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Listowel Resources - Health & Nutrition
100 Tips for Parents - Raising Healthy Eaters
- by Henry Legere, MDThis book includes quick recipes, tricks for disguising the veggies, ideas for getting picky eaters to try new goods, and other hints.
A Friend in Hope - by Marisa Zammit
(children's book)
This story is about a girl named Hope who was diagnosed with a brain tumour; find out how her friends supported her during her illness.Allergies & Asthma: A Guide for Patients - by Dr. Karen Binkley
This book helps parents to understand allergies and asthma and helps them make informed decisions about treatment.
Asthma in Children - by Tom Kovesi
This handbook explains various things that trigger asthma, the different medications used to treat it, and monitoring your child’s asthma.
Busy Bodies - Creative food and play ideas for your preschooler (ages 3-5) - by Nutrition Resource Centre
A great resource that includes simple activities and recipes to help keep your kids healthy.
Breakfast Blast - by Bobbie Kalman
Healthy and delicious breakfast recipes that kids love to make and eat. Information on basic nutrition, the food groups, the importance of drinking water and cooking terms and safety; breakfast menu suggestions and morning stretches.
Call Me Brave Boy – Learning About Asthma By: Jenny Shinder & Michael Marchenko
(Children’s Book)
A funny story about how a child feels when they are having an asthma attack and how to deal with it.Children’s Cookbook By: Katharine Ibbs
A great beginners cookbook, with step-by-step photos with each recipe.
Coping with a Picky Eater - A Guide for the Perplexed Parent
- by William G. Wilkoff, MDThis book provides practical advice on dealing with a picky eater.
Favourite Brand Name Classroom Treats - Publications International
Solve the dilemma of holiday and birthday celebrations with this collection of recipes for yummy snacks, whimsical cakes and fanciful cookies.
Great Food for Happy Kids - by Jesse Frayne
This cookbook is great for parents who were wondering what to feed infants to teenagers and at the same time make it enjoyable for everyone!
How To Talk About MS With Your Children - by Multiple Sclerosis Society Canada
This book helps you tell your children about Multiple Sclerosis. It addresses how children of different ages will react, and how the disease will affect family life.
Keys to Parenting the Asthmatic Child - by Gerald L. Klein, M.D.
This book explains how asthma relates to allergies, infections, weather conditions and various environmental factors. It also gives advice on general treatment, emergency care and ways to reduce asthma attacks, as well as information on available medications.
Kinder Krunchies Too! By: Karen S. Jenkins
Healthy Snack Recipes for Children, step-by-step recipes they can make themselves.
Lunch Munch - by Bobbie Kalman
Healthy and delicious lunch recipes that kids love to make and eat. Information on basic nutrition, the food groups, the importance of drinking water and cooking terms and safety; lunch menu suggestions and morning stretches.
Mom & Me Cook Book - Have Fun in the Kitchen - by Annabel Karmel
This cook book teaches kids cooking basics, first recipes and tasty and nutritious meal ideas. Children ages three and up can get mixing and preparing food that they will love to eat, ranging from sweet treats to simple family meals.
My Mommy Has MS By: Elizabeth & Deborah Kellett
(Children’s Book) This book is written from a child’s view of how her family deals with mommy having MS.
Natural Relief from Asthma - by C. Leigh Broadhurst, Ph.D
This book addresses the causes of asthma, and natural ways to deal with it.
Nurturing Touch - Instruction in the Art of Infant Massage - by Kalena Babeshoff
This booklet provides a brief introduction to massage. It addresses paying attention to your baby’s cues, and provides sketches show the techniques.
Rachel Ray Top 30 Thirty Minute Meals - by Rachel Ray
These top 30 kid friendly meals will have the whole family asking for seconds!
Super Snacks - by Bobbie Kalman
Healthy and delicious snack recipes that kids love to make and eat. Information on basic nutrition, the food groups, the importance of drinking water and cooking terms and safety; snack suggestions and morning stretches.
Talking With Your Child About Cancer - by Canadian Cancer Society
This resource is written for parents, to provide suggestions for talking with their children about cancer.
The 3 a.m. Handbook: The most commonly asked questions about your child’s health - by William Feldman (ed.)
This book, developed in conjunction with the Hospital for Sick Children, addresses common health issues such as choosing a doctor, when a fever is serious, sleeping patterns, skin spots and rashes, and many more. It is written with many headings so you can zero in on the issues that are of most importance to you.
The Basic Shelf Cookbook By: City of York Health Unit
A great cookbook with nutritional information included in each recipe.
The Hospital for Sick Children BETTER FOOD FOR KIDS: Your Essential Guide To Nutrition For All Children From Age 2 To 6 - by Daina Kalnins & Joanne Saab
This guide provides age-specific nutritional information as well as recipes that specifically designed to young appetites. You will also find the answers to the questions most parents have about feeding young children. It was developed with the Hospital for Sick Children and contains info about vitamins, minerals, vegetables, juice, milk, food allergies, organic food, diets, and physical activity for children.
The Parent's Guide of Food Allergies - by Marianne S. Barber
An excellent reference for parents of allergy-prone children, this book offers information about specific foods that cause allergic reactions, tips for preventing food allergies, and advice for dealing with allergies as children enter school, develop social lives, and spend more time away from the watchful eyes of their parents.
Vaccines: What every parent should know - by Paul Offit
Parents with concerns about vaccinating their children should read Vaccines: What Every Parent Should Know. Written by Paul A. Offit MD and Louis M. Bell M.D, this timely book answer common questions dealing with the necessity of vaccinations, the problem with the rotavirus vaccine and the potential harm preservative contained in vaccines may pose to children. With this resource, parents can assess the risks and make the right decisions concerning their children's safety.
When Someone You Love Has Cancer By: Canadian Cancer Society
This booklet is a resource for young people about how to deal when someone in your family has Cancer.
Your Child's Best Shot - A Parent's Guide to Vaccination - by Ronald Gold, MD
This is a parent’s guide to vaccination. The objective of this book is to give parents the information they need to understand why we recommend vaccination of children. A description of how the immune system works, how vaccine are made, how the safety and effectiveness of vaccines are monitored in Canada and a description of the nine routine childhood vaccines.


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