Non-Fiction > Social Issues
Living Full: A Guide to Overcoming Your Eating Disorder by Brittany Farrant-Smith
35.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
Being a young person can be hard. We are constantly being told through pop culture and the media that being thin is desirable, whatever the cost. It’s no wonder then that eating disorders are on the rise. It can be scary and confronting to acknowledge that you or someone you know is suffering from an ea ...Show more
Not All Heroes Wear Capes: 10 Things We Can Learn From the Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things by Ben Brooks
25.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
What do you think of when you hear the word 'hero'? Is it the wall-climbing, cape-wearing, villain-fighter you see in comics and films? Heroes can actually come in all forms, shapes and sizes. Some cook for the hungry. Some nurse the poorly back to health. Others raise money for important causes. From s ...Show more
A Face for Picasso : Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley
25.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
I am ugly. There's a mathematical equation to prove it. At only eight months old, identical twin sisters Ariel and Zan were diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome -- a rare condition where the bones in the head fuse prematurely. They were the first twins known to survive it. Growing up, Ariel and her sister en ...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
When I'm Feeling Happy by Trace Moroney
16.00 NZD
Category: Emotions | Series: When I'm Feeling...
Have you ever been so happy that you wanted to jump for joy? Does spending time with your friends or watching the starry night sky make you smile from ear to ear? The little rabbit loves how it feels to be happy and to be patient and kind to others as well. Read along, and you too might find that happin ...Show more
How Do You Make a Baby HB by Anna Fiske
33.00 NZD
Category: Sex Education
In How Do You Make a Baby? Anna Fiske answers the questions all children are curious about: How does a baby get into the mother's stomach? Who can make a baby, and how is it actually done? With comic illustrations and a playful tone, this is a funny and factual book about an eternally relevant topic, gi ...Show more
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, Ibram Kendi
25.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
RACE. Uh-oh. The R-word. But actually talking about race is one of the most important things to learn how to do.Adapted from the award-winning, bestselling Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, this book takes readers on a journey from present to past and back again. Kids will discover where racist idea ...Show more
When I'm Feeling Disappointed by Trace Moroney
20.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
Feeling disappointed is your brain realising how things really are... NOT how you wished they were. What do you do when your child feels disappointed? In Notes for Parents at the back of the book, a child psychologist offers some helpful insights. 15th anniversary edition
As Bright as a Rainbow: A book about gender and being yourself by Romy Ash
28.00 NZD
Category: Diversity
Written from a place of deep understanding and love, this beautiful book explores and explains for young children what it means to be gender diverse. There are so many ways to be a girl, a boy, both - or neither. Created by writer Romy Ash and illustrator Blue Jaryn, this beautiful picture book shows us ...Show more
My Calm Me Down Book by Trace Moroney
23.00 NZD
Category: Early Experiences & Issues
The book every parent and carer has been waiting for to help calm the storm of tantrums. The start of a new series from author-illustrator of the best-selling Feelings series, Trace Moroney. Identifies a child’s tantrums as representative of the emotional turmoil or “feelings storm” happening inside an ...Show more
What's Happening To Me? Boy (PB) by S Meredith
20.00 NZD
Category: Sex Education | Series: What's Happening to Me?
A sensitive, detailed and informative guide to male puberty, invaluable for young boys and parents alike, tackling key subjects from physical changes to emotional ones. Bright, stylish original colour illustrations and diagrams reveal everything young boys need to know about the changes they experience ...Show more
It's NOT the Stork: A Book about Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends by Robie H. Harris
40.00 NZD
Category: Sex Education | Series: The Family Library
"In their previous landmark volumes . . . Harris and Emberley established themselves as the purveyors of reader-friendly, straightforward information on human sexuality for readers as young as seven. Here they successfully tackle the big questions . . . for even younger kids." - The Horn Book (starred r ...Show more