and designed for parents to read with their young children (aged 2 - 7). It combines sensitively photographed stories of children who feel worried, shy, angry or sad with information for parents on ways to help their children acknowledge and handle these feelings.
Dr Samantha Seymour writes: 'Research shows that children who can understand and cope with emotions do better in school, form stronger relationships, have fewer behavioural problems and generally lead happier, healthier and less stressful lives.'

20x19cm

170 pages

$26.95

Uses of Sadness

Why feeling sad is no reason not to be happy

Karen Masman

Being sad doesn't necessarily mean you're depressed. Discover how much sadness can do for you creativity, your future, your relationships, your work, your dreams.

Most of us have bouts of unexplained sadness. Just because we feel sad doesn't mean something is wrong. It may be a time to reassess our goals, to have some down time. It may signal a time of transition, a shift in our identity. The Uses of Sadness helps us understand the nuances of sadness, and how it differs from depression. Sadness helps us access a deeper part of ourselves. As we then become a little bigger, wiser and more compassionate than we were, our lives are enriched and we in turn enrich the lives of others.

20x13cm

166 pages

$24.95

Way I Feel

Janan Cain

This full color book is filled with vivid, expressive illustrations that help children ages 2 to 8 describe their emotions and understand that feelings are a normal part of life.

26x23cm

32 pages

$30.00

What's That Look on Your Face?

All about faces and feelings

Catherine S Snodgrass

Introduces young readers to a dozen basic feelings using teaching methods found to be especially effective for those who process information visually and/or aurally. Each feeling is illustrated with an exaggerated facial expression spotlighted in full colour while a grey backdrop presents a situation for which a given emotional response is appropriate. In addition, a short poem interlaced with synonyns adds a physical description of the feeling. This unique book helps children connect faces to feelings while building a larger vocabulary of words to identify feelings.

29x22cm

32 pages

$38.00

When I'm Feeling Angry

Trace Moroney

When you're really angry you feel like you're going to explode. It's okay to be ANGRY sometimes, as long as you don't hurt anyone. What do you do when your child is feeling angry? Notes for parents are included in the back of this book with some helpful insights.

21x21cm

32 pages

$12.95

Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge

Mem Fox , Julie Vivas

Wilfred is a small boy who lives next door to an old people's home. He likes all the people who live there, but his favourite person of all is Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, because she has four names just as he does. So when Wilfrid discovers that Miss Nancy has lost her memory, it is only natural that he should set off to help her find it.

26x26cm

32 pages

$14.95

Worry Tree

Junior fiction

Marianne Musgrove

Juliet's a worrywart, and no wonder! Her little sister, Oaf, follows her around taking notes and singing 'The Irritating Song' all day long. Her parents are always arguing about Dad's junk. Nana's so tired of craft lessons that she starts barbecuing things in the middle of the night. And Juliet's friends, Lindsay and Gemma, are competing to see which of them is Juliet's best friend. Juliet can't fit in any more worries! But then she makes a remarkable discovery. Behind the wallpaper in her new bedroom, Juliet uncovers an old painting of a very special tree. Nana remembers it well. It's the Worry Tree, and with the help of a duck called Delia and the other Worry Tree animals, Juliet just might be able to solve some of life's big problems.
It's unusual for us to stock junior fiction however this book deals with the topic so well and the strategies will be useful for young readers who are beset with worry.

20x13cm

136 pages

$14.95


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