When Sid's favorite shoes don't fit his feet anymore, he can hardly believe it! He is determined to get to the bottom of this strange problem. With a little help from his family, friends, and teacher, Sid the Science Kid is ready to find out—are his shoes really shrinking?

When Sid's favorite shoes don't fit his feet anymore, he can hardly believe it! He is determined to get to the bottom of this strange problem. With a little help from his family, friends, and teacher, Sid the Science Kid is ready to find out—are his shoes really shrinking?

Sid is surprised to learn why his shoes don't fit anymore.

Manhattan self-help author Julia Goodman thinks she's got her addictive personality under control. Then her psychoanalyst moves away, her husband takes off to L.A. and her best friend moves to Ohio. Feeling lonely and left out, Julia fills in the void with food. This is a huge problem--especially since she's about to go on national television to plug her hot new self-help book about how she conquered her sugar addiction. Julia desperately sees eight shrinks in eight days, speed-dating for Dr. Replacement to help shrink back her body and anxiety in time for her close-up.

The sensational sequel to SHRUNK! the SUNDAY TIMES 'Book of the Week'! It seems all is quiet in the sleepy seaside town of Bywater-by-Sea until a meteorite falls to earth, landing in the middle of the Field Craft troop's outdoor expedition camp. Now it's not just Tom with strange powers: trouble-maker Jacob can set things on fire and sensible Eric has the power to put them out. What's more, the excavation of the ancient castle has uncovered a mysterious glittering rock, and the dust is making Bywater-by-Sea even more eccentric than usual. NEWSFLASH: Meteorites are falling again in Bywater-by-Sea. Do NOT approach these mysterious glowing rocks. Side effects may include: heightened powers to shrink objects, water jets shooting from fingertips, firebomb fingers, ever-growing venomous sea snakes and naughty pink cockatoos. This and other magical mayhem is currently under investigation by renowned geologist Professor Lee. This SHRUNK story was created on The Story Adventure, where week by week Fleur wrote a new chapter using ideas from over 2,000 school children - characters, locations and plot twists. See if you can spot them!

Rodrigo T. Gabriel and his wife, Sylvia Tiña, were seemingly on their way to living the American dream after leaving the Philippines. They made an honest living, raised children with strong values, and created a better life for the family. But they had to confront an unthinkable challenge when their second daughter, Melissa, was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. The family would witness Melissa’s excruciating treatment before she lost her battle at age twelve. In this memoir, the author chronicles his life from his humble beginnings growing up in the province of Bulacan, Philippines, falling in love, and immigrating to the United States. At its core, however, the book is about his beloved daughter and includes snippets from her personal diary. Woven throughout the story are the author’s reflections as well as Melissa’s poignant poems and heartbreaking last writings. Within twelve short years, Melissa was able to teach others life lessons that highlighted the value of being kind, selfless, and loving. She was also able to find self-fulfillment, which enabled her to courageously and confidently express her willingness to join her Creator. Having had more than thirty years to reflect on her life, her father tells her story—as well as his.

'Shrinking the Smirch: The Young People's Edition' is a workbook to help young people manage stress, gain confidence, resist peer pressure and stay healthy. This book helps young people cope with the usual challenges of being a young adults including anxiety, peer pressure, exam stress, bullying, social media, etc. and is also appropriate for clinical conditions such as panic, eating problems, self harm and low mood. This resource is about the mind, what goes on in your head and coping with all the pressure and challenges young people have to face at home and school. This unique workbook for teenagers asks you to pretend these tricky thoughts and feelings are coming from a smirch, an unkind imaginary friend, a mind bully who wants to pull you into the pit of despair. This resource gives a lot of ideas about how you can beat this mind bully and cope better with all the thoughts and feelings that make you anxious, lonely and upset. It has been written with the help of a diverse group of young people who have shared their stories so you can see you are not alone and that there are things you can do to make life feel better. Jo Johnson has been working as a neuropsychologist for eighteen years. She worked for two decades within the NHS but now works as an independent consultant teaching and writing for several of the national neurology charities. Her specialist interests include brain injury, dementia and multiple sclerosis. She has written several books to meet the needs of children who have a parent with a neurological diagnosis including 'How to talk to your kids about MS' and 'My parent has a brain injury; a guide for young people'.