Seixas, Judith S

Describes alcoholism, alcoholic behavior, and resulting family problems. Advises children of alcoholic parents on dealing with these problems and their own feelings and suggests ways to make life more bearable and productive.

An easy-to-read guide to psychoactive drugs and how they change the way we feel, think, and act.

Discusses the trials of growing up in an alcoholic home and its lasting effects.

A simple introduction to facts about smoking, including how smoking started, effects of smoking on health, and why people smoke.

Discusses the trials of growing up in an alcoholic home and its lasting effects.

Describes alcoholism, alcoholic behavior, and resulting family problems. Advises children of alcoholic parents in dealing with these problems and their own feelings and suggests ways to make life more bearable and productive.

Discusses vitamins, how they were discovered, how they work, how they can be made, and how they fit into our diets.

Case reports and explanatory text introduce the warning signs and possible manifestations of drug abuse by a parent and ways of coping with such a problem.

A simple introduction to water, describing its properties, uses, and interaction with people and the environment. Includes five basic experiments.

An introduction to facts about junk food--what it is, where it is found, and how it affects the body--with suggestions for snacking more nutritionally.