Picture Books

Bereaved Mother’s Heart

By Carla van Laar
Art Therapists, Grief and Loss Counsellors, Social Workers and anyone wanting to explore grief from a creative perspective, this deeply moving, but ultimately uplifting visual and written journal follows the psychological and emotional journey of Carla van Laar after the death of her three-year-old son, Vaughn. The [...]

Byron and the Chairs

By Rebecca Sng
Psychologists, Social Workers and Parents dealing with sibling jealousy will find this brightly illustrated book a great way to foster conversations with older children about newcomers to the family.
Published by Innovative Resources 2008. Author: Rebecca Sng softcover, 32 pages.
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Captain Grumpy

By Russell Deal
Teachers and Parents will find plenty to talk with primary-aged children about–on the topic of grumpiness–after they have read this book together. You see, Captain Grumpy didn’t want to be a pirate, he wanted to be an artist. But a pirate he became–and he was good at it because [...]

NoNo the Little Seal

By Sherri Patterson, Judith Feldman
Anyone who works with or cares for children who have been sexually assaulted will find this beautifully illustrated story an important resource. NoNo has a secret, but it makes him feel scared and mixed up inside. Is it wrong to tell? Who can he tell? Although the [...]

Rosy and Jack

By Nicole Reading
Anyone who works with children who have been sexually assaulted will find this vividly illustrated story an excellent resource for creating positive conversations with kids, building their insight and understanding about their rights, easing any guilt, creating personal confidence and offering hope.
Author: Nicole Reading. Published by Innovative Resources 2004. 36pp. Softcover.
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Storm in a Teacup

By Chris Townsend
Primary and Secondary Teachers, Art Therapists, Environmentalists and Parents; here is a poem set to paintings that follows the journey of a tear that drops into a teacup, eventually finding its way out to sea and then falling as rain over the same young boy and his beloved grandfather who cried the tear [...]

The Wrong Stone

By Russell Deal
Teachers, Chaplains, School Counsellors, Welfare Officers and Social Workers, here is a book that every school library should not be without! The big architect wanted only perfect stones for the new wall. All the stones put their best faces forward. But there was one stone that didn’t seem to fit. He was the [...]