Books, Children's Books, Issues, Phobias

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Understanding Katie
by Selective Mutism Anxiety Research and Treatment Center (Paperback)

Understanding Katie is a hands-on storybook written especially for children between the ages of 3-12 years of age who suffer from Selective Mutism and/or social phobia. Selectively Mute/socially anxious children ‘cannot speak’ and feel afraid when they are in various social situations, such as school. This can be a very isolating feeling. Understanding Katie will help these children realize that they are not alone and there are others in this world who feel as they do. The goal for this book is to help Selectively Mute/socially anxious children identify with Katie’s feelings by reading about her trials and tribulations in ‘a day in the life of’ Katie. Children can color and draw on the illustrations as a means of expressing themselves and personalizing Katie.

Neal Shusterman
The Scorpion Shards (Star Shards Chronicles)
by Tor Fantasy (Paperback)

Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.76 x 6.80 x 4.25 Publisher: Tor Books; ISBN: 0812524659; Reprint edition (June 2000) There are so many outsiders in YA fiction, it's time for a novel about the loneliness of being normal"

What Are You Afraid Of?: Stories about Phobias
by Candlewick (Paperback) (Release Date: 2007-10-09)

"An excellent collection on a topic that holds a strange and fascinating allure." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALEveryone is afraid of something. But for those with phobias, that fear is exaggerated: the throat tightens; the heart races. The ten stories in this anthology all present people with debilitating anxiety — from a gripping portrait of a teen with agoraphobia to a humorous tale of a boy who dreads his girlfriend’s cat. Whether the trigger is clowns, knives, string, or crossing the street, the characters in these stories confront, are confronted by, and sometimes even overcome their worst fears.

Jennifer Mackay
Phobias (Diseases and Disorders)
by Lucent Books (Hardcover)

Justin VanRiper, Gary VanRiper
The Adirondack Kids #2: Rescue on Bald Mountain
by Adirondack Kids Press (Paperback)

The adventures of The Adirondack Kids continue in this second volume of the popular new middle reader chapter book series by father and son writing team, Gary & Justin VanRiper. In this story, Justin Robert and Jackie Salsberry are on a special mission. It is Fourth of July weekend in the Adirondacks and time for the annual ping-pong ball drop at Inlet. Their best friend, Nick Barnes, has won the opportunity to release the balls from a seaplane, but there is just one problem. He is afraid of heights. With a single day remaining before the big event, Justin and Jackie decide there is only one way to help Nick overcome his fear. Climb Bald Mountain.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Fool's Gold
by Yearling (Paperback) (Release Date: 1994-07-01)

For as long as he can remember, people have  warned fourteen-year-old Rudy and other kids in the  neighborhood not to play in Pyramid Hill's abandoned  gold mines. Even Rudy's best friend, Barney, a  true daredevil, won't go near those cavernous death  traps. That is, until Tyler Lewis moves in from  L.A. Ty's determined to go in, and he's got a map.

C. C. Payne
Something to Sing About
by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (Paperback)

Vanita Oelschlager
Let Me Bee
by Vanitabooks (Hardcover)

Let Me Bee is about unfounded fear and how children can reduce these anxieties as they learn and understand more about the source of their alarm. A little boy is, understandably, afraid of bees. "You don't know how I feel when I see a bee and it seems like they always come straight after me!" But the bee responds, "I'm no wasp or hornet, I'm a sweet honeybee. I don't think you're seeing the actual me." The dialogue continues as the boy and the bee learn about each other with Mom helping our little boy understand that there are many places to learn about bees and how they help us and overcome his fear.

Hall
NOBODY'S PERFECT, CASSIE (PAXTON CHEERLEADERS 6): NOBODY'S PERFECT, CASSIE (Paxton Cheerleaders)
by Aladdin (Paperback)

Preparing a cheerleading demonstration for the mother-daughter brunch, Cassie tries to learn why her reclusive mother, who has not left the Copeland house in fifteen years, will not go out for any reason.

Nick Warburton
Dennis Dipp on Gilbert's Pond (Racers)
by Walker Books Ltd (Paperback)

Dennis Dipp hates water, even the thought of it makes him go green. But the Colonel, his host at Hardley-Skint Hall, is busy digging a pond for his goldfish, Gilbert. Worse still, dastardly Phil Buckett is determined to make Dennis cross it! Can Dennis triumph over his fear?

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