Peters Books for Schools

A sister sets out to show her brother that dinosaur toys are meant to be played with by girls as much as boys.

A collection of brief biographies of women who made important scientific contributions.

A fourteen-year-old girl takes up the cause when workers in Dublin go on strike in 1913.

A celebration of girls from all over the world and how they have changed, and are continuing to change, negative views about women because of their gender.

Rhyming text celebrates girls who race, fly, and drive everything from a dump truck to a rocket ship.

Looks at the life and legacy of Suffragette leader and women's rights activist, Emmeline Pankhurst.

Izzy and Fixer come up with the idea of using renewable energy sources for a recycling machine that they have invented for a competition.

An anthology of 20 fairy tales from around the world featuring resourceful and brave heroines.

Eight retellings of fairy tales, emphasising the bravery and resilience of female characters.

Recounts the life and achievements of gifted mathematician Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer.

Recounts the life and achievements of human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai.

Retellings of traditional fairy tales in which the heroines use their own initiative to solve the problems they face, instead of being rescued by a man.

Recounts the life of Ruth Bader Ginsberg who qualified to become a lawyer and later became the first Jewish woman to be a justice on the Supreme Court in the US.

Potted biographies of the lives of over 70 notable women through history, including writers, artists, royalty, political activists, scientists, and athletes.

A sequel set nine years after the original title in which Lottie, Sara's friend at the orphanage, is swept up by the Suffragette movement.

Six magical stories in which the main character is a resourceful and courageous girl.

A collection of poems celebrating the achievements of women and girls throughout history.

Profiles of remarkable women throughout history who made their mark in the fields of science, politics, civil rights, arts and literature.

A collection of personal messages from girls around the world to Malala Yousafzai thanking her for her work for every girl's right to an education.

Compares the lives of women civil rights activitists Rosa Parks and Emily Davison, looking at the differences and similarities between them.

Find out all about two ground breaking figures in medicine - Elizabeth Blackwell and Elizabeth Garret Anderson, two women who fought to become doctors in the early 1800s. What was life like for women in the early nineteenth century, what obstacles did both women come up against and ultimately how did they succeed?

A rhyming guide about feelings of worry, and hints and tips about how to control them.

A collection of 50 ways for children to find calm and peace to help build confidence and release stress.

A guide for children dealing with difficult emotions, particularly fear.

A guide to various mental health problems, that acknowledges them and offers advice on managing them, and coping strategies, as well as broader methods of maintaining good mental health.

A positive and proactive book that helps children understand mental health problems, how and why they may occur, and ways to cope with - and seek help for - them.

Discover 12 simple steps to boost self-esteem and improve your emotional well-being

Looks at the emotion of worry through two stories about young children in situations where they feel worried.

An illustrated guide to developing a growth mindset.

Discover the mental health stories of 29 inspiring people

Explores the reasons why we can feel stressed and anxious and gives strategies on how to deal with these feelings.

An introduction to mindfulness for children.

30 simple exercises for children, using mindfulness techniques to achieve a range of outcomes.

Explores what sadness is and how it feels, and ways of dealing with this emotion in a positive way.

Looks at how our use of social media can affect our mental health.

A guide to using mindfulness techniques to deal with stress and anxiousness.

A story designed to help children talk about their anxieties in which a boy is beset by a big worry monster until he talks about his worries which makes the monster seem not so big and scary.

Explains the importance of looking after your mental health.

Encourages children to think and talk about mental health issues and develop healthy positive attitudes about their emotional and mental wellbeing.

Some ideas for mindfulness and dealing with negative thoughts for young children.

Gives advice on mindfulness, and techniques on keeping calm and living in the moment.

Explains what depression is, how it affects people and what can be done to help people overcome it.

Explains what obsessive-compulsive disorder is, how it affects people and what can be done to help people overcome it.

Introduces children to mindfullness and strategies for coping when they have anxious thoughts or emotions.

Recounts a child's experience of his father's struggle with depression.

Examines ways in which children can be helped to cope with anxiety.