How Children’s Literature Can Lessen the Stigma Around Mental Illness
This blog post was written by JKP author Lourdes Ubidia. The genre of Mental Health and Wellness in children’s literature is crucial to creating a…
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Facing Mighty Fears About Baddies and Villains
This blog post was written by Dr. Dawn Huebner and includes an excerpt from the newest book in her Dr. Dawn’s Mini Books About Mighty…
Help! My Feelings Are Too Big!: An interview with author K. L. Aspden
Hi Louisa, and congratulations on your newly published book Help! My Feelings Are Too Big! Thanks for taking some time out to answer some questions about…
Chapter One from children’s book Lucy the Octopus!
Welcome to Stoneydip where everyone is an Octopus! …Okay not everyone, there is Puffy, Lucy’s cute (yet poisonous) pet pufferfish. Lucy is an incurably uncool…
Tactile Defensiveness – Moving from Avoidance to Self Love
From Noreen O’Sullivan, author of I’ll Tell You Why I Can’t Wear Those Clothes! Talking about Tactile Defensiveness and mother of girls with sensory processing issues, comes…
EXTRACT – You Make Your Parents Super Happy!: A book about parents separating
‘Hey! I think you should know that there is nothing your parents are more proud of… than YOU!’ You Make Your Parents Super Happy!, written…
Children’s Grief Awareness Week: Grief Pulls People Together
The arrival of Children’s Grief Awareness Week sees author Emmi Smid reflect on some memorable feedback to her ambitious book – Luna’s Red Hat. The beautiful…
Anti Bullying Week: The Importance of Teaching Empathy to Children
It’s Anti Bullying Week, so we thought we’d share this extract from Alison Knowles’ new children’s book Ollie and the Golden Stripe. In this story,…