Item category 2: Domestic Abuse

Sherman Smith saw the most terrible thing happen.He tried to forget about it but it started to bother him.Sometimes he felt angry ;sometimes he had bad dreams; sometimes he felt nervous for no reason at all.Then he met Ms Maple, who helped him to talk. A picture book for children aged 4-8 , who ...

There's someone in the living room. It's Dad. It is Angryman. Gro Dahle's poignant and intelligent text combined with Svein Nyhus's powerful art captures the full range emotions that descend upon a small family and their community - from a caring neighbour and her dog to the king of the village -...

Flick is just like any other youngster except that her life is often violent and unpredictable due to the constant storms that plague her home. Visually arresting, emotionally incisive, and ultimately uplifting, this beautifully crafted picture book provides a sensitive glimpse into one aspect of...

Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do. You'd like to get to know Grace better. But it's difficult, because you realise Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love. Others mig...

Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do. You'd like to get to know Grace better. But it's difficult, because you realise Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love. Others mig...

Boy hides behind his wall because he doesn't trust people and he knows how it feels to be hurt and let down. That is until Someone Kind arrives on the other side of his wall. This picture book is designed to help children who have experienced trauma, loss or neglect to come to terms with their ex...

All Becket wants is for his family to be whole again. But standing in his way are two things: 1) his dad, his brother and he seem to have run away from home in the middle of the night and 2) Becket's mum died before he got the chance to say goodbye to her. Arming himself with an armchair of stori...

In this compassionate book written for victims of domestic violence, Joanna Hunter helps women face, head on, the excuses they tell themselves that keep them in abusive relationships. With each self-defeating message addressed in this book offers counter messages designed to help women build stre...