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The Book of Angst - Understand and Manage Anxiety by Gwendoline Smith (Dr Know)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Teenage Issues | Reading Level: near fine
From the author of international bestsellers The Book of Knowing and The Book of Overthinking. There's a lot of angst around these days. This heightened sense of fear, concern, insecurity and uncertainty can be overwhelming. Bestselling author of The Book of Overthinking and The Book of Knowing Gwen ...Show more
Stuff That Sucks: Accepting What You Can't Change and Committing to What You Can by Ben Sedley
$28.00 NZD
Category: Parenting & Teaching
Each of us has thoughts that are painful at times; sometimes the pain is sadness, sometimes worry or anger or shame or grief or some feeling that you don't even have words for. If you are a young person struggling with your emotions, you do not want to be told that 'everyone feels like that' or that 'y ...Show more
Create Your Own Calm by Becky Goddard-Hill
$23.00 NZD
Category: Health and Nutrition
In a world that's increasingly chaotic and fast-paced, Create your own calm sets kids on a path to becoming emotionally resilient and helps them to take practical, positive steps towards being calm and happy. From award-winning blogger and author of Create your own happy, it's full of simple, practical ...Show more
Contagion: Plagues, Pandemics and Cures from the Black Death to Covid-19 and Beyond by Dr. Richard Gunderman
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biology
As the outbreak of a new and deadly form of coronavirus dominates headlines and triggers fear and global recession, now is a good time to reflect on the history and science of transmissible diseases. Behind every disease is a story, from the natural history of the disease and its course in the individua ...Show more
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
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
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