Author: Marneta ViegasPublisher: Our Street Books
ISBN: 9781782798699
Category : Meditations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Meditations for young children aged 5up
Promoting Young Children's Emotional Health and Wellbeing
Author: Sonia Mainstone-CottonPublisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784503118
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Positive emotional health in a child's earliest years can be a critical factor in their future development. Offering practical suggestions for games, activities and exercises designed to promote emotional wellbeing in young children, this essential guide showcases a wide range of approaches such as mindfulness and meditation, Forest School and Reggio Emilia to provide a hands-on reference for teachers and parents. Drawing on over 25 years' experience as an early years professional, the author explores topics including playfulness, stillness, sensory play, creativity and staff wellbeing. Each topic references current best practices and international examples, and also includes a comprehensive list of further resources and activities. Providing an informative introduction to both theory and practice, this book demonstrates easy-to-implement ideas for any professional or parent engaging with young children.
Emma Oliver and the Song of Creation
Author: Susan Elizabeth HalePublisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 178535387X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Eleven-year-old Emma doesn’t know that she comes from generations of tree singers, passed from mother to daughter. She doesn’t believe she can sing. Her ailing grandmother has just come to live with the family. Her father is hardly ever at home. Her mother has been acting strange. To add to Emma’s troubles, her mother’s great uncle from England is coming to stay. Then, a strange old woman wearing a hat full of feathers appears mysteriously in her garden. She gives Emma a white swan feather that emits a haunting melody. Emma’s only solace is the oak tree in her garden, which she names Annie Oakley. What she does not yet know is that Annie is part of a network of tree spirits who disguise themselves as old women. These spirits have come to Peachtree City to help Emma remember her mission to sing the Song of Creation and save the Great Mother tree.
Ghost Boy
Author: Stafford BettyPublisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1785357999
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Seventh grader Ben Conover sees people no one else can see. When he confides in his best friend, it's not long before smart phones start lighting up with text messages as the air cackles with gossip and he becomes known in school as the 'Ghost Boy'. Home has become a battle ground between his Mum's acceptance and his Dad's disapproval. Ben desperately seeks his father's approval, and wants to be like a regular twelve-year-old. But he doesn't want to break free from his spirit friend, Abby, who shows up when he is in danger or about to do something wrong. She somehow guides him and he has grown very fond of her. Will Ben's father accept his son's psychic gifts? Can he persuade his father that spirits are real and not just hallucinations? And who exactly is Abby? A Middle Grade story about a boy who sees spirits.
The Firebird Chronicles
Author: Daniel Ingram-BrownPublisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1785359010
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Gigan Ticks foretell the end of time. The world is beginning to fade. As the NIGHTMARE army advances, can Fletcher and Scoop cross the Threshold into our world? Will they be able to reunite their creators, before they slip into oblivion? Fletcher and Scoop are apprentice adventurers at Blotting's Academy, where all Story Characters are trained. Join them on their final feat as they discover the cost of crossing the Boundary in Daniel Ingram Brown's thrilling conclusion to the Firebird Chronicles.
The Ghosts of Blackbottle Rock
Author: Martyn BeardsleyPublisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 178535616X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In a small Cornish fishing village, Charlie spots a man destroying old genealogical records and he suspects the stranger's activity might be linked to a bigger crime than simple vandalism. Later, when he meets two local children - self-styled ghost hunters - it becomes clear to Charlie that the man's strange behaviour is linked to a local haunting. Join Charlie and his friends as the ghostly strands of their mysterious tale converge...
Grimworld
Author: Avery MorayPublisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1789041589
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Every day, thirteen year old Henry Bats has his usual bowl of Sugar Slugs, helps tend Cobalt Sidewinders at Frank’s Peculiar Pets, and keeps to himself with his comic book collection. Just your typical day in Grimworld, where the sky is always dark and shadows lurk in the streets. What’s not typical is a suspicious Nightspook luring Henry into a cemetery in the middle of the night with the promise of a prized comic book. The Nightspook steals part of Henry's lifespan with a pocket watch, which begins counting down to his death. Henry is running out of time, and the pocket watch won't stop ticking...
Jake's Book
Author: Michael StrelowPublisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 178904233X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Jake's sisters have been important to the health and welfare of the kingdom. Jake has been on the outside looking in on their adventures in The Princess Gardener, and The Alyssa Chronicle. But now it's his turn. He's been watching from high in the trees, and now with a little help from some magical old friends, Jake finds transformation and the natural world as easy as the quick shake of a squirrel's tail. Jake's Book is volume III of The Princess Gardener series.
Emajen
Author: Ashley LedigoPublisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1785356828
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Emajen is a world, similar to Earth. Doodland is a world where all the sketches that human beings doodle spring to life. Crevitos is a cruel and beautiful Creation, with multi-world domination and devastation in mind. Two youngsters from Earth, Destiny and Anthony, become embroiled in a complex expedition to save Emajen from Crevitos’ tyranny and his growing army of almost invincible Creations.
Fortis Mission
Author: S. Y. PalmerPublisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1789040922
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Fifteen-year-old Michael May makes history as the first child in space and part of a crew to the far side of the moon. However, from the moment he docks at the International Space Station, things change... Theft, sabotage, and a shocking discovery threaten Michael May's mission to the moon and force him to act. If he can’t find the answers, the mission will fail. May's Moon: Fortis Mission is the second instalment in the May's Moon trilogy.
