Non-Fiction > Social Issues
I Just Want to be Me: Building Resilience in Young People by Timothy Bowden
23.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
Today's children struggle with a range of issues, from depression and anxiety to poor body image and low self-esteem. In fact, research suggests that at any given time around 10 per cent of students will be suffering from a mental health issue that directly impacts on their education and health. Accepta ...Show more
Family Crises (Emotional Health Issues) by Jillian Powell
20.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues | Series: Emotional Health Issues
The titles in this series discuss many of the difficult issues and problems young people may encounter which threaten the balance of their emotional health and well-being. This book looks at the many different forms that a family can take and examines the social changes that have had an effect on family ...Show more
How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids by Tom Rath, Mary Reckmeyer
30.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
An illustrated adaptation of the long-running bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket? (more than 400,000 copies sold) for kids -- told through the story of a boy who learns a valuable "bucket filling" metaphor and watches it come to life as the day unfolds. Every moment matters. Each of us has an invisibl ...Show more
Good Thinking: A Teenager's Guide to Managing Stress and Emotion Using CBT by Dr. Sarah Edelman
33.00 NZD
Category: Teenage Issues
Practical help for teenagers navigating negative emotions, stress and self-defeating behaviour. CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) is an evidence-based approach used by therapists all over the world for helping individuals to overcome stress, negative emotions and self-defeating behaviour. Teenagers ar ...Show more
What is Feminism? Why Do We Need it? and Other Big Questions by Bea Appleby
24.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
A fantastic book for children aged 9+ that explains why we should all be feminists. Divided into sections such as Work and Money, Politics and Power, Media, Education, Family and Bodies, the book looks at the how feminism and the feminist movement, have affected each area in turn throughout history, and ...Show more
It's So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families by Robie H. Harris
30.00 NZD
Category: Sex Education | Series: The Family Library
How does a baby begin? What makes a baby male or female? How is a baby born? Children have plenty of questions about reproduction and babies -- and about sex and sexuality, too. It's So Amazing provides the answers -- with fun, accurate, comic-book-style artwork and a clear, lively text that reflects th ...Show more
That F Word: Growing up Feminist in Aotearoa by Lizzie Marvelly
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
A wake-up call and a battle-cry for all Kiwi women Lizzie Marvelly tells the story of New Zealand's feminist roots, then traverses the modern landscape, tearing apart areas of gender imbalance and pervading attitudes to Kiwi women. In particular, Lizzie examines how men have been brought up with certain ...Show more
Looking After Your Mental Health by Alice James
17.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues | Series: Usborne Life Skills Ser.
The mental health of children and teenagers hits the headlines on a regular basis, with more and more young people reporting mental health difficulties.This book provides a gentle guide to good mental health, with input from experts in both psychology and psychiatry. Learning to protect your own mental ...Show more
Wide Big World by Maxine Beneba Clarke
35.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
Difference is everywhere, just look and see. This whole-wide-big-world is wondrous-unique. A beautiful children's picture book about diversity and our wonderful world from award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke and illustrator Isobel Knowles.
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution by Bernie Sanders
25.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
In The Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution, Independent congressman, presidential candidate and activist Bernie Sanders continues his fight against the imbalances in the nation's status quo, and shows you how to make a difference to effect the changes America--and the world--need to create a be ...Show more
When I'm Feeling Kind by Trace Moroney
16.00 NZD
Category: Emotions | Series: When I'm Feeling...
Helping people, listening to your friends, feeling good about yourself -- feeling kind is all of these things and more. Each book in the series has been carefully designed to help children better understand their feelings, and in doing so, develop confidence and self-esteem as they grow. Talking about f ...Show more
Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU by Cory Silverberg
50.00 NZD
Category: Sex Education
2016 Winner of theNorma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction2016 ALA Stonewall Book Award, Honor Book2016 ALA Notable Children's BookA comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender identities, Sex Is a Funny Word is an essential resource abou ...Show more