In 1987, Magination Press® was created out of a desire to publish innovative books that would help children deal with the many challenges and problems they face as they grow up.
Written for ages 4 through 18, these books deal with topics ranging from the everyday — starting school, shyness, normal fears, and a new baby in the house — to more serious problems, such as divorce, attention deficit disorder, depression, serious injury or illness, autism, trauma, death, and much more.
Most of our books are written by mental health professionals or those who work closely with them and with children. Our books help children understand their feelings, provide information about the topic or situation, and offer extensive practical coping strategies. A comprehensive Note to Parents is usually included to help guide parents, therapists, social workers, and teachers in using the book.
Ruby describes emotions to her Robot, who doesn't know what they are or how they feel. She teaches him what each feels like ("love feels like a box of butterflies!") and when she feels them ("I sometimes feel that way when I'm told no more TV!"). This book is an introduction to social-emotional learning and affective education for kids.
Superheroes, princesses, firemen, and basketball players all have to poop, just like you! A Feel Better Book for Little Poopers can help children who struggle with using the potty or pooping. It provides concrete strategies on how to overcome the worry associated with pooping.
Sports can be a BIG deal for a LITTLE kid! The acclaimed Feel Better Book series now offers an upbeat rhyming story that tackles the fun and the not-so-fun parts of sports: winning, losing, being a good sport, and even resilience. This is a helpful book for little ones who are just entering the world of competitive play, so that they can get the ......
This rhyming book will help kids identify what it feels like to be sad and what they can do to respond to it. The book lets kids know that it's perfectly normal to feel sad - but offers a gentle reminder that the feelings won't last for forever. Includes a note about how to help children respond to strong feelings of sadness.
Helps young children who are just beginning to recognise and identify their emotions understand how anger feels and affects them. Readers are taught that it's okay to get mad, if you know what to do. Told in rhyme, the gentle and calming narration introduces the subject delicately and simply, offering explanations, reassurances, and tools to try ......
A gentle rhyming picture book for children ages 3 to 6 who may be developing anxious feelings but are too young to comprehend the implications. It is easy to use, appealing, and effective for parents to use with their little ones, and includes calming tools based on science-based strategies such as cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness ......
It's hard for teens to be happy when they've created a very narrow window of what defines success. The goal of this helpful book is to encourage teens to maintain their desire to achieve without striving to always be perfect, and to appreciate and love who they are just as they are, not for what they do or accomplish.
Sherman Smith saw the most terrible thing happen. At first he tried to forget about it, but something inside him started to bother him. He felt nervous and had bad dreams. Then he met someone who helped him talk about the terrible thing, and made him feel better.
Told in rhyming verse and beautifully illustrated, A World of Pausabilities is an inviting introduction to mindfulness. Following a neighbourhood on a summer day, readers will learn how to apply mindfulness to simple, everyday moments, and how days are filled with endless possibilities to take a pause.
