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Mitchell Resources - Health & Nutrition

(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.

Active Kids - by Bobbie Kalman

This book provides directions for easy-to-do activities to increase strength, endurance and flexibility while having fun.

Baby and Child Massage - by Robert Toporek

This book begins by addressing the basic principles of infant massage and the benefits. The second part provides massage techniques for specific areas of the body. It has tips to equip you to help your child develop, as well as pictures to illustrate the different techniques.

Baby Massage: The calming power of touch - by Alan Heath & Nicki Bainbridge

This book introduces the key techniques in massaging your baby. It teaches you different massage that can be used in everyday activities. Massage can be done with babies from preemies to toddlers. It can help with common problems such as colic, constipation and teething. This guide provides many photos to help you learn the techniques.

Better Baby Food - by Daina Kalnins & Joanne Saab (2 copies)

This book takes the guesswork out of feeding your child from birth to twenty four months. This book is easy to read, informative and provides the most up to date, expert advice available. It also includes important topics such as food safety, allergies, teething and lots more.

Better Food for Kids  - by Daina Kalnins & Joanne Saab(2 copies)

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.

Blender Baby Food - by Nicole Young

All the recipes in this book are accompanied by suggested age guidelines.  Also included are lots of great tips for making baby food, storage and freezing guidelines, as well as the appropriate way to thaw and reheat food.

Breakfast Blast - by Bobbie Kalman

This book offers healthy and delicious breakfast recipes that kids love to make and eat. 

(The) Complete Kid’s Allergy and Asthma Guide: The parent’s handbook for children of all ages - Edited by Milton Gold

This book provides comprehensive information on dealing with allergies and asthma. It was developed in cooperation with the Hospital for Sick Children. After an introduction, it discusses different allergic conditions (asthma, rhinitis, skin conditions, and food reactions) before addressing coping with allergies and asthma.  Lastly, it addresses prevention of allergies.

Dealing with food allergies in babies and children - by Janice Vickerstaff Joneja

A great book which guides parents toward nutritionally sound diets for children with food allergies.  The author draws on the experience of clinicians, parents and families of children afflicted with often difficult food allergies and food intolerances. 

Eight strategies to prevent the spread of infection – by Infection Awareables

This video (28 min.) introduces 8 ways you and your family can help prevent the spread of germs.

Feed Me, I’m Yours - by Vicki Lansky

This author has revised her classic cookbook to provide more delicious, nutritious recipes and more fun ideas for parents cooking with their children.

Feeding your Baby the Healthiest Foods: From breast milk to table foods - by Louise Lambert-Lagace

This up-to-date, down to earth guide to feeding your baby from the hour after birth right up to the toddler years offers the latest information on the merits of breast feeding - from how to manage it in the hospital and at home, to returning to work. It’s also packed with nutritious menus and sound advice on solid food, colic, vitamin requirements, supplements and good eating habits.

Feelings, They Just Are - by Toni Hormann

This manual , from the Rainbow grieving program, helps families and children deal with their feelings.

Going to the Hospital -  by Fred Rogers

This book talks about how you may feel about going to the hospital, and different things that may happen at the hospital (take blood, have an x-ray, etc).

Guide to Peanut Allergy- by Laura Habkirk

Great Food for Happy Kids - by Jesse Frayne

This cookbook is great for parents who re wondering what to feed infants to teenagers and at the same time make it enjoyable for everyone!

Johnson's Baby & Child Safety - Dorling Kindersley

A practical and useful guide for parents and their busy families.

Kid-Friendly Food Allergy Cookbook - by Leslie Hammond

Parenting the Asthmatic Child - by Gerald L. Klein & Vicki Timerman

This book explains what asthma is, what triggers it, its relationship to allergies and other common questions. It also discusses conditions confused with asthma and the role of exercise. Numerous chapters are spent discussing various tests and treatments. Controlling the environment to reduce the likelihood of asthma being triggered is also addressed.

Meals that Heal for Babies, Toddlers, and Children - by Eileen Behan

This book addresses what foods are best to help children heal from common childhood illnesses. From foods that help your child absorb iron, to recipes for high-fibre foods, this practical book is full of useful hints to helping your child overcome common health issues and illnesses.

No Nuts for me - by Aaron Zevy

This book is an excellent learning tool for friends and classmates of children with nut allergies.

Nurturing Touch: Instruction in the art of infant massage - by Kalena Babeshoff & Juliana Dellinger-Bavolek

This booklet provides a brief introduction to massage. It addresses paying attention to your baby’s cues, and provides sketches show the techniques.

Parent’s Guide to Food Allergies: Clear and complete advice from the experts on raising your food-allergic child - 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.

Parenting the Asthmatic Child - by Gerald L. Klein & Vicki Timerman

This book explains what asthma is, what triggers it, its relationship to allergies and other common questions. It also discusses conditions confused with asthma and the role of exercise. Numerous chapters are spent discussing various tests and treatments. Controlling the environment to reduce the likelihood of asthma being triggered is also addressed.

Play it Safe: Home, summer, and winter street smart activities for children - by Barbara Hall & Doug Hall

Two characters talk about how they are learning to be street smart. This interactive book provides many scenarios that you can talk through with your children. (pre/ School)

Raising Happy Kids - by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer

By demonstrating the use of praise, play, time, touch and talking, parents can help their children grow up feeling secure and good about themselves

Raising Healthy Eaters - by Henry Legere, M.D.

This book was written by a pediatrician who specializes in childhood obesity.  The book offers 100 easy to follow and easy to implement tips for parents of children of all ages and eating preferences.  It includes healthy, quick recipes that kids will like and specific suggestions for those who only want to serve organic foods or whose kids have allergies. 

Spot visits the hospital - by Eric Hill

Spot goes to the visit his friend who is in the hospital with a broken leg.  They play doctor as they learn about what goes or in the hospital.

Super Foods for Babies and Children - by Annabel Karmel

This book includes more than 130 recipes suitable for children of all ages -- from the best first foods to tasty family meals.  It also includes menu chart, recipes suitable for freezing, food allergies, convenience foods, and superfoods to promote growth and energy. 

Super Snacks - by Bobbie Kalman

Step-by-step healthy recipes for super snacks for kids. 

The Basic Shelf Cookbook - by York Health Unit

This book is special because all the recipes are made from one list of low cost, nutritious ingredients. 

Top 100 Purees - by Annabel Karmel

Children's nutrition expert Annabel Karmel shares her essential collection of best-every purees.

Vaccines: What every parent should know - by Paul A. Offit & Louis M. Bell

This book addresses many questions about vaccines. It addresses why we need vaccines, how they work, and whether they are safe. There is a chapter on each type of vaccines that the majority of children get, and also provides information on less common vaccines. It includes a section on vaccines recommended when travelling to far away places.

When a child has Diabetes - by Denis Daneman

This fully updated edition features the latest information about treatment, drugs and lifestyle.  This is the go-to guide for parent and family members help children understand, cope and live with diabetes.

Winning the Food Fight: Every parent’s guide to raising a healthy, happy child - by Joey Shulman

This book addresses helping your children to eat healthy foods. It begins by addressing your views on different foods. The second part provides chapters on children and carbohydrates, protein, fats and sugars. Next, the relationship between food and health is discussed including ADD, allergies, ear infections, and bowel conditions. The last part addresses common questions about sleep, vitamins, and active children.

Why am I going to the hospital? - Claire Ciliotta & Carole Livingston

This book talks about different reasons children go to the hospital, and how all the doctors and nurses work together so that you get well again.

Your Child in the Hospital: A practical guide for parents - by Nancy Keen & Rachel Prentice

From communicating with staff to your child’s pain management, this practical book is easy to read as it has many subheadings to help you find the parts that are most pertinent to your situation.  This book addresses many topics: preparing your child, coping with common procedures, siblings and long-term illnesses.

Your Child’s Best Shot - by the Canadian Paediatric Society

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.

Children’s books:

A Family journey through Cancer - by Debbie Watters

With compassion and gentle humor, this book covers the steps in cancer treatment from the perspective of the patient's children.

Aaron’s awful allergies - by Troon Harrison

Aaron has really bad allergies. He can’t have pets like most children can. But then he finds a pet that he can have.

Call Me a Brave Boy: Learning about Asthma - by Jenny Shinder

A boy gets a cold that makes him feel like an elephant is sitting on his chest. He finds out he has asthma, and learns what this means. He learns how to cope with asthma using his inhalers.

It’s my Body: A book to teach young children how to resist uncomfortable touch - by Lory Freeman

Our bodies are special; sometimes we want to share them with a friend by holding hands or hugging. Other times we don’t want to share them – like with a dog who wants to lick my face or someone who tickles me too hard. It’s okay to tell people not to touch you.

Kool Kids Asthma - by Lung Association

This kit includes:  Call me Brave Boy (children’s book), Once upon a breath: the story of a wolf, 3 pigs and asthma, and Kool Kids Asthma: Starring lungs, inhaler and dust mite (video providing information for    young people living with asthma)

No Nuts for Me - Aaron Zevy

This book is an excellent learning tool for friends and classmates of children with nut allergies.

Never-be Video series below

Never-be-a-Victim: Officer Jim’s Ten Rules for Street proofing – by Robert Gordon

This video (26 min.) presents an introduction to street proofing your children. It discusses strangers, abduction, being followed, dangerous places, avoiding cars and vans, and good/bad touching. Canada’s most honoured Safety Education Specialist – Officer Jim – explains his ten rules to children.

Never-be-a-Victim: Preventing Abduction – by Robert Gordon

This video (23 min.) provides information to parents about safeguards to protect against abduction. It educates children about what to look out for, and discusses the use of a family code word.

Never-be-a-Victim: Preventing Molestation – by Robert Gordon

This video (19 min.) discusses how to deal with sexual predators. It discusses good/bad/ sexual touching 

Never-be-a-Victim: Building your Family Team for Safety – by Robert Gordon

This video (23 min.) addresses overcoming fears, working together, seeking advice, and developing a strategy as a family.

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