Pockets Full of Rocks
Daddy Talks About Depression
Published on 5. January 2021
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-4338-3109-6 (ISBN)
Description
This gentle, hopeful book will help kids cope with a parent amp rsquo 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 amp rsquo s behavior are spot-on and Ella amp rsquo 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.
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 amp rsquo s behavior are spot-on and Ella amp rsquo 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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From Kindergarten to Third Grade, Reading Age: From 8 to 9 years, Interest Age: From 5 to 9 years
Product notice
Picture book
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
color
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 205 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
338 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4338-3109-6 (9781433831096)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Yair Engelberg is a psychologist who is certified by the Schneider Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training Program for Child and Youth Therapy. This is his picture book debut. He lives in Israel. Visit him at psyedu.co.il/book
MacKenzie Haley is an award-winning illustrator, who also illustrated Snitchy Witch. She lives in Louisville, KY. Visit her at mackenziehaley.com and on Facebook MacKenzie Haley, Twitter MacKenzieLea, and Instagram mackenzie_haley.
MacKenzie Haley is an award-winning illustrator, who also illustrated Snitchy Witch. She lives in Louisville, KY. Visit her at mackenziehaley.com and on Facebook MacKenzie Haley, Twitter MacKenzieLea, and Instagram mackenzie_haley.