Item category 2: Family Collection - When a book might help

What is a school? Why do we have to go there? How will we get there? What do we need to take? Who will we meet and what will we do when we are there? These and many more questions are answered in this engaging and reassuring introduction to schools of all kinds. Children can find out about who wo...

Alternating between the point of view of The Bullied (Alex) and The Bully (Dan). Alex has really severe OCD and Dan has various home problems, but you find yourself rooting for both boys from the beginning.

Whatever you do, wherever you go, whoever you become - I'll always be your stepdad. This lyrical love letter of a book explores the unique challenges, joys and experiences of becoming a blended family.

With beautiful poetry by Rachel Plummer and stunning illustrations by Forrest Burdett, this charming picture book sends one tiny human back from a giants' wedding with a message to all: that love is just love, whether giant or small.

He skips every second step when he takes the stairs, taps door handles twice and positions objects in pairs. The problem has become so bad that Felix is on the verge of being expelled from school because the principle has had enough of trying to run the school around his very specific rules. Then...

The poignant story of one family's perilous journey from Vietnam to the UK. On the first day, we ate rice cakes. On the second day, they were all gone. On the third day, the water ran out. On the fourth day, we reached the sea. This picture-book tells the true story of Chi Thai's refugee crossing...

Gina Kaminski is here to tell you three facts. 1 - Little Red Riding Hood is full of big mistakes. 2 - She is off to fairy tale land to fix them. 3 - She will save the wolf. Join Gina, our autistic hero, as she rewrites a fairy tale in her own brilliantly bold way.

There's a new girl in my class. She has eyes as wide and as golden as a tiger's, a face as pale as a glass of milk, and hair as shiny as a mirror. I'd like to be her friend. But she never wants to play with me in the playground or makes sandcastles in the sandpit. The cleverest people I know say ...

12-year-old Matthew is trapped in his bedroom by crippling OCD, spending most of his time staring out of his window as the inhabitants of Chestnut Close go about their business. Until the day he is the last person to see his next door neighbour's toddler, Teddy, before he goes missing. Matthew mu...

On Mondays after school, Great-Aunt Margot always has a good story to tell her great-niece - or a dance to dance, or a game to enjoy together. But lately she's been forgetting things, and she doesn't always feel quite the way she used to. Her great-niece sees rich and vibrant memories all around ...