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Grains and Cereals (Popcorn Good Food) by Julia Adams
$20.00 NZD
Category: Health and Nutrition | Series: Popcorn: Good Food
These books aim to develop children's knowledge and understanding of nutrition and where their food comes from. Each title will help readers to develop communication and literacy skills and include a step-by-step recipe.
Grains and Cereals (Good for Me) by Sally Hewitt
$25.00 NZD
Category: Health and Nutrition | Series: Good for Me!
There is information on food groups, farming, growing, nutrition, buying and storing food and how to cook it. The emphasis is on health and encouraging children to eat a balanced meal. Other titles in the series are Vegetables, Fruit, Milk and Cheese, Grains and Cereals and Water
Jamal is Overweight (Bodymatters) by Janine Amos
$20.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues | Series: Bodymatters
This series from Janine Amos provides a hard-hitting, yet extremely accessible approach to what happens to your body and emotional well-being when you become addicted and damaged by smoking, drinking, and taking drugs, as well as including titles which tackle the subject of eating disorders and safe sex ...Show more
Medicine and Illness by Grace Jones
$30.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
Cultural beliefs surrounding illness and societal beliefs about how we should offer health care are discussed in this fascinating addition to the Our Values series. Discussions about the treatment of common diseases, as well as topics of interest, such as how a cast is made, are compared and contrasted ...Show more
What's Up with Tiffany's Dad?: Medikidz Explain Melanoma by Dr. Kim Chilman-Blair
$20.00 NZD
Category: Health and Nutrition | Series: Medikidz
The Medikidz are a group of five larger-than-life cartoon super heroes who live on Mediland - a planet shaped just like the human body. The Medikidz will guide you on a journey through Mediland, explaining complex medical issues in a humorous and engagung way.
Explaining Cystic Fibrosis by Jillian Powell
$25.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues | Series: Explaining...
The Explaining series looks at a range of conditions, illnesses and disabilities that affect children and adults all over the world. The books explain why they occur, how they are diagnosed, how they affect people and how they can be treated. Explaining: Cystic Fibrosis will help you understand what cys ...Show more
What's Up with John? Medikidz Explain Scoliosis by Dr. Kim Chilman-Blair
$20.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues | Series: Medikidz
Explaining Epilepsy by Lionel Bender
$25.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues | Series: Explaining
The Explaining series looks at a range of conditions, illnesses and disabilities that affect children and adults all over the world. The books explain why they occur, how they are diagnosed, how they affect people and how they can be treated. Explaining: Epilepsy will help you understand what epilepsy ...Show more
The Biography of Tea by Carrie Gleason
$23.00 NZD
Category: Health and Nutrition
How could a relaxing cup of tea become a symbol of revolution? This fascinating book relates the thousand-year-old history of tea and its sometimes tumultuous trade. Find out how different teas are grown, harvested, and sold, and how the trade of tea has changed the world. It is for ages 7-14.
Quicksand: A True Story of HIV/AIDS in Our Lives by Anonymous
$17.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
What is it like to be affected by HIV/AIDS? A moving first-person account offers insight -- and basic facts. ONE DAY I FOUND OUT THAT SOMEONE I KNOW -- MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, JAY -- HAD HIV/AIDS. AT THE MOMENT I HEARD HIS DIAGNOSIS, I REALIZED THAT I HAD STEPPED INTO THE QUICKSAND OF A NEW AND TERRIBLE WOR ...Show more
Ask "Cosmogirl!" About Nutrition and Fitness
$13.00 NZD
Category: Health and Nutrition
The newest "Ask CosmoGIRL!" guide is dedicated to helping young women build a good body image, replace negative thoughts with positive ones, and improve their all-around self-esteem. Attractively designed in an easy-to-understand question and answer format, it gives girls the lowdown on how to eat well, ...Show more
What's up with William? Medikidz Explain Organ Transplants by Dr. Kim Chilman-Blair
$20.00 NZD
Category: Health and Nutrition | Series: Medikidz | Reading Level: 5 - 9 years
The Medikidz are a group of five larger-than-life cartoon super heroes who live on Mediland - a planet shaped just like the human body. The Medikidz will guide you on a journey through Mediland, explaining complex medical issues in a humorous and engagung way.