@mychal3ts, you always make it okay to be exactly where you are with yourself—and your thoughts about grief are no different. Thank you for opening up a dialogue about grief, giving it space and breath and heart ❤️ I’m honored that GRIEF IS AN ELEPHANT is included in this list below:
*A WALK IN THE WOODS by Nikki Grimes
*MY FRIEND, LOONIE by Nina LaCour
*THE INVISIBLE STRING by Patrice Kent
*EMPTY AND ME by Azam Mahdavi
*MOUSEBOAT by Larissa Theule
*WHERE DID BENJAMIN GO? by Chris Clarkson
*MAYBE A WHALE by Kirsten Pendreigh
*ALWAYS SISTERS by Saira Mir
*BECAUSE I ALREADY LOVED YOU by Andrée Cyr
*GRIEF IS AN ELEPHANT by Tamara Ellis Smith & @nancyillustrator
*CAPE by Kevin Johnson
*REMEMBERING by Xelena González
@chroniclekidsbooks
@agentemurph
@emliterary
@vmaryrock
![It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!
@meganfemery (of @thehealinglibrary) and I will be at The Fred Rogers Institute on June 22, presenting "Use Your (Best) Words!: Modeling and Instilling Healthy Language for Kids' Resiliency Toolkits" (along with therapist Selina Farmer from afar!)
We'll be talking about creating trauma-informed materials rooted in SEL, ECRR standards, bibliotherapy, and holistic art & play based therapy activities any person working with children can adapt (for free!)
@barefootbooks
@chroniclekidsbooks
@emliterary](https://scontent-otp1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/448189003_878215090988129_119366431733268892_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=9D1rm_xL9TcQ7kNvgFD2cya&_nc_ht=scontent-otp1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AYBMUAjOj_piHe4TMVuVzkbAjPG0lzoiOEufn1i1ddNlxQ&oe=66AA2C26)
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!
@meganfemery (of @thehealinglibrary) and I will be at The Fred Rogers Institute on June 22, presenting "Use Your (Best) Words!: Modeling and Instilling Healthy Language for Kids' Resiliency Toolkits" (along with therapist Selina Farmer from afar!)
We'll be talking about creating trauma-informed materials rooted in SEL, ECRR standards, bibliotherapy, and holistic art & play based therapy activities any person working with children can adapt (for free!)
@barefootbooks
@chroniclekidsbooks
@emliterary
![TELEPHONE OF THE TREE 🌳 is coming May 7! Order it now! Don’t miss this latest book from the only @alisonmcgheewriter on the planet 🩷 I’m in constant search for the loose threads, the tiny holes, the rips in the corners that lead to magic, to hope, to love. I’m telling you—Alison is one of the few people behind it all.
Recently, I’ve been on a mission to make some kind of sense of grief. I often wish I wasn’t on this search. But I am. I guess we all are at some point.
Alison, her words, her books—they’re light as I look. I urge you to find out if they’re light for you too 🩷
@rockypondbooks
#empathykidlit](https://scontent-otp1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/438874112_928156412429192_2824338382840050611_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=9a0zWch3TV4Q7kNvgFXv6-T&_nc_ht=scontent-otp1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AYBDgmKUtsGyqWp18wn9d0V4zKpLafxqkMpo1UhFtMdCnA&oe=66AA2B14)
TELEPHONE OF THE TREE 🌳 is coming May 7! Order it now! Don’t miss this latest book from the only @alisonmcgheewriter on the planet 🩷 I’m in constant search for the loose threads, the tiny holes, the rips in the corners that lead to magic, to hope, to love. I’m telling you—Alison is one of the few people behind it all.
Recently, I’ve been on a mission to make some kind of sense of grief. I often wish I wasn’t on this search. But I am. I guess we all are at some point.
Alison, her words, her books—they’re light as I look. I urge you to find out if they’re light for you too 🩷
@rockypondbooks
#empathykidlit
![If you've got a few minutes, will you listen? @larryholm's beautiful podcast WHAT ABOUT GRIEF? is a tribute to his wife who died in 2021. It's also the journey he is on to understand grief—and the people he meets along the way.
I was so lucky he invited me to chat about @nancyillustrator's and my picture book GRIEF IS AN ELEPHANT along with @kaplowjulie (Exec. Vice President for Trauma & Grief Programs and Policy and Exec. Director, Trauma and Grief Center at the Hackett Center for Mental Health) who taught me so much about the way kids cope with grief and how to support them ❤️
This episode is the perfect example of how words, love, & connection can heal us all, at least a little bit. Find Larry's podcast at Apple Podcasts!
@chroniclekidsbooks
@agentemurph
@emliterary](https://scontent-otp1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/434677919_976752800685755_5589616603171119567_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=HHZ9BemcgggQ7kNvgEFrByN&_nc_ht=scontent-otp1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AYAx11cxhE1qfDnWBJdAMojZtp3lxoayRuvc5zezer1M9w&oe=66AA43BF)
If you've got a few minutes, will you listen? @larryholm's beautiful podcast WHAT ABOUT GRIEF? is a tribute to his wife who died in 2021. It's also the journey he is on to understand grief—and the people he meets along the way.
I was so lucky he invited me to chat about @nancyillustrator's and my picture book GRIEF IS AN ELEPHANT along with @kaplowjulie (Exec. Vice President for Trauma & Grief Programs and Policy and Exec. Director, Trauma and Grief Center at the Hackett Center for Mental Health) who taught me so much about the way kids cope with grief and how to support them ❤️
This episode is the perfect example of how words, love, & connection can heal us all, at least a little bit. Find Larry's podcast at Apple Podcasts!
@chroniclekidsbooks
@agentemurph
@emliterary
![It's such a gift to be able to learn about the process of writing SMALL THINGS MENDED; to learn what you can feel when you read the book—that @nancyillustrator and @cwrobinson's hearts were open wide as they created it together. Congrats you two!
(And Casey, I take great comfort in the fact that you are a slow writer. Me too. Only I don't handle it with grace, like you do!)
@rockypondbooks
@laurihornik](https://scontent-otp1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/433001625_428246752918719_3659008898627565057_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=BxDS3UhHv1QQ7kNvgFRDV0p&_nc_ht=scontent-otp1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AYC4UhEl8yn1T8gm1FLq0tKo1ut-lCOTA-3lvn24UQtJdQ&oe=66AA50FC)
It's such a gift to be able to learn about the process of writing SMALL THINGS MENDED; to learn what you can feel when you read the book—that @nancyillustrator and @cwrobinson's hearts were open wide as they created it together. Congrats you two!
(And Casey, I take great comfort in the fact that you are a slow writer. Me too. Only I don't handle it with grace, like you do!)
@rockypondbooks
@laurihornik
![Take a sec and go to revisionseason.com. Really! Do it!@elanakarnold is offering her Revision Season Master Class again—the Spring 2024 Session officially begins April 7 and runs until May 30. It is an AMAZING opportunity to learn and practice all aspects of revising and to make friends and have epiphanies along the way. Elana is a generous, insanely smart, and heartful teacher. The class was a turning point for me 🩷 I want to take it again!](https://scontent-otp1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/429336755_1093312741871556_5225865589508965855_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=hG7xTgbyf2cQ7kNvgEDc29H&_nc_ht=scontent-otp1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AYC0EurVKaD-pIS7wm4_W4gD1g1OtYMKdTpOtm6tyDZN_w&oe=66AA204C)
Take a sec and go to revisionseason.com. Really! Do it!@elanakarnold is offering her Revision Season Master Class again—the Spring 2024 Session officially begins April 7 and runs until May 30. It is an AMAZING opportunity to learn and practice all aspects of revising and to make friends and have epiphanies along the way. Elana is a generous, insanely smart, and heartful teacher. The class was a turning point for me 🩷 I want to take it again!