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Are You Sad, Little Bear?

A book about learning to say goodbye

Rachel Rivett author Tina MacNaughton illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:SPCK Publishing

Published:19th Jun '20

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Are You Sad, Little Bear? cover

Little Bear sees the patterns of living and dying in the natural world and learns to accept them

Grandmother Bear has gone for ever, and Little Bear is feeling sad. His mother wisely suggests that perhaps asking his woodland companions what saying goodbye means to them will help him understand his loss. 

Little Bear's day of exploring and asking questions brings him comfort and hope. For the swallows, saying goodbye means flying to warmer lands; for the leaves of the trees, it is a chance to be free, leaving the tree at her most beautiful; for the moon, it is to return to be with the sun; and for the sun, it is to rise in another sky and just because Little Bear can't see him doesn't mean he isn't there. 

This charmingly illustrated picture book will help young children in times of bereavement, loss or change, gently exploring the reasons for saying goodbye and giving reassurance that goodbye doesn't mean the end of things.

ISBN: 9780745978932

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

32 pages

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