A Shelter for Sadness
Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · September 7, 2021
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- Who it’s for
- A gentle story makes space for difficult feelings without asking them to hurry away.
- Themes
- Sadness and emotional wellbeing, Emotional literacy, Making space for difficult feelings
- Pacing
- Reflective
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This poignant and heartwarming story explores the many faces of sadness and addresses the importance of mental health in a child-friendly way. A small boy creates a shelter for his sadness so that he can visit it whenever he needs to, and the two of them can cry, talk, or just sit. The boy knows that one day his sadness may come out of the shelter, and together they will look out at the world and see how beautiful it is.
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In this timely consideration of emotional wellbeing, Anne Booth has created a beautiful depiction of allowing time and attention for difficult feelings. Stunningly atmospheric illustrations by David Litchfield personify sadness as a living being, allowing young readers to more easily connect with the story's themes of emotional literacy.
Room for Sadness
A gentle story makes space for difficult feelings without asking them to hurry away.
Come here for
- A child-friendly way to think about emotional wellbeing
- Sadness treated with patience, company, and care
Expect
- A boy and his sadness share time to cry, talk, or simply sit
- Atmospheric illustrations that give sadness a living presence
Where it sits
| Stories About Mental Health | 64% |
|---|---|
| Big Feelings | 63% |
| Loss & Grief | 59% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Loss & Grief
- Big Feelings
- Depression & Mental Health
- Authors
- Anne Booth
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- September 7, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Sadness and emotional wellbeing · Emotional literacy · Making space for difficult feelings
- Reading lane
- Loss & Grief