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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…
Picture Book Grandfathers
There are so many wonderful picture books celebrating the relationship between children and their grandparents. We love the way that these picture book grandfathers share their knowledge and experiences through work, play and wild adventures!
SUPERHEROES DON’T GET SCARED by Kate Thompson & Clare Elsom
SUPERHEROES DON’T GET SCARED is a fabulously empowering, humorous picture book that can help children to understand their emotions and reassure them that it’s ok to be scared sometimes. The superheroes in the story all have a particular fear and their experiences help main character Maisie learn to face up to her own.
Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia talks about Arthur Wants a Balloon illustrated by Erika Meza
Happy book birthday to Elizabeth (Liz) Gilbert Bedia, Erika Meza and Arthur Wants a Balloon 🎈 Arthur Wants a Balloon is one of the most beautifully illustrated, sensitively written picture books I have read this year and highlights the effect that parental depression can have on a family. It’s a story of suffering but also a story of love…
