On the way to a doctor checkup, a young child asks an important question: Do animals that live in really cold places ever get sick? From the same author as Did Dinosaurs Have Dentists?, this picture book uses Arctic and Antarctic creatures to lessen anxiety about the doctor. Can penguins catch pneumonia? Can a caribou get chicken pox? By introducing ailments through charmingly drawn animals, this humorous look at common childhood illnesses will ease...

You already know that an owl is a wise animal, and that a snake can be charmed by music. You know how kangaroos move so far and so fast, and you know what sound mice make. But do you know about an animal called the laughing hyena? Its call sounds like a long, loud laugh or a giggle. Read what happened to this laughing hyena.

Read about Emma and Piper, her big, white, fluffy dog. Emma falls down, but trustworthy Piper runs fast to get help. This story uses an engaging text to encourage confidence in early readers. The book uses a combination of sight words and short-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Author Cecilia Minden, PhD, a literacy consultant and former director of the Language and Literacy...

Nurse Penny is a fun and funky school nurse who wears honeybee earrings and a butterfly smock and carries a ladybug purse. But, there's one kind of bug she'd rather not have around... head lice! So, she calls a special school assembly to talk about those pesky critters-what they look like, how to avoid them, and how to get rid of them. After all, lice can happen to anyone-even the school nurse!

Research has shown that building resilience in the face of adversity or challenges helps children and young people develop effective coping strategies and improve long term outcomes across a spectrum of illnesses. You Are So Much More reminds children who have gone through or are going through an illness or injury, that they are indeed so much more. Trauma survivor and medical student Serena Tejpar shares a story of inspiration, reflection, and encouragement...

This is a story, written through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy, who is trying to understand dementia, the devastating disease that has gripped hold of his beloved grandfather. It is a beautiful, heart-warming story of a grandson who, even though his world is being turned upside down, wants to make sure that his grandfather never forgets him. Hopefully this book will help parents explain dementia to their children and help kids understand the effects...

En su primer día de colegio Bruna ha conocido a muchos nuevos amigos. Quiere recordarlos a todos para contárselo a su abuelo. ¿Qué mejor que una canción para hacerlo? La canción de Bruna busca, de un modo tierno y onírico, explicar el alzhéimer y sus consecuencias a los niños.

Marta y Miguel son diagnosticados con diabetes. Ellos y su familia tienen mucho que aprender, pero pronto se darán cuenta de que no hay nada que no puedan conseguir con cariño, esfuerzo y cuidados. El libro que tienes frente a ti ayudará a los padres a dar a conocer la diabetes a sus hijos. También será una buena incorporación en colegios y jardines de infancia porque, de manera simple, explica qué es la diabetes y cómo podemos vivir con ella....

Charlie and the Germ is a delightful story designed to help children and the significant people in their lives to better understand the many feelings that a child experiences and how to help a child manage those feelings. When Icky the Germ is an unwelcomed visitor to Puppy Ville causing many dogs to get sick, the puppies and dogs that live there become frightened. Charlie, a loveable puppy, takes the challenge to help save Puppy Ville from this...

Exuberant redhead Erik always tries his best, but he just can't understand why he's missing homework questions at school and messing up at soccer practice. Then one day in art class, everyone notices that Erik's painted a picture of himself with green hair! It turns out he's not just creative, he's color blind, too. Color blindness, also known as Color Vision Deficiency (CVD), affects a significant percentage of the population. The tendency to color-code...