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Being Jewish by Howard Cooper; Catherine Pape (Illustrator)
Category: Children's | Series: Can I Tell You About... ? Ser.
What does it mean to be Jewish? Are there different ways of being Jewish? Can you be Jewish but not religious? In this friendly guide, 12-year-old Ruth explains the different ways a person can experience being Jewish, by introducing us to her family and friends. Documenting the lived experience of bein ...Show more
Can I Tell You About ADHD?: A Guide of for Friends, Family and Professionals by Susan Yarney; Chris Martin (Illustrator)
Category: Parenting | Series: Can I Tell You about...' Ser.
Meet Ben - a young boy with ADHD. Ben invites readers to learn about ADHD from his perspective. He helps children understand what it means to have ADHD and describes what it is and how it feels. Ben explains how he was diagnosed and what he has learnt about ways to relieve his ADHD symptoms, and how fri ...Show more
Can I Tell You About Asperger Syndrome? by Jude Welton
Category: Parenting | Series: Can I Tell You About...?
Meet Adam - a young boy with AS. Adam invites young readers to learn about AS from his perspective. He helps children understand the difficulties faced by a child with AS - he tells them what AS is, what it feels like to have AS and how they can help children with AS by understanding their differences a ...Show more
Can I Tell You About Courage?: A Helpful Introduction For Everyone by Liz Gulliford
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Can I Tell You About... ? Ser.
Meet Briony. Briony has always wanted to be a firefighter - they seem so brave! Firefighters stay calm during really difficult circumstances, and train to be able to rescue people in life-threatening situations. How do firefighters get to be so courageous? Are they born with that kind of courage? Or is ...Show more
Can I Tell You About Dementia?: A Guide for Family, Friends and Carers by Jude Welton
Category: Health | Series: Can I Tell You About
Meet Jack - an older man with dementia. Jack invites readers to learn about dementia from his perspective, helping them to understand the challenges faced by someone with dementia and the changes it causes to memory, communication and behaviour. He also gives advice on how to help someone with dementia ...Show more
Can I Tell You About Dyslexia?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals by Alan M. Hultquist; William Tulp (Illustrator)
Category: Parenting | Series: Can I Tell You about...' Ser.
Meet Zoe - a young girl with dyslexia. Zoe invites readers to learn about dyslexia from her perspective. She helps readers to understand the challenges faced by a child with dyslexia, explaining what dyslexia is and how it affects her at home and at school. Zoe describes exactly why she finds reading, w ...Show more
Can I Tell You About Dyspraxia?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals by Maureen Boon
Category: Health | Series: Can I Tell You about...' Ser.
Meet Marco - a boy with dyspraxia. Marco invites readers to learn about dyspraxia from his perspective, helping them to understand what it is and what it feels like when he sometimes struggles to control his movement and co-ordination. He talks about the challenges of having dyspraxia and lets readers k ...Show more
Can I Tell You About Eating Disorders?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals by Bryan Lask
Category: Parenting Pregnancy Childbirth | Series: Can I Tell You About...?
Meet Alice - a teenage girl with anorexia nervosa. Alice invites readers to learn about anorexia nervosa and how it makes her see herself differently from how other people see her. She also introduces readers to Beth who has bulimia nervosa, Sam who has selective eating problems, Francesca who has funct ...Show more
Can I Tell You About Epilepsy?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals by Kate Lambert
Category: Health | Series: Can I Tell You About
Meet Ellie - a young girl with epilepsy. Ellie invites readers to learn about epilepsy from her perspective. She introduces us to some friends who help present the varying forms of epilepsy. Ellie and her friends help children to understand the obstacles that they face by telling them what it feels like ...Show more
Can I Tell You About OCD? A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals by Amita Jassi
Category: Health | Series: Can I Tell You about...' Ser.
Meet Katie - a teenager with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Katie invites readers to learn about OCD from her perspective, helping them to understand what it is, how her obsessions and compulsions affect her daily life, and how people around her can help. With illustrations throughout, this will b ...Show more
Can I Tell You About Selective Mutism?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals by Maggie Johnson
Category: Health | Series: Can I Tell You About
Meet Hannah - a young girl with selective mutism (SM). Hannah invites readers to learn about selective mutism from her perspective, helping them to understand what it is, what it feels like to have SM, and how they can help. This illustrated book is packed with accessible information and will be an idea ...Show more
Can I Tell You About Tourette Syndrome?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals by Mal Leicester
Category: Parenting | Series: Can I Tell You about...' Ser.
Meet Max - a boy with Tourette syndrome (TS). Max invites readers to learn about Tourette's from his perspective, helping them to understand what tics and triggers are and what it feels like to have TS. He explains how living with TS can sometimes be difficult, and how people around him can help him to ...Show more