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Tag Archives: Grief
New Picture Books – Helping Families and Children
Sometimes emotions can be conveyed more easily through picture books, especially those created for younger children. There are times too when they can be invaluable for helping to explain a situation a child may not understand or need some reassurance … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged bereavement, childrens_books, divorce, Familes, Grief, LGBTQ, picturebooks
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What The World Doesn’t See by Mel Darbon
“I don’t ever remember seeing someone like Jake in a book or on TV – it’s as though people with learning disabilities don’t exist in public. The sadness of that overwhelms me. Jake’s been blanked out of life.” Page 165 … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, Disability, Families, Grief, Learning Disability, Usborne Books
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The Haunted Hills by Berlie Doherty
The Haunted Hills is an atmospheric story exploring childhood friendship, loss, grief and guilt set in a landscape that adds much to this multi-layered and thoughtful book. When we meet Carl he and his parents have recently arrived at a … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlie Doherty, Children’s books, Ghosts, Grief, Peak District, Uclan Publishing
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Blog Tour: The Dragon in the Bookshop by Ewa Jozefkowicz
I am delighted to be kicking off the blog tour to mark publication of Ewa Jozefkowicz’s latest novel for children, The Dragon in the Bookshop. This moving story is inspired by the author’s own personal experience of childhood bereavement and … Continue reading
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Tagged childrens_books, Ewa Jozefkowicz, family, Grief, Grief Encounter, Zephyr Books
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The Secret Sunshine Project by Benjamin Dean illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat
The Secret Sunshine Project is a fitting title for a book that fizzes with positivity. Benjamin Dean’s second middle grade novel is a gentle and understanding look at a family learning to live with loss. A story of kindness, courage … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Dean, childrens_books, Families, Grief, LGBTQ, Simon and Schuster
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Keeper of Secrets by Sarah J. Dodd
An animal story with a difference Keeper of Secrets, Sarah J. Dodd’s debut, explores our relationship with wild animals and how nature can sometimes help to heal grief. This is a perfect, thoughtful winter read. When eleven year old Emily … Continue reading
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Tagged childrens_books, conservation, Friendship, Grief, loss, nature, review
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Swop The Satsuma-Sized Secret by Lucy Noguera illustrated by Laura Ireland
Illustrated fiction can frequently be the key to the discovery of reading for pleasure for young children. When stories are presented both in text and pictures children can access the narrative more easily. When the appearance is designed to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Children’s books, Deafness, Dyslexia, Grief, illustrated fiction, pets
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