"A poignant and heart-warming picture book exploring the importance of making space and time for our own griefs, small or large"
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month January 2021
Children are experiencing sadness to a far greater degree than is usual but how can they best manage that and how can they describe it? Anne Booth’s gentle text explores how a little boy creates a shelter for his sadness giving it a place where it can take on the many different shapes and moods it may arrive in.
Having a safe place where he can engage with the sadness helps the boy to deal with the wide range of moods it may release in him. It also helps him to prepare for a time when he and the sadness may no longer need a shelter but can step out together into a better world. Inspired by the words of Holocaust survivor Etty Hillesum, A Shelter for Sadness is rich in emotion all of which is beautifully realised in David Litchfield’s illustrations.
Sadness has come to live with me and I am building it a shelter. I am building a shelter for my sadness and welcoming it inside.
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Sadness has come to live with me and I am building it a shelter. I am building a shelter for my sadness and welcoming it inside.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed A Shelter for Sadness and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
A Shelter for Sadness features in the following genres: Stories about Family and Friends, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), PSHE: Bereavement and Grief, Featured Books for 5+ readers
Paperback, Hardback. £7.19, down from the £7.99 cover price. In Stock.
A Shelter for Sadness was written by Anne Booth and published by Bonnier Books UK
A Shelter for Sadness has 40 pages
£7.19, reduced from £7.99. In Stock.
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