Creating a safe a nurturing environment for a child that has suffered a family loss requires empathy and compassion on the part of those responsible for providing care for this child. Fearful and apprehensive at first when placed in an unknown home with strangers, any young child might regress and…
The Health Shelf Amanda’s Fall: A Story for Children About Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Kelly Bouldin Darmofal, author Bijan Samaddar, illustrator 9781615994502 $26.95 hc / $15.95 pbk / $4.95 Kindle “Amanda’s Fall” is a story for children about traumatic brain injury, with special information for parents, teachers, and caregivers. Written…
Children often go through many unfortunate changes in their young lives. Foster care is something that needs to be more carefully monitored and protecting the lives of these innocent children paramount. What happens when a young child’s parents can’t get along and the mother takes the youngest for a short…
Are you steeped in depression? Feeling sad, but don’t know why? Plunged into a seemingly endless grief? What if you met someone whose greatest joy in life (yes, greatest joy) is to take you gently by the hand and lead you step by step into a lighter place, a life…
Reviewer’s Choice Float: A Guide to Letting Go Aimee L. Ruland, author Carl R. Anderson, illustrator Loving Healing Press 5145 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 www.lovinghealing.com 9781615994601, $26.95, HC, 34pp, www.amazon.com “Float: A Guide to Letting Go” is a picture book approach to encouraging children to process their emotions…
The Picturebook Shelf Emma Lou the Yorkie Poo Kim Larkins Loving Healing Press 5145 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 www.lovinghealing.com 9781615994571, $26.95, HC, 32pp, www.amazon.com Written and illustrated by Kim Larkins, Emma Lou the Yorkie Poo: Breathing in the Calm is the story of Emma Lou, the Yorkie Poo…
Nancy Lorraine’s Bookshelf Please Explain “Time Out” to Me! Laurie Zelinger, Ph.D. and Fred Zelinger, Ph.D Loving Healing Press 5145 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 www.LHPress.com 9781615994151, $17.95 PB, $5.95 Kindle, 34pp 9781615994168, $27.95, HC, 34pp, www.amazon.com ‘Please Explain ‘Time Out’ To Me : Story for Children and Do-It-Yourself…
Kerry Magro’s blog this week featured Sherry Quan Lee’s book And You Can Love Me! a story for everyone who loves someone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) First, the book recognizes nonverbal autism. This is a representation we don’t have enough of in our entertainment industry today. As Sherry quotes…
LOGAN AND LUNA FIND THE MAGIC TREE Cristina Hanif Loving Healing Press (2018) ISBN 9781615994212 Reviewed by Lydia Dehning (age 6) and Mom for Reader View Kids (9/19) “Logan and Luna find the Magic Tree” by Cristina Hanif is the story of two siblings, Logan and Luna, who with their…
Emma Lou the Yorkie Poo: Breathing in the Calm will introduce people to some of the many benefits of a mindfulness practice. Readers of Emma Lou will learn how to help a child that worries, teach children a simple technique to practice mindfulness, and support the child’s emotional growth through…
