Bøker av Susan Mills

Alex, the Awesome and Artsy Allosaurus worries a lot about a lot of stuff. His best friend, Hadley the Hadrosaurus, helps him find something that calms his mind, but that's not all. Alex discovers a talent that not many dinosaurs have. Sometimes you just have to find what works for you! FREE YOUR MIND AND LET YOUR WORRIES GO.Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric condition in youth. The lifetime prevalence rate for any anxiety disorder in adolescents is 31.9%, with an age onset of around 6 years of age. In 2020, according to the CDC, 9.5% of children were diagnosed with anxiety, with 59.3% receiving treatment. For children with anxiety, more than 1 in 3 also had behavior problems (37.9%) and about 1 in 3 also had depression (32.3%). Anxiety can lead to significant impairment in academic, social, and family functioning.

Award-winning book that recently earned acclaim from the prestigious Next Generation Indie Book Awards!At 15 years old, Petra must grow into the lessons of the Mayan hummingbird as she carves her future out of a childhood scarred by gang violence. Petra's life has been upended by local gang violence in her small Guatemalan village. Her childhood friend Emilio had a hand in their friend Justina's murder, and his father is the local gang leader's right-hand man. Betrayed by Emilio and abandoned by her mother who has fled to the U.S., Petra now fears for her own life. Petra ultimately flees to the U.S., but the pressures follow her there. As she attempts to reconcile with her mother over the abandonment, Petra is alarmed that her mother disregards the danger when he shows up near their home. The novel explores forgiveness and redemption, how to heal oneself and find a future of integrity with friends and community who have participated in atrocities.