Nonfiction Health

Jay reads Braille. Sam uses a wheelchair. Ben has Down syndrome. In this series, young listeners can learn more about how to be a good friend to friends with different capabilities and conditions.

Through conversational "girl time" Jenna reveals that when we look to God as our Father, He can change our focus, our look, and our lives. With affirmation from Max, Redefining Beautiful will change the way girls look at God, themselves, and the people around them.

Anxious Ninja experiences difficult emotions that paralyze him, until his friend gives him tips on how to handle his anxiety. Find out what happens in this comedic book about anxiety.

These easy-to-follow exercises help kids calmly and mindfully navigate their day, from sunrise to sunset. With sections dedicated to key activities in a child's routine - waking up, traveling, learning, playing, eating, and bedtime - kids can learn techniques for managing their bodies, breath, and emotions anywhere, anytime.

Teach yourself escape and evasion tactics! Whether you're a high-profile individual, a tourist, or a random target for an opportunistic criminal, there's a chance you'll be taken. This book is packed with covert military and spy escape techniques adapted for the average person. Learn how to bolster your home security, create a covert escape and survival kit, track a missing person, disappear permanently, escape from restraints, endure captivity until you escape or are rescued, survive a car chase, evade guard dogs, and more. You never know when they will save your life.

A peaceful summer night is shattered by gunfire as an unseen assailant tries to murder police officer John Busby. Though horribly wounded, Busby survives. But the perpetrator remains at large, meaning neither Busby, nor his wife, nor their three children are safe. In separate chapters John and his daughter, Cylin, who was nine at the time, recount the story of that year. John writes graphically, and movingly, of his wounds, his pain, his multiple surgeries, and his rage.

A four-chapter guide to help children identify how anger feels for them, discover helpful and safe ways for working through their anger, explore common reasons that we all get angry for, and a final chapter that encourages making amends. Rhyming throughout with helpful prompts, tips, and affirmations, this is a kid-friendly listen for ages four to 10.

Abbey Curran was born with cerebral palsy, but early on she resolved never to let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA.

All In My Head is a memoir by a woman who in her early 50s received a life-shattering diagnosis. It is about her determined search for effective treatment, the birth of a campaign to get proper data and funding for research into glioblastoma (GBM), and finally her coming to terms with the knowledge that she has reached the end of the road.

Drawing from his own experiences of rural childhood poverty in Texas, to prominent roles as a government official, and now as an acclaimed educational leader, Dr. Ivery demonstrates his motivational gifts, as he seeks to inspire young men to live lives of purpose and integrity.

On the internet, on playgrounds, and in schools across the country, thousands of elementary and middle school kids are picked on, teased, and harassed by bullies. It's something that can jeopardize a child's development -- unless they have the tools to help stop bullying in its tracks.

This audiobook is an empowering guide for children on growing confidence, building resilience, and developing real self-esteem. Its chapters include a child-friendly take on growth mindset, with six techniques to grow confidence and advice on how to block out negativity. Children will learn how to develop self-love, assertiveness, and the power to face their fears!

Sad is a feeling that can be hard, but if we listen to it, we can learn things about ourselves. In God, I Feel Sad, kids discover that it’s okay to be sad and that God is in all things, including sadness. With simple, accessible text, sad becomes an emotion that kids don’t need to avoid and instead something they can use to grow closer to God. Young listeners will explore what it means to feel their sadness and discover how to manage their emotions in a healthy way.

If you have a body, this book is for you! In these chapters, you'll find everything you need to know about loving your unique self, staying confident through your body's many changes, and appreciating your body for the life it allows you to live. With activities, tips, crafts, and real-girl stories, this book is a feel-good reminder that all bodies are worthy of love and respect. Yes, that includes yours!

Girls Against Girls is a complete guide including information on how females can band together and quit breaking each other down, popular movie quotes, advice from female artists and athletes, a resource section of girl-power organizations.

My name is Poppy the Pooting Panda. I like to think I’m pretty smart. Though every time I try to eat, I poot and toot and fart. I love bamboo shoots, It is my favorite food. But pooting while you’re eating Is often seen as rude.

Have you found yourself taking drugs more than at just social functions? Has your daily life been impacted by your drug use? Taking drugs is a problem. Many people have turned to them over years for one reason or another. However, taking drugs has serious consequences for you, your health and your quality of life. There will always be stress factors in the workplace or home. There will always be deadlines to meet and telephone calls to make. There will always be someone who will nag you for one thing or another.

Transform the love you have for horses into a deep and lasting bond that is forged from optimal care for your horse’s health, a knowledge of the equine mind, and key strategies for communicating with your horse. Finally! Your lifelong dream has become a reality—you are about to own your very first horse. If you are a horse lover, it is very difficult to describe the unique sense of freedom and joy that arises every time you go horse riding.

Whether it's getting better grades, creating better relationships with your friends, parents, or teachers, getting a car, getting into the college that's right for you, getting a date for the prom, or finding your dream job, the Law of Attraction works! Like attracts like - when we align our goals with our best intentions and highest purpose, we can more easily have a better, brighter life.

Do you ever wonder if your heart is a reliable guide? If you do, then this story will speak to you. Money can't teach a person how love starts, what makes it tick, and how not to wreck it. For many people love comes as naturally as breathing. Kami Corban, 21, isn't in that group. She has to sweat and strive and read the manual twice.