Child Health Books

i got the book in a short amount of time and it was in good condition

This book, Everyones Children, is very deep. Dr. Claire McCarthy is a breathtaking pediatrician, who tells about her patients troubles and her life. Not only does McCarthy describe her medical career, she also describes how she helps teh families psychologically, and her home life. McCarthy's way of describing her patients' problems isn't often optimistic in the begining, but sometimes her view changes. Her descriptions of her patients, home life, and family are very intense and details are given. The book is written skillfully, catching the readers attention immediately, from the very first sentence. This is a wonderful book to read if you like medical/psychological child-care, or if you are interested in reading about working with children in a poor area.

Dr. Claire McCarthy has elevated the struggles of her busy workday into an interesting and realistic account of medical practice in a poor Boston neighborhood. She describes her routine work at Martha Eliot Health Center without dramatizing her patients or the mundane aspects of care. Her descriptions of families are sensitive and clear. Her description of her own attempts to have meaningful medical relationships in the context of poverty, disease, violence and drug addiction is careful and honest. This book portrays urban social problems from the perspective of one person working to make a difference; we should all have such meaningful vocation.

This is a wonderful book about Dr. McCarthy's experiences as a pediatrician in a clinic. She writes beautifully about the patients, current welfare problems and she gives suggestions about what we - as readers, parents, etc. - can do to make things better. McCarthy writes a great column in Sesame Street Parents Guide.

This is a well crafted book. The author introduces, in language easily understood by pre-teens, a broad range of components found in psychodynamically oriented therapy. My sense is that this book can (and does) increase even a somewhat resistant client's capacity for engaging in the therapeutic process.

One concern of mine is that, because of its thoroughness, the book is somewhat on the long side and, hence, difficult to read from beginning to end. The children who sit in my waiting room, though, are undeterred. On at least one occasion, the book has disappeared, only to reappear a week or two later. Overall, I believe that "Feeling Better", is an excellent investment for the office or waiting room of any child therapist.

This is a great book about a girl who goes to therapy because she's having problems at school and at home. I was nervous and mad to see a therapist but my mom found this book for me. It really helped me feel better about going and my mom liked reading it too! It's hard to find books about things like this, so I'm glad this one was written. Thanks!

As a teacher, I found this book to be a valuable resource to many of my students who receive counseling in or out or school. It is a kid friendly, high interest level book that helps break down the varied thoughts and feelings of children undergoing therapy. I would highly recommend this book to any educator or parent working with a child in crisis.

This is a subject that can be difficult to write about, but Ms. Rashkin does an excellent job of making visiting a therapist seem like the healthiest choice to make. It is not sugar-coated, nor is it simplistic, but rather brings up all the realistic difficulties and positives of therapy. The author does not talk down to her audience, but clearly and warmly presents a gentle matter of fact approach. This book can really be helpful to those young people considering or are in therapy. Yeah!

The teen years are some of the more stressful of people's lives - high school, hormones ranging, preparing for the future. Now in a fully revised and informatively updated new edition, "Fighting Invisible Tigers: Stress Management for Teens" is a guide book for teenagers who need to reduce the stress in their hectic lives. "Fighting Invisible Tigers" outlines ten techniques that will assist teens in their desire to control their stress, such as breathing and relaxation exercises, time management, dealing with hostile peers/family/friends, and embracing an optimistic outlook. A top pick for community library parenting collections.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

This enjoyable, easy-read offers proven, practical advice to adolescents interested in acquiring stress and life management skills. Adults working with teens will find this book a valuable resource for helping adolescents understand what happens when they are stressed to the limits of their coping ability. The section "Self-Care for Tiger Bites" offers immediate first aid for those times when fast relief is needed to relieve overwhelming levels of stress. Using this book, teenagers and adults alike can crack the whip and tame the stress within.

Anxious and troubled and confused teens (most of the teen populations) will carry this portable guide to survival for several days and come away reassured that they are not alone, and come away with useful skills to make life better and easier. Even the teen readers like it!!

I find this book, despite its small size & simple layout, to be an excellent guide/resource for teens.

The analogy is interesting. When life is very stressful, it can feel as if you're in a jungle with lots of dangerous tigers --ferocious, hungry, invisible tigers, quietly stalking you.

It covers everything from being assertive to building relationships, taking risks, making decisions, staying healthy, dealing with fears, using positive self-talk, & even growing a funny bone. There is also a "Self-Care for Tiger Bites" section which offers ready "first aid" for teens who need quick relief.

Parents &/or educators who are also interested in this book, are advised to get hold of the Leader's Guide. It is designed to support & enhance the messages of the Student Book with a step-by-step curriculum in a dozen of easy-to-use sessions. It comes with two dozens of reproducible handout masters.

Kudos to the authors for these two excellent guides/resources!

I would strongly recommend readers to check out the publisher's website. They have an extensive repertoire of excellent guides/resources for kids, teens, parents as well as educators.

This is an excellent book replete with spiritually uplifting stories. Dr. Chopra is one of the leading experts on Eastern-Western medical treatments and is a gifted philosopher and writer as well.

With regard to the references to autism in this book, Portia Iversen's son Dov, the boy featured in "Strange Son" and Tito Mukhopadhyay are included in this book. Dov was the young man who was actively listening although he was nonverbal during his early years and Tito Mukhopadhyay was the gifted poet/author who has severe autism.

I want to add that the claim made in this book that people with autism "go inside of themselves" and "don't respond to the outside world" simply isn't true. Dov himself said he was listening at all times and Tito Mukhopadhyay was acutely aware of his environment.

Autism is a sensori-neurobiological condition that affects sensory processing and communication. For individuals with severe autism as these two young men have, communication is severely impacted. People with autism are generally acutely aware of their environments; however, the sensory processing issues can create false impressions. For people on the autism spectrum (and it IS a continuum), sensory input can be confusing and hard to separate into discrete units. When a person is on overload, it is not uncommon for them to appear non/unresponsive. That is when the person is "coming even," trying to tone out the overload and the feeling of being overwhelmed.

Communication is an inherent part of all individuals; it is listening to people on the spectrum that hopefully will create a more tolerant world and put false claims about autism permanently to rest.

It is a awesome book. Real situations real solutions yet in alignment with spirituality for teens,not boring at all.It makes you think and wonder. The author Chopra is a great teacher.

This is an amazing book, to be read by people of all age groups.
There are a very few books which give a spiritual insight in such simple terms.
This is definetely one among the best of such books. It is as interesting as
a good fiction, with a very simple and effective message in each chapter.
The author makes each of the message reach straight into the heart of the
reader by the style he has used for writing.

Deepak Chopra's new book for teens is filled with wonderful stories, beautifully told! It conveys profound spiritual teachings that resonate with wisdom and truth. I bought several copies - one for each of the teens in my life! Thanks, Deepak; this is just what the world needs right now!

Our baby hasn't arrived yet and our theme is Fisher Price's Rainforest, so this is a great book! It contains all the characters from the rainforest theme and will be great to read to the baby as he or she gets older. A definate plus in the line of Rainforest!!

My daughter is 11 months old, and this book has been a lifesaver. She loves books, and will shop all day if she has something to "read." I tried regular books, but she kept dropping them, and she had trouble holding the bigger ones up enough to look at them. This is a perfect size, she can't lose it over the edge. She loves the babies' faces and the cartoon animals. I also take it into the grocery store with us and clip it to the cart.

When she gets bored with it, I take a few seconds and say "Where's the baby's nose?" "Where's mommy's nose?" and so on, and she gets interested enough again for another 15 minutes.

Reviewed by Cayden (age 3-1/2) & Max (age 19 months) Aures & Mom for Reader Views (3/08)

"Ears, Nose & Toes!: Discovering Me & My Friends!" is a smaller-sized board book that has pictures identifying the different body parts of rainforest animals and human babies. For instance, the first page says "Two eyes" and there is a picture of a frog with two big eyes. On the opposite page there is the same text but this time a picture of the baby's eyes.

Cayden sat for the book but determined that at age 3-1/2 he was "too old for the book and that it was for babies like Max." I definitely agree with him on that one. I think the book is most appropriate for newborns up until approximately the age of two. It would be a great tool to use to help teach and reinforce first words and body parts to a child.

Max enjoyed the pictures of the animals and the babies and as soon as I read the text he was able to point to the appropriate parts on the pictures. He enjoyed repeating the words as I was reading them to him and by the second time through he was "reading" the book to me.

A great feature of the book is that it has a stroller strap so that you can take it with you on the go. This is very handy so you can have entertainment when you are out and not have to worry about the child dropping or losing the book somewhere.

"Ears, Nose & Toes!: Discovering Me & My Friends!" is also part of Fisher-Price's "Animals of the Rainforest" line, so if you have any of the other rainforest toys or items your child may enjoy seeing those same familiar animals in the book as Max does.

I only bought this because it coordinates with the whole Fisher Price Rainforest Collection, But it doesn't teach my lil one anything, she likes it because she can either chew on the attached ring or just go after the cardboard pages itself, she uses it and thats what counts to me.

I purchased this to complete Texas Tech's online correspondence health course. Amazon shipped it speedily as always and I was done with the class 2 weeks later. I have to say, I planned on selling this book because I didn't think it had anything new besides the whole "don't-do-drugs-exercise-eat-greens-etc." advice but it turns out this book has workout routines, stretches, dietary info, and a wellness plan that you can use for life as the title says... needless to say, this is the sort of book you will hang on to just because the information inside is simple yet crucial for day-to-day living.

Not a bad book, easy to follow. Had to purchase it for a correspondence class and it was cheaper to buy it here than from the school. (about $10 less)

My ex-wife swore by this book and I watched as her weight decreased. I got the book and now we have a bet on who is going to lose the weight first.
Six meals a day sounded pretty good, so I thought I would try it. I just started but I know it works because I watched her do it.

My daughter is taking a correspondence course from Texas Tech. The course is "Foundations in Personal Fitness", which she needs in order to graduate from high school. I am giving this book 5 stars because it is the correct book and edition required by Texas Tech, as of July 2005. I don't know how good the book is, but every few days she brings up something that she learned from this book.

As a kid who likes science and math, I think Haduch rules! I have read several of Mr. Haduch's science books and they are always funny and full of good information. I even used his book on tornadoes for a school project (and got an "A".)The food book is very funny while telling you about science and how your body uses food. I hope he does a book on dinosaurs.

Now maybe kids will eat what's good for them!This book is one of the rare kids' books that addresses kids as people to be talked to and entertained....not to be talked down to or preached at. As a mom who has kids interested in science....and off-the-wall humor...I appreciate a book that combines both. Thanks!

What a marvelous book. It explains the functions of digestion in a fun way. It has a couple of "fart" and "poop" jokes which are entirely appropriate to a book about food and nutrition, and allows a kid to hear a little "naughty" joke, but the clean kind of naughtiness that a kid can laugh at, instead of the "dirty" jokes that they are probably being exposed to.

This hilarious and well-researched book is, by far, the best children's book on nutrition I've seen. Haduch's well-crafted prose both instructs and entertains; the book is filled with off-beat facts and wacky humor to keep kids laughing while they learn important health information. Every school and public library should have this book!

It is such a wonderful responsibility to be a mother. The gift of raising a child is often taken for granted until one finds out that infertility has stolen thier opportunity. For many years this author wrote to her children before they were concieved. Lena was trusting, believing and hoping to hold them, instruct them and mother them with her husband.

What I like most about the book is that it makes the technical information personal, encourages readers to see a doctor without scare tactics or gimmicks. This is a book written in love. The letters to her children whom she is now holding speak to us, those who either can't have children or have them and need to be reminded how precious and wonderful they are.

If you know someone who is infertile, either physically or spiritually this book will help them believe in prayer again. It will help them wait for their dreams to come true.

This is a wonderfully touching book that really touched my heart and soul. Lena used Bible passages along with her life experience to bring the book to life. It is one of the few books which talks in depth about a couple's struggle to have a child. This book will make a great gift for couples that are having trouble having kids and will inspire them to keep trying. If you only buy one book this is definitely the one to own!

When reading this book (For This Child We Prayed) by Lena Marie Fields-Arnold I was totally blown away on how she openly spoke about so many things in life that we so take for granted. I loved the fact that she used biblical verses when relaying her message. She had me laughing so hard one time I had to run to the bath room for relief. This is the second time I've purchased a copy of this book, I gave one copy to a co-worker who is going through what Mrs. Arnold and her family went through. I just wanted her to know that she's not alone and to keep the faith. I must also say that I was so impressed with the writing of this book that I sent a letter and e-mail to the Oprah Winfrey Show asking her and/or her staff to take a look at it and maybe make it a part of her book club. Mrs. Arnold I wish you and your family the best as I await more of your books. Thanks for helping me any many like me keep the faith. God Bless.

This book is absolutely outstanding! It is poignant, and details the struggle of an African American couple's multiple attempts at starting a family. Author Lena Arnold thoroughly documents her many thoughts and experiences in preparation to becoming a mother. Her letters to her children will move you. This book is a necessity for EVERY church bookstore, family ministry program/workshop, and infertility clinics across the country. It inspires you to remain faithful, and to continue to stand upon the Word of God no matter what a situation looks like.

The assumption often is that if a woman or man cannot have children; it must not only be God's will, but true evidence of God's wrath in action. In For This Child We Prayed: Living with the Secret Shame of Infertility, Lena Arnold dispels this horrendous misconception through personal insight, and reflection. In her struggle to have children, she invites us to journey with her. It is a tremendous journey, which takes us through the heartache of a crying, barren womb to sitting with Hannah in the scriptures as she bargains with God for a child...to the man at the pool of Bethesda who experienced the miracle of Christ's healing...to her own personal thoughts as she writes to her future children like Celie wrote to Nettie in Alice Walker's book "The Color Purple." Anyone who has a promise or a dream can benefit from For This Child We Prayed, it teaches you that faith can help you wait as you believe, no matter how long it takes.

As a teacher and parent both these books are filled with valuable tips to use in the classroom. Bully-Proofing Children: A Practical, Hands-On Guide to Stop Bullying takes it into the home as well -giving tips, scripts, units on teaching children how to get along, respect each other both at school and at home. Buy them both.

The tone of the classroom is so important to optimize learning. Every teacher (and parent as well) needs to be aware and purposely set as their goal to create an environment that fosters learning. Another book that does an outstanding job at designing a creative, loving and nurturing environment in the classroom and school is Bully-Proofing Children: A Practical, Hands-On Guide to Stop Bullying. Highly recommended...it is filled with loads of units, scripts, and activities to help build self-esteem and help children get along.

This is a great book. Every person who deals with children should read it. Seriously.

I was actually a student in Tana's University classroom. It was this book that allowed me to learn a ton of information about ideas to use in the classroom, regarding issues that sometimes hinder emotional well being. It is my hope that all teachers incorporate emotional well being awareness into their everyday classrooms.

This is the first time I buy from amazon and it was great. Very fast delivery. I will definetely buy through them again.

I used this book along with the textbook and ACED the test!

This is the best book we've had in my RN, BSN program so far. The content is very easy to read. The sentences are kept short and to the point. The content is repeated over and over in different places in the chapters as well as throughout the book, making it easier to remember the main points. The summaries at the end of each chapter really focus on the main points and great for last minute updating. I wish all of our books in nursing school were this good.

this is a great review for my nursing classes and career choic