Resources

We have a variety of resources for young people, parents of young people and young parents. Some are available for loan from our office, others are available for loan from the Urunga Library. 

Youth Resources Available from Urunga Library


Books - Non-Fiction
  • Teen Stages - How to guide the journey to adulthood
  • Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
  • Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff
  • What to Do When Life Sucks
  • Kids & Drugs - A Realistic Guide for Parents
  • Becoming a Complete Parent
  • 101 Cool Ways to Make Money
  • Unzipped - Everything Teenagers Want to Know About Love, Sex and Each Other
  • Boys Stuff
  • How to Study
  • You Can Do It! For Students - What Every Student Should Know About Success in Life and School
  • Girlosophy
  • Being a Happy Teenager
  • Stress
  • Getting Real About Growing Up
  • Everygirl
  • Kids and the Law – A Guide for Parents, Youth Workers and Teachers
  • Queen Bees and Wannabees – Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends and Other Realities of Adolescence
  • Coping with Depression in Young People
  • How Dangerous Men Think? 
  • Streetsmart – NSW – An Urban Handbook for the School Leaver
  • Adolescence – A Guide for Parents
  • Suicide and Risk Taking Deaths of Children and Young People
  • The Share Housing Survival Guide
  • The Info Book – Help for Young People
  • I Had a Black Dog
  • Great Brain Robbery
  • Go Ask Alice
  • What's Happening to Me
  • Sex Lives of Australian Teenagers
  • Bullying
  • Grief Girl
  • Walking Naked
  • Living with Depression/Bipolar
  • Thin
  • Eating Drinking Over/Think
  • He’ll Be OK
  • Sunbathing in the Rain
  • Secret Language of Eating Disorders
  • Beginners Guide to University
  • Dealing with Drugs
  • Beating the Blues
  • Smacked
  • Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
  • Drugs
  • Help, My Teenager is an Alien
  • Girlosophy – A Love Survival Kit
  • The Puberty Book
  • Understanding Girls Friendships etc
  • The Big Fat Bitch Book
  • Bully Blocking
  • What to Do When You’re Sad and Lonely
  • Leaving Early
  • The Grief Book – Strategies for Young people
  • Stories of Manhood
  • The “S’ Word
  • Work Your Way Around the World
  • Backpacking Basics
  • International Voluntary Work
  • Jobs and careers Abroad
  • Secret Girls Stuff

CD ROM   

  • Young Driver Education - Shift 2nd Gear
  • Drive Time - A Young Persons Guide to Motoring
  • Moodswell

Videos

  • Joe's Conference – What Happens at a Youth Justice Conference
  • Understanding Eating Disorders – A Guide to Helping Family and Friends
  • Do Something – The Australian Electoral Commission

Packs

  • It’s About Your Career
  • Key Facts For New Drivers
  • Stand Up for Your Rights YAPA Resource Kit
  • End of Year Celebration – Play It Safe Survive Stay Alive

Young Parent Network Resources Available from Urunga Library

Books - Non-Fiction

  • Getting on with Others
  • Helping Your Baby to Sleep
  • Parents Nutrition Bible
  • Difficult to Delightful in 30 Days
  • Birds and Bees
  • Your Baby and Child
  • Good Parenting Divorce
  • Post Partum depression
  • Up the Duff
  • More Secrets of Happy Children
  • Baby Proofing Your Marriage
  • Well Adjusted babies
  • New Babycare
  • What to Expect in the First year
  • Toilet Training without Tears or Tantrums
  • 200 Amazing Things to Do With Your Children
  • The Best Baby Name Book
  • Men At Birth
  • Breast, Bottle, Bowl
  • Kidwrangling
  • Teenage Pregnancy
  • Birth Skills with Sarah Murdoch
  • Kids Parties Survival Guide
  • Kids in the Kitchen

DVDs

  • Mum to Mum – The How to Guide on Preparing to Bring Home Your Baby
  • Being Dad

Packs

  • Family Help Kit

Youth Resources Available from Bellingen & Seaboard Youth Services Office

Books - Non-Fiction

  • Go Ask Alice - Anonymous   
  • A Guide to DART
  • Road Users Handbook
  • Know Your Rights at School
  • Youth Justice – Your Guide to Cops and Courts in NSW
  • A Young Persons Guide to the Gig Galaxy – How to Organise Successful Youth Entertainment Events in NSW
  • Plan – Prospects 4 Life and Now
  • Sexually Transmissible Diseases and their Prevention
  • The Infomer – Lesbian sex Revealed
  • DIY Local Government Renovation Kit – Building a Better Council for Young People (YAPA)
  • Alive and Motivated Young People, Participation and Local Government
  • Youth and Citizenship
  • Getting There – How to Help your Learner Driver
  • Australian Indigenous Guide to Philanthropy
  • Taking Young People Seriously Series
    • Young People on Boards and Committees
    • Consulting Young People about their Ideas and Opinions
    • Creating Change in Your Community
  • Sharing a New Story:  Young People in Decision Making

CD ROM

  • Living Choices – The Australian Governments Commitment to Young People

Videos

  • Rollerblade Action
  • Environmental Youth Forum
  • The Youth of Today - Bellingen & Seaboard Youth Services
  • Body & Board
  • Sludge Crossing
  • Whyz Up - Mid Nth Coast Health Service
  • ‘GAS’ & ‘Clint Eastwood’ Dance
  • Youth Week Bellingen 1998
  • The Buzz in Bellingen
  • A Big Day Out in Bellingen

Packs

  • Care and Support Pack for Families and Friends Bereaved by Suicide