Beaming Books
Children’s Mental Health Week – Know Yourself, Grow Yourself
February 3rd to 9th is children’s mental health week. This year’s theme is ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’ and children’s mental health charity Place2be and Pixar’s Inside Out characters are joining forces ‘to explore the importance of self-awareness and expressing emotions.’ We’re huge fans of using picture books to help children deal with feelings, problems and situations in which…
Grief Awareness Week: Picture books to help support readers through grief & loss
December 2nd to 8th is Grief Awareness Week. Grief and loss are difficult concepts for young children to understand but stories can help them explore the feelings and emotions that accompany the loss of a loved one or a well loved pet.
Searching For Home by Chantal Bourgonje
Searching for Home is a beautifully illustrated, gentle story about friendship. We read lots of picture books but this is the first we’ve read with a house sprite as the main character 🙂
Remembering Sundays with Grandpa by Lauren Kerstein & Nanette Regan
Remembering Sundays with Grandpa is a heartwarming story about bereavement. Sensitively written, it can help a child work through their grief after the loss of a grandparent or another special person.
Lullaby for the King by Nikki Grimes & Michelle Carlos
Lullaby for the King is a sumptuous, richly illustrated, lyrical picture book that follows a variety of birds and animals, some more familiar than others, as they travel to Bethlehem with gifts for a newborn king.
Little Mole Gives Thanks by Glenys Nellist & Sally Garland
Little Mole Gives Thanks is the beautifully illustrated, heartwarming story of Little Mole’s fancy feast. The perfect story to read at Thanksgiving, it celebrates friendship and the love shared between family and friends over a thoughtfully prepared meal.
Diwali in my New Home by Shachi Kaushik & Aishwarya Tandon
Diwali in my New Home is the heartwarming story of how Priya and her family find a different way to celebrate Diwali in their new home, thousands of miles away from family and friends in India.
Simon the Hugger by Stacy B. Davids & Ana Sebastián
Simon the Hugger loves hugs but in this sensitively written picture book he learns about how and when it’s appropriate to hug his friends. This beautifully illustrated picture book about consent can help children learn that it’s ok to protect their personal space.
Mabel’s Topsy-Turvy Homes by Candy Wellins & Jess Rose
Mabel’s Topsy-Turvy Homes highlights the situation that many children find themselves in after a parental separation. Constantly moving between two different houses, having two different bedrooms and dealing with different schedules and routines in each house is an experience that many children will identify with.
