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A powerful contemporary novel about an aspiring 12 year-old filmmaker whose world is turned upside down when his grandfather is slain in a senseless and racist act of violence. From the author of the award-winning memoir, Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South and co-editor of Recognize! An...

Award-winning Black authors and artists come together to create a moving anthology collection celebrating Black love, Black creativity, Black resistance, and Black life.

The foremost diverse children's authors and illustrators - including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander - share answers to the question, "In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?" in this powerful collection, published in partnership with Just Us Books.

Does your child hang back, not through lack of ability but through lack of confidence? This gentle & relaxing, self help hypnotherapy Download could be the answer for your 10-15 year old. With regular bedtime, or other quiet time, listening children are helped to feel more confident about tackling a variety of situations in their home and school life. They relax comfortably, imagining breathing in calm and breathing out any unwanted doubting thoughts and feelings.

Is taking your child to THE DENTIST A NIGHTMARE FOR ALL CONCERNED? This gentle and relaxing self-help Download has been a godsend for children aged about 8-15 years who were frightened of going to the dentist. It helps them relax and feel so much more CALM AND CONFIDENT ABOUT THE VISIT. Children imagine breathing in a sense of calm and breathing out unwanted scary thoughts and feelings.

Is your VERY YOUNG CHILD NERVOUS OF THE DENTIST? If so, this self-help gentle, relaxing, imaginative Download for regular quiet time or bedtime-listening for children ABOUT 4-7 YEARS could be your answer. With regular listening they are helped to get used to the idea of VISITING THE DENTIST FEELING HAPPY, CALM AND CONFIDENT.

A self-help hypnotherapy recording for children aged about 6-9 years who are suffering from verbal bullying or teasing. Gentle & relaxing, it gives them a way to release negative feelings and helps them feel more confident about dealing with name calling and mean behaviour. It boosts their self-esteem.

Is your child soon to undergo an operation or medical procedure in hospital or a medical centre? This Download for 8-15 year olds could prove amazingly helpful since it relaxes and reassures as it informs about simple hospital routines and procedures that are more or less common to all countries. The recording has been scripted in consultation with a pediatric consultant.

Does your child suffer from unwanted vocal or motor tics? This gentle, relaxing Download for young people from about 8 years upwards could be very helpful. It teaches them how to use their breathing to let go of tension and breathe in a sense of calm. It may also help them TAKE MORE IN CONTROL OF THROAT SOUNDS AND BODY MOVEMENTS.

Is your child still experiencing the misery of wetting the bed? There are many reasons for bed wetting so check out with your medical practitioner that there is no underlying medical cause. If there is not, this gentle, relaxing Download for children aged about 6-9 years could be your answer, as it has been for so many others! The recording boosts CONFIDENCE AND SELF ESTEEM and helps to change their negative beliefs and expectations of failure.

Are you having PROBLEMS GOING TO SLEEP OR STAYING ASLEEP? Why not try this self-help, hypnotherapy Download for adults and older teenagers designed to ENCOURAGE NATURAL, COMFORTABLE REST AND SLEEP. The first short track gives practical advice on ways to encourage better sleep and need only be listened to once or as an occasional reminder. The second longer track, to be played nightly, is partially based on the original Rest and Sleep.

Are you FACING OR ALREADY RECOVERING FROM SURGERY? This self help hypnotherapy Download for adults and older teenagers can help you feel EMOTIONALLY PREPARED, CALM, AND RELAXED, and research shows that a comfortable state of relaxation encourages more rapid healing. Relaxing comfortably, you learn to use your breathing to RELEASE TENSION AND INCREASE FEELINGS OF CALM.

Does your young child seem to lack self-confidence? This gently relaxing, imaginative download for quiet-time or bedtime listening for five- to eight-year-olds could well be your answer. Children imagine drifting off to a lovely garden where they find a pack of special balloons. They blow any worries or self-doubt into the balloons and watch them float off into the sky. Then they discover their magic confidence pebble by the garden pond and, picking it up, feel themselves filled with confidence. They see their reflection in the pond and notice how confident and special they are.

Does your child have a tendancy to get worried and anxious? This gentle and relaxing Download for six- to nine-year-olds could be just what they need! It helps them release worrying thoughts and feelings and feel more calm and comfortable inside. Children, imagine breathing in a wonderful calm colour and breathing out unwanted thoughts or feelings into an air balloon or into the basket underneath. As they watch their worries float off into the distance they are given suggestions for feeling calm, comforted, and more confident.

Is your young child being troubled by annoying tics such as unwanted fidgety movements or irritating sounds? This gentle & relaxing, self-help hypnotherapy recording could be the answer for your 5-9 year old. With regular bedtime, or other quiet time, listening children are helped to feel more calm and relaxed, get a sense that they can take some control over these sounds and movements, and receive suggestions for building confidence and self-esteem. They imagine walking into a special control room and find a picture of themselves on a big screen.

Every year Tortoise sleeps through winter. He assumes he isn’t missing much. However, his friends are determined to prove otherwise! Will Tortoise sleep through another winter, or will his friends convince him to stay awake and experience the frosty fun? This charming story will convince even the biggest winter grouch that winter can be magical if you have friends by your side.

Rabbit loves carrots a little too much. In fact, his carrots are crowding him out of his cozy burrow. When his friends offer to help, they're just asking for trouble - a lot of trouble! This charming children's story shows how friendships get us over the rough spots in life, even if the going gets a little bumpy. It’s the perfect springtime, Easter-time, anytime tale.

A moving look at a Black family’s journey to exercise their right to vote and imagine a better future. Charlie and Ralph’s mom has waited a long time to vote because countless obstacles have been put in Black people’s way to stop them from having a say in elections—obstacles that it took...

The sun is out. The temperature is hot. And Sasha has everything packed and ready for a full day of swimming! But Mr. Sloth is taking for-eh-ver! Sasha does NOT like to wait. However, her best friend is never in a hurry. Will Sasha learn to be patient, or will her quick temper ruin a memorable summer outing?

Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators - including Renee Watson (Piecing Me Together), Grace Lin (Where the Mountain Meets the Moon), Meg Medina (Merci Suarez Changes Gears), and Adam Gidwitz (The Inquisitor's Tale) - engage young people in frank discussions about racism, identity, and self-esteem. Featuring stories filled with love, acceptance, truth, peace, and an assurance that there can be hope for a better tomorrow, The Talk is an inspiring anthology and must-have resource published in partnership with Just Us Books.