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A shelter for sadness / Anne Booth & [illustrated by] David Litchfield.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781682633397
- ISBN: 168263339X
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
- Publisher: Atlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Publishing Company, [2021]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | First published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by Templar Books. |
| Target Audience Note: | AD500L Lexile Decoding demand: 61 (high) Semantic demand: 61 (high) Syntactic demand: 94 (very high) Structure demand: 74 (high) Lexile |
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| Subject: | Sadness > Juvenile fiction. Mental health > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Picture books. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marshall Public Library | E BOO (Text) | 33391000310749 | Easy/Picture Books | Available | - |
A Shelter for Sadness
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Summary
A Shelter for Sadness
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. 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.
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