Billy Bramble And The Great Big Cook Off

Author : Sally Donovan
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784501646
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billy Bramble and The Great Big Cook Off written by Sally Donovan and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Want to know something else about me? I am Billy Bramble: the King, the President and the Emperor of Bad Lucksville. I am the Chief Executive of Bad Luck Limited, the Bad Luck Champion of the World, the Bad Luck Guinness World Record holder and it's all thanks to my invisible dog Gobber. He's my Bringer of Bad Luck." Billy Bramble likes rude words, smelly farts, loud farts and freestyle sneezing but when BAD THINGS happen, his invisible angry dog Gobber barks in his ears, gives him brain mash and breaks things. One day a competition is announced at school - The Great Big Cook Off - can Billy Bramble defeat Gobber and change his epic bad luck? An irreverent story for children aged 8-12 about a less than perfect boy, this book will inspire any child who's ever secretly thought they might be less than perfect too.

Author : Sally Donovan
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1839976896
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strange and Curious Guide to Anger written by Sally Donovan and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-08-21 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever wonder why you feel the way you do? Do you sometimes feel angry but aren't sure why? Does your anger ever take you by surprise? Does it cause you to behave in strange and curious ways? Ordinary Jo and friends are here to guide you through the strange and curious world of anger and help you understand yourself, or your loved ones, better. This fully illustrated guide for 8-12-year-olds covers different types of anger and how to channel those feelings in a more positive way. Using engaging humour and a wide cast of characters, from Tony the disco-dancing baboon to Bee-Gees-inspired binmen, Sally Donovan helps young people to understand what is happening in their brains and bodies when they feel angry. Designed to empower those who wish to understand their feelings more, Ordinary Jo will arm young people with knowledge and kindness as they learn all the strange and curious things about anger.

Author : Sally Donovan
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 178775748X
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strange and Curious Guide to Trauma written by Sally Donovan and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Our book about trauma features buzzy bees stuck in your tummy, yes, and also science and superheroes, carrots and lambs, lollies and, unfortunately for me, baboons...' Join Ordinary Jo, some people, Courtney Cortisol, Amy Amygdala and friends to be guided through the curious world of trauma. This fully illustrated guide for children aged 8-12 features an array of quirky characters and facts about trauma woven into a therapeutic story. Learn why some carrots grow perfectly straight, others wonky and wobbly - and why that's ok! Find out all the clever ways our strange and curious bodies keep us safe all the time, and what the different nutty parts of our brain do for us when we are afraid! Discover all this and more to understand your own experiences, body, and even friends better too. (And just in case you don't remember it all, there is a summary of all the things we have learnt at the end) Let knowledge and kindness become your superpower by learning all the strange and curious things about Trauma!

Author : Sally Donovan
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784504440
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unofficial Guide to Therapeutic Parenting - The Teen Years written by Sally Donovan and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An honest insight into the rollercoaster reality of therapeutically parenting teenagers. Raising any teenager is tough, but raising teens who have experienced trauma in their early years is a whole different - and more difficult - ball game. Adoptive parent Sally Donovan is here to answer every question you've ever wanted to ask about therapeutically parenting teenagers, and a whole lot more besides. Therapeutic parenting is equal parts love, commitment, determination, and realism, and Sally writes about it all with equal parts blazing wit, tear-jerking honesty, and wisdom. Read this book to hear a voice speaking from experience - and above all, the heart - about everything to expect from therapeutically parenting your teens.

Author : Rebecca Brooks
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1785928775
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trauma and Attachment-Aware Classroom written by Rebecca Brooks and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trauma can have a significant impact on the stability of a child's development and can put additional pressures on the education staff working with them. Showing you how you can best support children who have experienced adverse childhood experiences, this guide is full of practical guidance on how you can adapt your teaching with this group. Covering a range of issues a child may have, such as foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, pathological demand avoidance, attachment difficulties and many more, this book provides the trauma-informed tools you need to care for these children and to give the best possible opportunities from their education. It also addresses the difference children may experience in learning, how they behave, how teachers can ensure home--school cooperation, and how teachers can act in a trauma-informed manner.

Author : Helen Rodwell
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784504890
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parenting with Theraplay® written by Helen Rodwell and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2017-07-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theraplay® is an attachment-focused model of parenting that helps parents to understand and relate to their child. Based on a sequence of play activities that are rooted in neuroscience, Theraplay offers a fun and easy way for parents and children to connect. Theraplay is particularly effective with looked after and adopted children. By providing an overview of Theraplay and the psychological principles that it is based on, parents and carers will gain an understanding of the basic theory of the model along with practical ideas for applying Theraplay to everyday family life. Through everyday case studies and easy language, parents will gain confidence and learn new skills for emotional bonding, empathy, and acceptance in the relationship with their child.

Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784507989
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 30 Years of Social Change written by Stephen Jones and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What social change has been achieved over the past 30 years? What have been the main barriers to progress? What great achievements can we identify and celebrate today? Marking Jessica Kingsley Publishers' 30th year of publishing books on social and behavioural issues, this book gathers together over 30 leading thinkers from diverse disciplines - from autism specialists and social workers through to trans rights activists and complementary therapists. Contributors provide a thoughtful account of how their field of expertise has changed over the past 30 years, and how they see it evolving in the future. Offering a unique insight into many professions, 30 Years of Social Change highlights much of the positive social change achieved in the past 30 years across these fields and the challenges we face in the future.

Author : Sally Donovan
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0857007815
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Matter What written by Sally Donovan and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2013-07-28 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I love you, no matter what.' An uplifting true story of an ordinary couple who build an extraordinary family, No Matter What describes how Sally and Rob Donovan embark upon a journey to adopt following a diagnosis of infertility. Sally Donovan brings to life with characteristic wit and honesty the difficulties of living with infertility, their decision to adopt and the bewildering process involved. Finally matched with young siblings Jaymey and Harlee, Sally and Rob's joy turns to shock as they discover disturbing details of their children's past and realise that they must do everything it takes to heal their children. By turns tragic, inspiring and hilarious, Sally and Rob's story offers a rare insight into the world of adoptive parents and just what it takes to bring love to the lives of traumatised children.

Author : Sally Donovan
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0857009591
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unofficial Guide to Adoptive Parenting written by Sally Donovan and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not just another book about adoptive parenting. This is the real stuff: dynamic, messy, baffling adoptive parenting, rooted in domestic life. Award-winning columnist and adoptive parent Sally Donovan offers savvy, compassionate advice on how to be 'good enough' in the face of both day-to-day and more bewildering challenges – how to respond to 'red mist' meltdowns, crippling anxieties about new routines and, most importantly, how to meet the intimidating challenge of being strong enough to protect and nurture your child. Full of affecting and hilarious stories drawn from life in the Donovan household, The Unofficial Guide to Adoptive Parenting offers parents a refreshing counterblast to stuffy parenting manuals -- read it, weep, laugh and learn.

Author : Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8312 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Christmas Novels, Stories, Myths & Carols written by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 8312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Press presents to you the greatest Christmas novels, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christmas The Child Born at Bethlehem The Adoration of the Shepherds The Visit of the Wise Men As Joseph Was A-Walking The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter) Where Love Is, God Is (Leo Tolstoy) The Three Kings (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) A Christmas Carol (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum) Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Savior Must Have Been A Docile Gentleman (Emily Dickinson) The Heavenly Christmas Tree (Fyodor Dostoevsky) The Little City of Hope (F. Marion Crawford) The First Christmas Of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe) Christmas in the Olden Time (Walter Scott) Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling) A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) The Twelve Days of Christmas The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (L. Frank Baum) Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson) Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) The Christmas Child (Hesba Stretton) Granny's Wonderful Chair (Frances Browne) The Romance of a Christmas Card (Kate Douglas Wiggin) Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) The Wonderful Life - Story of the life and death of our Lord (Hesba Stretton) The Christmas Angel (A. Brown) Christmas at Thompson Hall (Anthony Trollope) Christmas Every Day (William Dean Howells) The Lost Word (Henry van Dyke) The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann) The Little Match Girl The Elves and the Shoemaker Mother Holle The Star Talers Snow-White The Christmas Hirelings The Blue Carbuncle An Exciting Christmas Eve The Spirit of Christmas...