Books published by publisher Magination Pr

Gold Medal, Mom's Choice Awards Bronze Medal, IndieFab/Book of the Year AwardMeet Otti, Ugga, and Flibb—They like to doodle. They doodle all the time! They doodle when they are mad, they doodle when they are glad, and they doodle when they are sad. They doodle just about anything they want!How Do You Doodle? has over 40 doodle games for you to doodle, scribble, and draw out your thoughts, emotions, and feelings. You can draw or write whatever you want in this book — cute drawings, silly drawings, even ugly drawings.Be creative and express yourself! Your doodles will help you to understand and recognize your emotions and feelings.How do You Doodle? can be used alone, or in association with a therapist or parent to help kids better realize and understand their emotional responses to situations, and to help promote better emotional health. A "Note to Parents" is included.

Gold Medal Winner, Family Choice AwardsWhat the point of guilt? Or anxiety? Or hope? Just what are these emotions trying to tell you? Everything! Emotions are a powerful and an extraordinary part of being human. Your emotions serve as an instant cueing system to inform you about a situation and motivate you to take action. If you are proud, you may feel confident enough to take on something new and challenging. If you are anxious, you may be motivated sharpen your focus and act quickly. If you are embarrassed, you may regret your misbehavior and try to do better.Emotions! Making Sense of Your Feelings will help you understand your emotions and gain powerful insight into who you are, how you appear to others, and what you can be. While your emotional life may feel tumultuous, your emotions are priceless. It’s time to figure just what your emotions are telling you! From the Introduction:Simply based on some of the research studies summarized in the various chapters of this book, you will learn that:Focusing on feelings instead of details may lead to better quality decision for certain complex decisionsAnxiety can improve creativity, productivity, and the quality of your work.Anxiety-sensitivity can lead to risky behavior.Your friend’s embarrassing behavior won’t reflect on you.Having a high potential to be embarrassed can lead you to hesitate helping someone else if your help might embarrass them.Guilt helps you to maintain your relationships.Showing the pride you have in achievements can help you socially.Lonely people look for sources of acceptance in facial expressions.Hope can affect expectation and how you feel.Many people cry at a happy ending as a way to hold back the emotion of sadnessVenting anger doesn’t help you.Spiders may be more disgusting than frightening.Envy leads people to focus on the details of those they envy.When focusing on reading material for a test, pay attention to unappealing sentences. Overvaluing happiness can possibly lead you to be less happy, even when happiness is within your reach.

Bronze Medal Winner for Young Adult Nonfiction, 2016 Foreword INDIES Book Awards Silver award winner in the Eureka! Children's Nonfiction Awards 2017 National Indie Excellence Award Winner for Young Adult Nonfiction Best Typographic Cover and Best in Show in Washington Book Publisher’s Design and Effectiveness Awards"There’s a good chance you’ve had the “sex talk” with your parents. Or not. Or learned about human reproduction in health class. Or maybe you’ve heard a lot about dating, sex, and relationships from friends, movies, and surfing online. So you are all set, right? Maybe…. But everything you think you know and everything you really want to know is inside this book." Written for teen boys, Dating and Sex provides them with the knowledge they need to understand dating, relationships, and sex. It goes beyond basic descriptions of biological processes with a progressive, practical approach that relies on secular ethics and emphasizes sexual health and personal responsibility. The book addresses common questions like:What’s a hook-up?How do I know if someone likes me?Can I masturbate too much?How do I know if I am ready for sex?How do I know what my sexual orientation is?Why is it important to get and give consent?​How can I make a relationship last for more than a couple days? The perfect book for helping teen boys understand both themselves and the complexity of the sexual world around them.

In lively, soothing rhyming text, this Feel Better Book helps little ones who are first learning to use the bathroom to understand that pooping doesn’t have to be uncomfortable or scary. Pooping can feel like a BIG deal to a LITTLE kid!It’s very confusing when your head says no but your body is saying I really need to go! The gentle and calming narration gives readers concrete coping strategies and practical advice. Authors Holly Brochmann and Leah Bowen offer an insightful Note to Parents and Caregivers with more information about helping little poopers to stay calm and have success!

Gold medal winner, 2018 IPPY Awards Gold Medal Winner, 2017 Foreword INDIES Awards Gold Medal winner, Mom's Choice AwardsShe is “invisible” to everyone around her…except one boy.Homelessness is a problem that is both very visible and, in many ways, invisible. I See You is a wordless picture book that depicts a homeless woman who is not seen by everyone around her — except for a little boy. Over the course of a year, the boy is witness to all that she endures. Ultimately, in a gesture of compassion, the boy acknowledges her in an exchange in which he sees her and she experiences being seen. In a Note for Parents, Educators, and Neighbors there are discussion questions and additional resources about helping the homeless. Open the door for kids and parents to begin a conversation about homelessness.

1-2-3 A Calmer Me introduces readers to a simple rhyming mantra to help children slow down their immediate reactions and replace them with responses that are more comforting. Based on the psychological principles of relaxation and mindfulness, the mantra can be used anywhere, anytime. Includes a Note to Parents, Teachers, and Other Grown-Ups with more information about the steps of the 1-2-3 rhyme and advice for working on them together with your child.

Imagine you are a hot air balloon pilot flying high in the sky. Where would you want to go? What do you think the view would be like from up high? Hot air balloon pilots have wonderful adventures, where they get to see things they have never seen before and learn all about the world outside. Flying a hot air balloon sounds like a lot of fun to some kids. But for other kids, the idea of flying off on their own, away from their parents or homes, doesn’t sound like fun at all.What to Do When You Don’t Want to Be Apart guides children and their parents through the emotions underlying separation anxiety using strategies and techniques based on cognitive-behavioral principles. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to overcome separation anxiety—so they can become the confident pilots of their very own hot air balloons! Includes an Introduction to Parents and Caregivers. This book is part of the Magination Press What-to-Do Guides for Kids® series and includes an “Introduction to Parents and Caregivers.” What-to-Guides for Kids® are interactive self-help books designed to guide 6–12 year olds and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of various psychological concerns. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, these books educate, motivate, and empower children to work towards change.

Second Place Winner for Best Educational Children’s Picture Book in the 2019 International Latino Book AwardsNCSS-CBC 2019 Notable Social Science Trade Book for Young People2018 National Parenting Product Award Winner (NAPPA)The world is full of different colors...hundreds of colors, everywhere. People are different colors too. Our colors make us beautiful and unique. Mommy says it is part of our culture and the big word diversity — diversidad.Marvelous Maravilloso follows a young girl as she finds joy in the colors of the world all around her. Her vantage point is particularly special as she comes from a bi-cultural family, and is able to appreciate the differences between her parents, as well as her own unique and beautiful color. As she is coming into her own identity and exploring what this means for her, she comes to appreciate how all families are uniquely beautiful. Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers about celebrating the different kinds of people and families there are in the world.

This is the story of Zane, a zebra with autism, who worries that his differences make him stand out from his peers. With careful guidance from his mother, Zane learns that autism is only one of many qualities that make him special. Contains a Note to Parents by Drew Coman, PhD, and Ellen Braaten, PhD, as well as a Foreword by Alison Singer, President of the Autism Science Foundation.