Peters Books for Schools

Explores the similarities and differences in the daily lives of children all over the world.

Five children deemed 'unadoptable' escape their cruel orphanage to try and find a family.

A look at how children live in 20 different places from all around the world, how their lives are different and how much they're also alike.

Explores the Amazon Basin of Bolivia looking at the geography of the area and the people, animals and plants that live there.

A young girl looking for a present for her mother discovers the vibrant colours of an Indian street market.

Handa and her friend Akeyo are disturbed by the noises of night animals when they have a sleepover in an outside hut

A little girl known for being a fast-footed chicken catcher has to come up with smarter ways of doing her tasks after injuring her foot.

Four new adventures of the sparky young South African heroine who lives with her Mama and Granny Gogo.

A collection of comic strips about a young girl living on the Ivory Coast.

A young girl, in spite of misgivings about a new baby brother or sister, tries her very best to become the very best big sister she can be.

Illustrates a child's relationship with her grandmother while growing up in Iran.

An Indonesian boy wonders if he has special powers like his hero, Spider-Man, after he survives an undersea mining accident similar to that which killed his dad.

Explores thirteen festivals from different seasons, cultures and faiths around the world.

Looks at different festivals and celebrations that take place around the world.

A reworking of the classic bear hunt rhyming story with an African setting.

A homeless Brazilian boy gets the chance to try out for a top football team when he is spotted playing football on the beach.

84 children talk about what it is like to live in their respective countries and share their experiences of growing up there.

Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

A little camel who gets lost in the desert after a sandstorm is helped by a falcon who reunites him with his owner's camel train.

A young girl with the love of the ocean helps save her island community when the arrival of a giant shark stops the men from being able to hunt for fish.

Set during WW2, a Japanese girl becomes responsible for a family of dwarves as the household evacuates to the countryside

Follows the journey of the winter sun from the Arctic through different countries to the window of a young girl in a city suburb.

An African story which illustrates the benefits of sharing

Looks at the foods and cuisines that are eaten in different countries of the world with 20 accompanying recipes that can be created by children.

Looks at many unique schools around the world from slums and refugee camps to mobile schools, green schools, and one that was ran from a cave in China.

Anna is very upset when her beloved grandfather dies, but learns to cope with the complicated feelings that this event brings into her life.

Introduces the reader to Mexico by way of a rhyming text and an information section

Little Red Riding Hood set in Africa in which a hungry lion decides to eat Little Red

After her brother's attempted suicide a young Inuit girl is sent to live with relatives who introduce her to a traditional way of Inuit life and give her hope of saving her brother.

No1 is excited when he is able to start school.

More adventures with Betsey as she awaits an oncoming hurricane.

A young girl takes a bowl of milk to her father who is tending the sheep, trying not spill any as she makes her way to him.

When a city boy goes to stay with his grandparents in Tobago, although he takes time to adjust to the new environment which is strange to him, he soon learns to love it.

Illustrates the similarities and differences in a day-in-the-life of a Moroccan family and an Australian family

A girl goes to fetch water for her mother but is inundated with gifts of food from neighbours who thank her mother for her clothes-making skills

A young girl uses faith and trust in the spirits of the ancestors to lead her village to safety from the slavers

Grace goes to visit her father and his new family in Africa

Told from a child's point of view, tells the story of the destruction of the Brazilian rainforest, how it affects the wildlife and indigenous people, and what is being done to halt the destruction.

When Mama brings home a beautiful piece of print material to make a special dress, she asks Jamela to look after it while it dries.

Beautiful Nyasha! She is not only lovely to look at, but generous and kind as well. Nyasha would make a perfect wife for the Great King.

Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from their grandmother to Johannesburg to find their mother, who works there as a maid.

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.