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All Shining in the Spring

The Story of a Baby who Died

Siobhán Parkinson author Donald Teskey illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little Island

Published:3rd Apr '21

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All Shining in the Spring cover

A book to help children and families cope with the loss of a baby.

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Matthew is excited about the new baby. But then, one day, something very sad happens. The doctor tells Matthew's mother that her baby isn't growing properly and it won't be strong enough to live outside her body.

Matthew and his mother and father will always remember their baby. But as time goes by, they will not feel sad so often.

The author wrote this story based on her own experience, to help her son cope with the loss of a baby. This child-centred book is intended to help children and families who experience miscarriage, stillbirth, perinatal death or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

A new edition of the first published book by Siobhán Parkinson, who later became Ireland's first Laureate na nÓg (Children's Laureate). It was writing this book that Parkinson found her voice as a children's writer, a gift she credits to the baby she lost all those years ago.

‘Anyone who has experienced the loss of a baby; who is experiencing the loss of a baby will find solace in its pages.’

-- Mary Esther Judy * Fallen Star Stori

ISBN: 9781912417575

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

64 pages