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

Alfie Monk is like any other nearly teenage boy - except he's 1,000 years old and can remember the last Viking invasion of England. Obviously no one believes him, so when everything Alfie knows and loves is destroyed in a fire, and the modern world comes crashing in, he embarks on a mission to fi...

Big teeth, small teeth, wonky teeth and chompy teeth. You can brush your teeth almost anywhere and doing anything! You can brush them balancing on one leg like a pink flamingo. You can brush them with a pal, like a crocodile. You can brush them while you ROAR like a lion. There are 101 ways to br...

This short but essential book will quickly and clearly advise children on how to deal with bullies, including cyberbullies, being left out, frenemies, and peer pressure. Know how to stay safe online, recognise when you need to ask for help and learn how to improve your self-esteem and believe in ...

This short book quickly and clearly advises children on how to improve their self-esteem. From changing the way you think about yourself to building up life skills, not being afraid of failure and improving body image, everyone can learn to believe in themselves and know that they are special.

This short but essential book will quickly and clearly advise children on how to worry less. Find out about practical ways to learn how to control worries. Find out how to handle starting a new school, peer pressure, fighting social media anxiety and the fear of missing out, as well as deal with ...

Congratulations! You now have a baby in your family. Follow our top tips and you'll all be very happy! Don't lend your baby to a kangaroo, plant your baby in the garden, or take to school with you - and definitely don't send your baby to play with an elephant! Do cuddle your baby, read to your ba...

Amazing, bored, excited, magical, naughty, sad, zestful - you can feel any way you like in this collection of poems about feelings from A to Z. Exploring all kinds of moods and emotions, the poems are by a culturally diverse group of poets, including Siegfried Sassoon, Carol Ann Duffy, Benjamin Z...

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 ...