Children and young people
Children and young people with mental health problems, information from the Mental Health Foundation including latest news and events and relevant organisations The emotional wellbeing of children and young people is just as important as their ... [... more]
Mental Health Foundation |
Daniel Ehrenhaft
Daniel Ehrenhaft is the author of several dozen books for children and young adults-so many books, in fact, that he has lost count. He has often written under the pseudonym Daniel Parker (his middle name, which is easier to spell and pronounce ... [... more]
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Carla Jablonski
Carla Jablonski has edited and written dozens of best-selling books for children and young adults. She is also an actress, a playwright, and a trapeze artist, and has performed extensively in Scotland and in New York City. A lifelong resident of ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Penny Blubaugh
Penny Blubaugh is a writer, librarian, and former flight instructor. She received her MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College, where she studied with Chris Lynch, Jack Gantos, and Ron Koertge. She currently lives in ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
L. J. Smith
L. J. Smith has written more than two dozen books for children and young adults. She lives in the Bay Area of California, but is happiest in a little cabin near Point Reyes National Park, which has lots of trees, lots of animals, lots of beaches ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Gary Crew from HarperCollins Publishers
Gary Crew is the author of many books for children and young adults, including First Fight and The Watertower, both of which were named Children's Book Council of Australia Books of the Year for Children's Illustrated Books. This is Mr. Crew's ... [... more]
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Alice Hoffman
ALICE HOFFMAN is the author of nineteen novels, two books of short stories, and eight books for children and young adults. Her work has been published in more than twenty translations and in more than one hundred foreign editions. She divides her ... [... more]
Random House |
Children and young people
International centre committed to improving the lives of children with the condition. Website: www.diabetesresearch.org/diabetesresearchinstitute.htm Information and advice on all the eye complications that diabetes may cause. A good resource on ... [... more]
BBC |
Children and adolescents
Working to improve care and services for all children in the UK with life-threatening or terminal conditions, and their families. Raises funds for children and young people affected by cancer, providing grants and holiday breaks. A non-profit ... [... more]
BBC |
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Arthritis is not the sole privelege of the older person - some types solely affect children and young people. About one in 1,000 children has arthritis. Usually it's a form of inflammatory arthritis known as juvenile idiopathic arthritis or JIA ... [... more]
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Sarcoptes scabiei
Scabies is a parasitic infection that can cause intense itching. It is sometimes passed on during sexual intercourse but can be transferred by any skin-to-skin contact. It can affect anyone but is most common in children and young adults. The ... [... more]
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Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman is the acclaimed author of the His Dark Materials trilogy: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. His other books for children and young adults include Count Karlstein and a trilogy of Victorian thrillers ... [... more]
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