Captain Grumpy didn’t want to be a pirate. He wanted to be an artist. But a pirate he became - and he was good at it because he was good at being grumpy. But you can have too much of a good thing and grumpiness soon became the boss of Captain Grumpy’s life. The result? Mutiny by his outrageous crew. And as for the Captain, it's a desert island and the discovery of very special treasures for him!
This 32 page picture book was written by Russell Deal and illustrated by Sue Jenkins. Here you will find messages about what is a real value, what happens when trouble pushes us around and how we can keep trouble at bay with real treasures - the inner ones!
Sometimes children feel the weight of the expectation to be great or to want to be great at something. The OK book reminds us all that maybe its OK to be OK at things. In this clever and literal play on words, OK is turned on its side, upside down, and right side up to show that being OK can really be quite great. Whether OK personifies an OK skipper, an OK climber, an OK lightning bug catcher, or an OK whatever there is to experience, ok... More info
Much of health care today involves helping patients manage conditions whose outcomes can be greatly influenced by lifestyle or behaviour change. Written specifically for health care professionals, this concise book presents powerful tools to enhance communication with patients and guide them in making choices to improve their health, from weight loss, exercise, and smoking cessation, to medication adherence and safer sex practices. Engaging dialogues and vignettes bring to life the core skills of motivational interviewing (MI) and show how to incorporate this brief evidence-based approach into any health care setting. Appendices... More info
My Super Single Mum is a deceptively simple little publication. It's not terribly long or deep however it evokes all the right feel-good emotions that will have you and your kids truly celebrating your little family, and just how special it really is. "It's just Mum and me and that's ok" gives a bird's eye-view of the relationship between herself and her wondrous super-single mum. The result is the telling of a life of riotous fun and love that any two-parent family might envy! With its sweet, simple phraseology,... More info
