Children and YA books

Release the Generational Trauma of Shame

“Karen is the wise voice you want whispering in your ear when shame knocks on your door, reminding you that you are so much more than your relationship with your mother.” —Maggie Reyes, master certified marriage coach & bestselling author of The Questions for Couples Journal

#1 New Release in Adult Children of Alcoholics

What is your relationship to shame? How can you overcome it and live an intentional life of vulnerability? You Are Not Your Mother guides readers on how to see shame, and live separately from it. 

Shift away from shame and turn to radical forgiveness. Grow your internal self acceptance and resilience with this guide for women. Packed with meditative prompts to help you explore your relationship to shame. You are Not Your Mother caters to your inner desires to be seen, heard, and known. The toxic generational trauma and unhealthy relationships stop with you!

Explore your personal roots to shame with an expert. As a top authority on recovering from growing up in toxic families, Karen C.L. Anderson walks you through her shame story, her relationship with her narcissistic mother, and the simple practices she has developed to alleviate guilt from unhealthy relationships. Author of bestselling Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters with over 150,000 copies sold, Karen offers tools to process, understand and move beyond childhood trauma so you can not only survive, but thrive.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Karen’s story on dealing with a narcissistic mother and how she overcame her shame
• Journal prompts, mind-body practices, and simple exercises to release shame and toxic habits
• A guide on how to finally identify shame, and how to embrace living free from it

If you enjoy therapy books and content on emotion management, then this book is for you! If you liked I’m Glad My Mom Died, Mother Hunger, or Uprooting Shame And Guilt, you’ll love You Are Not Your Mother.

Learn About Animal Endangerment with Jane (Ages 7-10)

Foreword by Dr. Jane Goodall

Inspired by the Apple+ TV series, Jane, readers join Jane as she dives deep on 10 different endangered species, with facts about how they live, what they eat, and what makes them amazing, while also taking a real look at the challenges they are facing, what is being done to help them, and how we all can work together to save them.  

If your kid animal scientist enjoyed The Leaf Detective, Exploring Nature Activity Book for Kids, or the Dino Dana series, you’ll love Jane’s Endangered Animal Guide. 

Affirming Bedtime Stories for Kids (Ages 3-6)

What kids and their parents are saying about I Like You. “We read it literally 15 times last night before bath. Kayla is OBSESSED.” “Halo loved it! She also requests the ‘pink book’ often at nap time.”

Packed with positive affirmations for kids, Kate Allan’s lovingly encouraging children's book, I Like You, is designed to foster a good night's sleep for children.

Use affirmations to give your kids a good night’s rest. I Like You is an awesome book full of magic. This delightful and sweet book garners smiles, giggles, and many a hug in this one-of-a-kind bedtime read. Let your child know you love them through all of life’s highs and lows. I Like You strengthens the bonds between parent and child along with self-esteem boosting reminders of acceptance and love through all the ups and downs of life.

Allan's trademark art adds whimsy and fun to every page. Kate Allan has brought comfort and calm to many grownups with unique colorful illustrations and inspired affirmations in her bestselling You Can Do All Things; It’s Your Weirdness that Makes You Wonderful; You're Smart, Strong and You Got This; and Thera-pets. Now fans of Kate Allan, you can give the gift of love to your children through creative bedtime stories for kids. I Like You is the perfect jumpstart for a life full of love and understanding.

I Like You offers you and your child:

• A way to express unconditional love with wonderfully positive affirmations for kids
• A nightly bonding ritual through bedtime stories for kids
• Building blocks to help develop self-esteem

If you and your kids enjoyed reading books like Helga Makes a Name for Herself, The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be, and Hey Girl! A Unicorn Coloring Book for Girls, then you’ll love I Like You.

The third in the Dino Field Guide series, Dana is passing on her field guide to a new paleontologist in training, you! The Dino Dana Activity Guide is filled with new dino experiments, Dana’s craft ideas, and other exciting activities to help young dino fans uncover more about their favourite prehistoric creatures. 

Dinosaur Coloring Book Field Guide with Fun Facts and Find-a-Word Activities

#1 New Release in Fossils, Dinosaurs, and Zoology

My First Dinosaur Field Guide is a field guidebook for kids that introduces dinosaurs, fossils, and archeological experiments.

Discover a dinosaur on every page. Join Dino Dana as she builds friendships with a Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus, and a Triceratops. Fans of the Amazon Prime TV show from the incredible show's creator and executive producer, J. J. Johnson; developmental scientist, Colleen Russo Johnson, PhD; and Emmy-winning producer Christin Simms, will love having this colorful field guide to follow Dino Dana on her adventures. Larn about 36 different dinosaurs, such as the Brachiosaurus, Kosmoceratops, and Spinosaurus. This field guide features word searches, fact-finder fill-ins to color, and search and finds. Your little paleontologist will be delighted.

Have fun coloring, finding facts, and pasting your own dino creations right into the pages. Your child will learn about what Triceratops ate, how long a T-Rex arms were, and how many teeth a Stegosaurus had.

A great science book for kids. This book for children is perfect for any kid who likes history and science. In My First Dinosaur Field Guide, your kids will learn:

• That the Brachiosaurus was the tallest dinosaur that we know of today
• That the Kosmoceratops had fifteen horns and hooks on its head
• That the Spinosaurus is the only known dinosaur to spend most of its time swimming
• And so much more

Kids who like dinosaur books like We Don't Eat Our Classmates; Hello, World! Dinosaurs; or (DK) Dinosaur! will love My First Dinosaur Field Guide.

The Wildest Animal Coloring Book on Earth!

#1 Bestseller in Teen & Young Adult Zoology

Join Brave Wilderness on epic journeys through deserts, oceans and jungles. Learn about awesome animals and enjoy coloring every page with this Brave Wilderness book! 

A wild coloring book only for the brave. Are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime? In Color the Wild, you can join alongside Brave Wilderness hosts Coyote Peterson, Mark Vins, and wildlife biologist, Mario Aldecoa, as they discover, appreciate, and color some of our planet’s most interesting and bizarre animals and their habitats! 

Color Coyote’s best adventures. Go on a jungle adventure and experience an up-close ocelot encounter, swim through extraordinary marine wildlife to find a slimy octopus, or choose to encounter a hammerhead shark! Adventure further out and discover some of the world’s most misunderstood creatures that are Brave Wilderness favorites such as the venomous gila monster, the creepy crawly orb weaver, and the mighty bullet ant – but don’t worry, you won’t get stung on these pages! 

Inside, you’ll find:

• Intricately designed animal color pages for ages 6-10
• Fan favorite Brave Wilderness moments waiting to be colored
• A ripe animal coloring book; educational themes and adventures for all to enjoy
  

If you liked Wild Animal Book for Kids, Cute Animal Coloring Book For Kids, or Coloring Books For Kids Cool Coloring, you’ll love Color the Wild.

Encourage Your Future Math Genius Through Engaging Math Play

Introducing Mad for Math, a new series of cool math workbooks filled with math activities, math puzzles, and fun math games for your future math genius (8 pages with stickers)

Learn cool math with monsters! Mad for Math: How to Become a Monster at Mathematics is packed with math games for kids. Solve math puzzles with the silly problem solving monsters of Planet Zot. This is going to be challenging—but fun! Kids learn that math does not have to be scary, it can be a cool experience. 

Mad for Math, math for kids books offer children math activities, math puzzles, and fun math games. Help your kid become a math genius with Mad for Math. Presented in an engaging and motivating way through storytelling, Mad for Math children’s books help foster a positive attitude towards mathematics. Each chapter is introduced by a short story that stimulates your child’s curiosity by linking mathematical exercises to a “reality”, albeit imagined. Various mathematical concepts in the book are presented in a colorful, gradual, and intuitive way through cool math puzzles and fun math games.  

Mad for Math books are designed to delight:

• A perfect gift for children ages 7-8
• Packed with stories, stickers, and math activities that make learning math fun
• Designed to introduce mathematical concepts through cool math puzzles  

If you enjoy fun math workbooks like Kindergarten Math Activity Workbook, this is for you! Other Mad for Math books you may want on your child’s reading list include: An Ocean of Calculations, The Times Tables Factory, Make Space for Geometry, and Navigate the High Seas.

Learn About Amazing Black Heroes That Shaped History (Ages 8–12)

A fun book for children with moving stories about Black trailblazers who persevered through adversity to inspire generations to come.

Inspirational stories of Black heroes. Discover how Black heroes have overcome adversity, from the story of writer and activist Maya Angelou, to the less known tale of Nance Legins-Costley, a slave whose freedom was won in a supreme court case by a young Abraham Lincoln. In this kid’s history book, take an educational trip through the ABCs of the names and stories of Black heroes who fought to overcome.

Experience an array of rich Black history. History books often have left out the amazing and varied stories of Black heroes. The Young Trailblazers series of children’s books shines a light on those stories for young readers and helps teach diversity and inclusion. Young Trailblazers: The Book of Black Heroes and Overcomers also includes beautiful illustrations, fascinating facts, and important words and their definitions.

Meet the Young Trailblazers and:

• Introduce your child to Black history
• Inspire hope and courage through stories of adversity
• Teach new words and interesting facts

If your child enjoyed other books in the Young Trailblazer series such as The Book of Black Inventors and Scientists; or if your child enjoyed books about Black history such as Black Heroes, Little Legends, or Black Women in Science, they’ll love Young Trailblazers: The Book of Black Heroes and Overcomers.

An Indispensable Toolset for Same-Sex Parenthood

"An absolute ‘must-have’ for any LGBT couple engaged in family planning!” —Midwest Book Review

First published in 2016 and winner of four literary awards.* Now updated and packed with valuable information and more powerful stories of same-sex parents achieving and navigating parenthood.

Yes, you do have options. Same-sex couples (gay dads, lesbian moms, or other queer couples) are faced with many different options when choosing to have a family that includes beautiful children. In Journey to Parenthood, author, activist and father Eric Rosswood guides and helps prospective LGBTQIA parents explore adoption, foster care, assisted reproduction, surrogacy and co-parenting.

Create your own happy family unit. Each section includes a description of a specific family-building approach, followed by personal stories from same-sex couples and individuals who have chosen that particular path. Learn strategies for dealing with challenges you will encounter on this parenting journey.

Inside find:

• Strategies for successfully navigating same sex parenthood
• Firsthand accounts combined with critical tips and advice 
• Updated information about adoption, foster care, assisted reproduction, surrogacy and co-parenting

If you benefited from Eric Rosswood’s bestselling book We Make It Better or his Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads; or have read parenting books like Raised by Unicorns, Raising Good Humans, What to Expect When You're Expecting, or The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read, you’ll want to read Journey to Parenthood.

* Winner of the 2017 IAN Book of the Year Awards in the Parenting/Family/Relationships category; the 2017 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards in the Parenting category; the 2017 Best Book Awards in the LGBTQ, Non-Fiction category; and finalist in the 2017 International Book Awards.

Parent Teenagers in Loving and Thoughtful Ways

“A source of lovingly gentle perspective with powerful relationship saving tools that every parent of teenagers should have to refer back to”—Becca Anderson, Bestselling Author of Badass Affirmations

• Easy-to-follow advice for how to parent teenagers
• Powerful and poignant examples from true life stories and examples
• A how-to guide for loving your teens, even when it feels impossible

If you liked Untangled, The Connected Parent, or Parenting Teens with Love and Logic, you’ll love Wonderful Ways to Love a Teen.

A Find the Differences Puzzle Book for Curious Kids (Age 6-8)

Children's Book Council's August 2022 Hot Off the Press Reading List

This in-depth picture puzzle book is essential for all kids! A new addition to the bestselling Woo! Jr. Kids Activities series, this collection of children’s spot the difference puzzles gives your kids hundreds of puzzles to do and share.

Tons of fun puzzles at your fingertips. With beautiful and playful illustrations, your child will love finding the differences in these seemingly identical picture puzzles. An addition to the dozens of popular Woo! Jr. activity books, these find the difference puzzles can be used recreationally, or even as a school activity to liven the day!

Let your child test their sight skills. Puzzles are a great way to test sensory skills, develop attention to detail, and have fun at the same time. This puzzle book for kids is full of spot the difference pictures that help your child do just that! Your clever kids will love the fun and the challenge of spotting what’s the difference between the illustrations.

If you’re looking for find the difference puzzle books and enjoy books like the Little Skill Seekers series, Spot the Difference, or the Big Book of Spot the Difference, then you and your little one will love The Big Book of Find the Difference!

An Empowering Book for Parenting Daughters with Self Worth

“200 short reflections on topics ranging from how parents can become good role models to talking about emotions.”—Publisher’s Weekly

As kids, girls often advance faster than boys, but fall behind by the time they are teens, victims of low self esteem and confusing standards of womanhood. 200 Ways to Raise a Girl's Self-Esteem is a guide to raising teenage daughters with straightforward advice for people working with preteen girls who want to help girls build positive self-images and develop full lives.

Be an example for your daughter. Raising healthy girls becomes easy as you advise and create rituals that are empowering young girls in their transition to adulthood with 200 Ways to Raise a Girl's Self-Esteem. Prevent anxiety and depression as you raise happy and confident teenage daughters.

Affirming advice to empower your teenage daughters. Author of million-selling Random Acts of Kindness, Will Glennon, guides you through parenting daughters—like empowering girls through carefully considered "boosters,” and learning the subtle differences that can make them “busters”. For example, complimenting a woman’s appearance implies her value is in her looks, but complimenting her on a completed assignment helps her trust her intelligence. Find ways to impart a strong sense of self-worth as you go about parenting daughters, turning strong girls into strong women.

Inside, find tips on uplifting teenage daughters, like:

• How to boost your girl’s self esteem
• How to lead your daughter into womanhood
• How to be a good example when raising teenage daughters

If you liked books for parenting daughters like Love Her Well, Thrivers, or Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety, you’ll love 200 Ways to Raise a Girl's Self-Esteem.

A Guided Journal for Teens Understanding of Gender

#1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction on Maturing and LGBTQ Nonfiction

Write down every thought, every feeling, and every doodle that pops into your mind with this high-quality guided journal destined to be your safe space as you navigate your gender journey.

A witty introduction to Milo Stewart. The start of this journal gives an up close and personal seat to Milo Stewart’s start as a pansexual teen in the hallways of their middle school in Ankeny, Iowa. It is there, where they discover transgender teens are everywhere, living, breathing, and thriving in mundane and ordinary spaces, and where they come into their nonbinary and trans identities

Questions, resources, and prompts to get you thinking. Write down your own experiences with questions and guided journal prompts written to get you to reflect in a safe space. Write about your sexual identity, gender identity, and finally discover yourself. Reflect on who you’ve been and who you want to be, embrace yourself in a whole new way; finding yourself is the goal!

Inside, you’ll find:

• Resources and thought-provoking journal prompts to get you to unleash and discover yourself
• High-quality blank pages to write down your thoughts, feelings, and stories all throughout the book
• Milo Stewart’s compelling true-life story and brief inklings on gender expansive identities, transphobia, media representation and transgender liberation

If you liked inspiring transgender books for transgender children and teens like Beyond the The ABCs of LGBT+, I Love You Unconditionally, or the Gender Identity Workbook for Teens, you’ll love Trans Futures Now.

Embrace Who You Are as a Male Black Teen

#1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Language Arts Books

Embrace the color of your skin and celebrate your identity. Finding the courage to live freely and authentically is not easy. This black teen book is designed to help you facilitate your creative drive, promote positive self-awareness, and boost your inner strength.

Affirmations for Black teen boys. This black teen book is full of wisdom from Black male trailblazers who accomplished remarkable things in sports, literature, entertainment, education, STEM, business, military and government services, politics and law, activism, and more.

Explore the many facets of your identity through hundreds of big and small questions. In this guidebook for teens, M.J. Fievre, educator and author of Raising Confident Black Kids and Badass Black Girl, tackles a variety of relevant topics, such as family and friends, school and careers, and stereotypes. While reflecting on these subjects, you confront the issues that could hold you back from living a confident life as a Black teen boy.

Learn from the lives of thriving black men. Alongside space for personal work and reflection, M.J. Fievre provides interviews with successful black men in a variety of fields, including Andrew Bernard of Make It Dairy Free, Justin Black of Redefining Normal, and Roderick “Rod” Morrow of Rodimus Prime.

Walk Boldly helps you to:

• Build and boost your self-esteem with powerful affirmations and stories from Black male role models
• Learn more about yourself through insightful journaling
• Become comfortable and confident in your skin

If you enjoyed Black teen books like Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Boy, 31-Day Affirmations for African American Boys, or Letters to a Young Brother, you’ll love Walk Boldly.

An Eye-Opening Parenting Guide for Better Teenage Sleep

“In this timely book, Lisa L. Lewis underscores why sleep is so vital for adolescent well-being and resilience and offers detailed, actionable tools for bringing about change.”—Arianna Huffington, founder & CEO of Thrive Global

#1 New Release in Teen Health, Sleep Medicine, and Sleep Disorders

In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, parenting journalist Lisa L. Lewis provides parents with the roadmap for more (and better) sleep for their teens—and perhaps even for themselves.

Pick up this actionable guide for parents of exhausted teens. Teenagers are tired, strapped for time, and often asked to wake up far earlier than they should due to school start times. In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, Lisa L. Lewis, who helped spark the first law in the nation requiring healthy school start times for adolescents, has written a reader-friendly book for parents who want to help their fatigued teens and tweens sleep well.  

Learn the science of why teenage sleep matters and how sleep changes during the teen years. Poor sleep affects mental health, athletic performance, and academic success. It contributes to adolescent depression, anxiety, and even drowsy driving. On the flip side, when teens are well-rested, they’re happier, healthier, and more emotionally resilient. 

In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, you’ll find:

• The science of why sleep matters and how it changes during the teen years
• A synthesis of the research, including tips and strategies to promote healthy sleep habits and help teens avoid poor sleep patterns
• An essential primer on technology, and a look at how gender, sexual identity, socioeconomic status, and race and ethnicity can affect teenage sleep

If you’ve read books like Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety, Generation Sleepless, Life Time, or Inconvenient Sleep, then The Sleep-Deprived Teen is for you.

A Beautiful and Bilingual ABC Book

#1 New Release in Haiti Travel Guides       

Written for preschool kids, Haiti A to Z is an alphabet book with a Haitian twist. Join Imane for a fun jaunt through an illustrated alphabet about Haiti with Creole and English words.

Not your average ABC for kids. This unique book not only teaches your kids the English alphabet, but also provides a bilingual experience that’s infused with Creole to deepen their vocabulary in both languages. For kids of any and all backgrounds; as they journey with Imane through Haitian culture and traditions, they’ll learn English and Creole words through catchy rhymes and beautiful illustrations.

A fun preschool learning aid. This book is crafted to help your child in preschool begin to learn letter recognition. With the colorful illustrations and playful characters, your child will pick-up the letters and words easily─and will hardly want to put the book down. It also includes a glossary at the end of the book to reinforce an understanding of the Creole and English words and their definitions.

By reading this book, toddlers will:

• Begin to learn letter recognition
• Develop a multilingual vocabulary
• Learn about Haitian culture and heritage, and develop an understanding of Haitian traditions

If you enjoyed books like ABC I Love Me, I Need You to Know, or T is for Tiger, then you’ll love Haiti A to Z.

Providing Support if Your Child is Transgender or LGBTQ+

Winner of the Sixth Annual Bisexual Book Award for Non-fiction, 2017

#1 Bestseller in Lesbian Studies

Unconditional is a parenting guide book that provides parents of an LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning) child with a framework for helping their LGBT child navigate a world that isn’t always welcoming. 

Tips from a mother with experience. In Unconditional, author Telaina Eriksen, a professor at Michigan State University, explains what she and her husband have learned through the experience of parenting a gay child. She covers topics like how to handle kids coming out, being an advocate for LGBTQ+ children, how to help your child deal with stress unique to LGBTQ+ kids, and finding a LGBTQ+ family. This book is a must read for anyone who thinks their child is transgender or otherwise LGBTQ+.

A guide for supporting your LGBT child. What if my child is transgender? Eriksen covers the science of gender, understanding gender dysphoria, and how to help a transgender child through the stages of development. What if I have more general LGBTQ+ family needs? Throughout the book, both parents and kids share their stories, and Eriksen directs parents to various resources online for help. This LGBT family book teaches the principles of unconditional parenting, love, and learning.

Inside, learn:

• How to advocate for policies that protect your child
• Ways to educate well-meaning, but misguided friends or family
• Strategies keep your kid talking if your child is transgender or LGBTQ+
• Signs of unhealthy relationships
• When to consider therapy for your child or your family
• How to find an LGBTQ+ community (including inclusive churches)

If you liked LGBT books, best sellers like The Gender Identity Guide for Parents, The Savvy Ally, or The End of Gender, you’ll love Unconditional.

Como dibujar animales todo el año (Edad 6-9)

¡Esta guía para dibujar paso a paso es esencial para todos los niños! Consta 365 figuras para dibujar, se disfrutarán mientras aprendan una nueva habilidad. Si sus hijos quieren aprender sobre animales domesticas, animales salvajes, o animales mitológicos, se deleitarán con este libro de dibujo de animales para niños.

¿Cómo dibujar animales de manera fácil? Si sus hijos están fascinados por el arte y el bosquejo, este libro ofrece lecciones de dibujo en forma de libro. Si estás buscando regalos o actividades para chicas que quieren aprender a dibujar animalitos, o chicos a los que les encanta dibujar animales salvajes, este libro es el regalo. El libro de dibujo de animales para niños es el único libro que necesitan para transformar a sus hijos creativos en aspirantes a artistas.

Aprenda sobre lindos animales y dibujo al mismo tiempo. El libro de dibujo de animales para niños es una opción infantil en que los niños encontrarán a sus animales favoritos. Cada actividad ofrece una mini lección de dibujo paso a paso que los niños seguramente disfrutarán,  permitiendo que todos los potenciales artistas creen obras maestras. En el interior, los niños encontrarán ideas fáciles de dibujar, instrucciones paso a paso y una fascinante colección de animales como:

• Amadas mascotas como perros, gatos, caballos y peces
• Increíbles animales marinos como tortugas, manatíes y caballitos de mar y tiburones
• Búhos, águilas, flamencos y otras interesantes aves
• Animales mitológicos como las esfinges, unicornio y dragón
• Dinosaurios, animales extintos, criaturas lindas, y mucho más

Si quieres aprender a dibujar o estás buscando libros de animales para niños —como How to Draw Cute Animals o How to Draw Animals for Kids—entonces te encantará El libro de dibujo de animales para niños.

Take a Trip with THE Travel Games Book for Kids

Filled with interactive travel games and fun activities, this packable activity book is sure to keep your kids entertained on your journey!

100+ games to keep your kids entertained. This shareable and portable book is for children ages 5-12+, with fifteen different kinds of puzzles and activities. Jump right into fill-in-the-blank stories, mazes, word games, logic puzzles, “would you rather” for kids questions, and many more activities set to keep your kids happily engaged.

The perfect road trip companion. Traveling with kids can become daunting when you’re not sure how to avoid the perpetual, “Are we there yet?” questions. But, with over 100 travel games, this book is perfect for keeping your kids happily entertained. No need to think of games to play on a road trip, because this book has them all, from word search games, to the license plate game. Your kids will enjoy jumping right into the fun with this activity book.

Inside, you’ll find:

• A variety of engaging and intentional travel games for kids
• Screen-free problem-solving activities for kids ages 5-12
• Shareable fun road trip games for kids ranging from mazes to word games with answer keys

If you liked Awesome Road Trip Activities, Road Trip Activities, or The Ultimate Road Trip Journal for Kids, you’ll love Travel Games for Kids.