Pockets Full of Rocks
Daddy Talks About Depression
Yair Engelberg author MacKenzie Haley illustrator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:American Psychological Association
Published:5th Jan '21
Should be back in stock very soon
This gentle, hopeful book will help kids cope with a parent’s mental illness.
As a young girl gently questions her depressed father, he offers direct answers that help her understand what he is going through and promotes the hope that he will become his old self again. This gentle, hopeful book is developmentally appropriate--examples of the father’s behavior are spot-on and Ella’s questions are exactly the kinds of questions a child would ask--and will be very useful guide for parents as well as psychologist and mental health professionals working young children.
Engelberg, a psychologist, pens a simple and compelling story of parental depression… Haley illustrates depression with dark clouds, adding layers of texture to brighten the clouds and present depression in the story as an illness, not a villain. By the end, Ella’s understanding of Daddy’s behavior transforms the clouds of depression into a rainbow of hope… Hold tight to this gentle story about depression. * Kirkus Reviews *
ISBN: 9781433831096
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
32 pages