Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul

A collection of short stories, anecdotes, poems and cartoons which present a positive outlook on life (8 to 12 years). Topics: courage, hope, laughter.

Girls like that and other plays for teenagers

Fiction

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'Girls Like That' explores the pressures caused by technology when a schoolgirls naked photograph goes viral.

'Banana Boys' is about the challenge of being on the school football team and being secretly gay.

'Holloway Jones' is a about with growing up with a parent in prison.

'Pronoun' is about two childhood sweethearts dealing with the fact that one of them, Isabella, has come out as transgender.

More secret girls' business

Topics: puberty, menstruation.

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Non-fiction

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Uses simple text and colour illustrations to explain how to manage periods. It includes notes for parents, teachers and carers.

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Age: 8+

Secret boys' business (2nd Ed.)

Topics: puberty

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Non-fiction

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A puberty resource for boys, families, schools and community groups to explain the physical and emotional changes of puberty.

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Age: 9 to 13 years.

Secret girls' business

Topics: puberty, menstruation.

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Non-fiction

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Uses simple text and colour illustrations to explain how to manage periods. It includes notes for parents, teachers and carers.

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Age: 8+

The Paper Bag Baby

Fiction. 240 page novel. Edward, the school wheeler-dealer with dreams of becoming a millionaire by the time he's twenty, who finds a baby wrapped in a paper bag in the park. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. (12+ years)

The sex education answer book

Non-fiction

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Age appropriate answers to all of the tough questions children ask parents about sex. Set out in ages 3 - 14.

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Age: Parents and teachers of 3 to 14 year olds