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Kids Health is the information and resource centre of The Children's Hospital at Westmead. We have a wide range of publications and fact sheets for parents, children, professionals and the community in general. Files are also kept on many aspects of child health and safety. Our services include mail/telephone/fax/email orders for publications, telephone enquiries on health and safety issues, as well as photocopy facilities that allow our resources and reference books to be used as research material. The Kids Health reference library publications are also available to borrow.
All publications available in the bookshop have been reviewed by a relevant hospital staff member. All profits go towards The Children's Hospital at Westmead.
Millenium Foundation, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney West Area Health Service, Kids West and The NSW Department Of Health
$28.35
The Complete Parenting Guide - Caring For Your Child From Toddler To Teenager
A publication from the Children's Hospital at Westmead (2005)
$15.00
Parenting - Baby And Child
All titles listed are recommended by professionals to help parents and carers with baby and child parenting, development and behaviour, sleep problems, play, toddlers and toilet training.
Title
Author
Price
Angry Kids Frustrated Parents
Terry L. Hyland and Jerry David, Ph.D.
$24.95
Baby Bliss
Jo Ryan
$29.95
Baby Love (5th Edition 2009)
Robin Barker
$35.95
Baby Massage
Amelia D. Auckett
$17.95
Back Off Bully
Mark Dobson
$17.95
Bedtime
Ladybird
$3.85
Beyond Toddlerdom
Dr Christopher Green
$27.95
Beyond Toddlerdom Tips
Dr Christopher Green
$14.95
Bully Blocking
Evelyn M. Field
$24.95
Developmental Delay
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
$7.15
Easy Toilet Training
Dr Janet Hall
$16.95
Every Parent
Matthew R. Sanders PhD
$35.00
Everyone's Got A Bottom
Tess Rowley
$16.00
Fight-Free Families
Dr Janet Hall
$14.95
From Birth To Five Years
Revised and Updated by Ajay Sharma and Helen Cockerill
Millenium Foundation, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney West Area Health Service, Kids West and The NSW Department Of Health
$28.35
Sleep for Baby And Family
Norma Tracey, Beulah Warren and Lorraine Rose
$10.00
So Now You're A Grandparent
Dr Kim Oates
$24.95
Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems
Richard Ferber
$21.95
Sounds For Silence (Book and CD Set)
Dr Harry Zehnwirth, Paediatrician MB BS FRACP
$35.95
Teaching Your Child The Language Of Social Success
Marshall P. Duke PhD, S. Nowicki Jr., PhD, Elisabeth A. Martin, M.Ed
$20.70
The Mighty Toddler
Robyn Barker
$35.00
Toddler Taming
Dr Christopher Green
$27.95
Toddler Taming Tips
Dr Christopher Green
$17.95
Touchpoints (3 to 6) - Your Child's Emotional and Behavioural Development
Terry Brazelton and Joshua D. Sparrow
$25.95
Touchpoints (Birth to 3)
T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. (revised with Joshua D. Sparrow, M.D.)
$32.00
Watch Me, I Can Do It
Neralie Cocks
$18.65
Your Child From One To Ten
Peter Bowler and Pam Linke
$22.00
Your Child's Fitness
Susan Kalish
$27.45
Your Child's Self Esteem
Dorothy Corkhille Briggs
$29.95
Your Social Baby
Lynne Murray and Liz Andrews
$49.95
Nutrition
This section contains publications dealing with breastfeeding, nutrition for children and families, as well as eating disorders.
Title
Author
Price
Baby & Toddler Meals
Robin Barker
$25.95
Breastfeeding With Confidence
Sue Cox
$22.95
Breastfeeding Your Premature Baby
Australian Breastfeeding Association
$5.50
Healthy Start for Kids (2 book set)
Focus Publishing (in conjunction with Dr Louise Baur - the Children's Hospital at Westmead's weight management clinic)
$19.95
Kids Food Health Series - Book 1 (The First Year)
Dr Patricia Mc Veagh and Eve Reed
$24.95
Kids Food Health Series - Book 2 (Toddler To Preschooler)
Dr Patricia Mc Veagh and Eve Reed
$24.95
Kids Food Health Series - Book 3 (School-Age To Teenage)
Dr Patricia Mc Veagh and Eve Reed
$24.95
Start Them Right . . . a parent's guide to healthy eating for under fives
Eat Well Tasmania
$3.50
Puberty And Sexualtiy
Every parent's essential topic - dealing with sexuality and puberty. Books suitable for both children and adults.
Title
Author
Price
Puberty Boy
Geoff Price
$26.95
Puberty Girl
Shushann Movsessian
$26.95
The Puberty Book
Wendy Darvill and Kelsey Powell
$19.95
Unzipped
Bronwyn Donaghy
$22.95
What's Happening To Me?
Peter Mayle
$14.95
Where Did I Come From
Peter Mayle
$14.95
Parenting - Adolescents
Discover the range of publications that cover aspects of parenting, self-esteem and communication for parents and carers of adolescents.
Title
Author
Price
ALIGHT Journal
Alison Jane Rice
$38.50
I Just Want You To Be Happy
Leanne Rowe, David Bennett and Bruce Tonge
$27.50
Puberty Book
Wendy Darvill and Kelsey Powell
$18.95
You Can't Make Me
Dr D. Bennett and Dr Leanne Rowe
$19.95
Learning Difficulties
Here you will find a comprehensive range of titles on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Aspergers and Dyslexia, as well as communication and motor skill development.
Title
Author
Price
Asperger Syndrome - A Guide For Parents And Professionals
Tony Attwood
$27.95
Asperger Syndrome - Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome - A User Guide to Adolescence
Luke Jackson
$29.95
Attention Deficit - ADHD Recognition Reality and Resolution
Geoffrey Kewley
$39.95
Attention Deficit - My Brother's A World Class Pain (Usually $18.10)
Attention Deficit - The Pocket Guide to Understanding ADHD
Dr Christopher Green and Dr Kit Chee
$14.95
Attention Deficit - Understanding ADHD
Dr Christopher Green and Dr Kit Chee
$32.95
Attention Deficit - You And Your ADD Child
Ian Wallace
$22.95
Autism - Children With Autism
Edited by Michael Powers, Psy.D.
$25.95
Autism - Everybody Is Different
Fiona Bleach
$12.95
Autism - Keys To Parenting The Child With Autism
M. T. Brill
$10.95
Autism - Playing, Laughing and Learning with Children on the Autism Spectrum (1st Edition)
Julia Moor
$18.00
Autism - Playing, Laughing and Learning with Children on the Autism Spectrum (2nd Edition)
Julia Moor
$36.95
Autism - Russell Is Extra Special
Charles A. Amenta III, MD
$18.95
Dyslexia - The Facts (Second Edition)
Mark Selikowitz
$32.95
Raising Difficult Children (4th Edition)
Dr Peter Powell and Brenda Inglis-Powell
$27.95
Mental Health
A range of resources on fears and phobias including Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive and Schizophrenia.
Title
Author
Price
52 Little Tips
Karin de Vos
$22.00
Be You / Being Me Set (Book and Activity Sheets)
Karin de Vos (Writer and Illustrator)
$18.50
Cool Kids Program
H Lyneham, M Abbott, A. Wignall & R. Rapee (MUARU)
$35.00
Facing Food
Dr Melissa Kang
$4.95
Helicopter Man
Elizabeth Fensham
$14.95
Helping Your Anxious Child
Ronald M. Rapee, Ph.D., Susan H. Spence, Ph.D., Vanessa Cobham, Ph.D. and Ann Wignall, M. Psych.
$16.50
Helping Your Anxious Child (2nd Edition - 2008)
Ronald Rapee PhD, Ann Wignall DPsych, susan H Spence PhD, Vanessa Cobham PhD and Heidi Lyneham PhD
$34.95
Postpartum Depression And Anxiety
Pacific Post Partum Support Society
$19.75
The Panic Book
Neil Phillips
$16.50
The Secret Problem
Chris Wever
$16.50
When Someone Has A Very Serious Illness
Marge Heegaard
$13.45
Hospitalisation
A collection of resources to help prepare yourself and your child for a visit or stay at our hospital.
Title
Author
Price
Dr Toby
Andrew Pattison
$8.75
Lachlan Goes To Hospital
Compiled Recreational Therapy Dept. - Royal Alexandra Hospital For Children
$4.40
Little Tree
Joyce C. Mills
$16.95
What About Me ?
George Vlamakis and illustrated by Elise Hurst
$15.95
Relaxation
Explore the health benefits of relaxation, yoga and imagination for your child.
Title
Author
Price
Adam's Garden
Isabel Tuck
$14.95
KindaYoga DVD
Chris Kummer N.D.
$15.00
Let's Imagine - A Bush Adventure CD
Isabel and David Andrews (Narrated by Verity James)
$25.00
Let's Imagine - Tranquility CD
Paul Reynolds
$25.00
Moonbeam - A Book Of Meditations For Children
Maureen Garth
$22.95
Music For Dreaming - CD
Sound Impressions
$29.95
Music For Dreaming II CD
Sound Impressions
$29.95
Starbright - Meditations For Children
Maureen Garth
$22.95
Grief
A range of titles to provide assistance in dealing with death and grief - books for children, adolescents and families.
Title
Author
Price
Anna's Story
Bronwyn Donaghy
$24.95
Beginnings And Endings With Lifetimes In Between
Bryan Mellonie & Robert ingren
$16.95
Coping With Grief
Mal McKissock
$11.95
Grieving For My Baby
Patricia Rasker
$20.00
Leaving Early
Bronwyn Donaghy
$26.95
Something I've Never Felt Before - How Teenagers Cope With Grief
Doris Zagdanski
$16.95
Talking About Death
Earl Grollman
$35.95
The Empty Room
Elizabeth De Vita-Raeburn
$29.95
The Private Worlds Of Dying Children
Myra Bluebond-Langer
$43.95
What's Dead Mean?
Doris Zagdansk
$15.95
When A Child Dies
The Department Of Social Work, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
$7.50
When A Family Is In Trouble
M. Heegaard
$13.60
When Mom And Dad Separate
Marge Heegaard
$13.60
When Someone Very Special Dies
Marge Heegaard
$13.45
Burn Injury
A range of titles to provide support to families and friends of children with a burn injury.
Title
Author
Price
Butterflies
Susanne Gervay
$14.95
Sophie's Story
Day Of Difference Foundation
$10.00
Safety
Childhood injury is a leading cause of death for children in Australia. These titles give practical advice about making your children safer.
Title
Author
Price
"ON SPECIAL" The CHOICE Guide to Baby Products (9th Edition)
Australian Consumers' Association
$7.50
Injury Prevention In The Home - DVD
Kidsafe NSW
$19.80
Our Hospital's Publications
Publications featured in this section are those published by the hospital and cover a variety of subjects relevant to various health professionals working with children and adolescents.
Title
Author
Price
1880 - 2005, 125 years of care - The Children's Hospital at Westmead