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 ideas to help manage feelings of stress, anger and anxiety with activities to fill-in themselves. From creating a collage and journaling, to unpacking emotions and cloud watching they'll also learn about the surprising science behind emotions along the way! Create your own calm is the perfect companion to Create your own happy (9780008301217) - empowering children to shape their lives and the lives of others around them. ...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 l, to the tale of the disease's description, discovery and treatment. From the impact of tuberculosis on English dynastic history to the makeup of our DNA; from the deadliest plagues of the ancient world to twenty-first century pandemics; and from the ravages of the Black Death to the discovery of antibodies, transmissible diseases have an incredible variety of tales to tell. Contagion explores some of the most notorious, grisly, and pernicious communicable diseases in history, revealing their hidden stories. In addition to discussing their symptoms, causes, prevention, and treatment, Richard Gunderman also discusses their impact on notable figures in history, nfrom soldiers to monarchs; the extraordinary contributions of the scientists and physicians who battled them; as well as their impacts on world history and human evolution. Here are the exploits of Edward Jenner, who invented the first vaccine; John Snow, the first person to study disease scientifically; Louis Pasteur, who established the germ theory of infection, along with a myriad other remarkable stories in the never ending struggle between humanity and disease. The narrative is brought right up to date with the desperate battle to stem the Covid-19 pandemic and discover a vaccine. Renowned medical expert Dr Richard Gunderman shows how disease has shaped the evolution of our species and, if we don't take the proper steps, may yet threaten our very existence on this planet. ...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 and pregnancy. ...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 with the way health care is provided throughout the world. ...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 tic fibrosis is and how it affects people. Case studies illustrate what is like to live with cystic fibrosis and how people with the condition manage it to live full and happy lives. ...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 is and how it affects people. Case studies illustrate what is like to live with epilepsy and how people with the condition manage it to live full and happy lives. ...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 LD -- AND I WAS SINKING FAST. Weaving together her own story with straightforward questions and answers, the author explains the real ways that HIV/AIDS can be transmitted and explores the common experiences and emotions that might be encountered by friends and family members of someone who has the virus. She also discusses why HIV/AIDS is often still kept a secret and the importance of treating this condition like any other. With up-to-date medical information that has been thoroughly vetted by experts, this first-person narrative offers an invaluable look at what it is like to watch someone you know battle HIV/AIDS. ...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.

What's Up with John? Medikidz Explain Scoliosis by Dr. Kim Chilman-Blair

$20.00 NZD

Category: Social Issues | Series: Medikidz