All the Colours of Me: Picturing My Sadness
Knowing and showing my feelings through art
Published on 23. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-4451-8479-1 (ISBN)
Description
A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children come to terms with their sadness through creativity
Picturing My Sadness encourages children to become 'sadness artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and show their sadness. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of sadness to them. Children consider and recognise how they act when they're sad and how they can 'speak' about sadness through art if finding words is hard, including learning the practice of mandalas. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.
All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.
Contents of Picturing My Sadness:
LISTENING TO SADNESS
ART-MAKING CAN HELP
SADNESS IS ...
SADNESS FEELS LIKE
SADNESS LOOKS LIKE
SADNESS ACTS LIKE
SHADES OF SADNESS
SPEAKING OF SADNESS
CAN'T STOP THE SADNESS?
PRACTISING SADNESS
YOU ARE A SADNESS ARTIST!
KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCES
A GUIDE FOR ADULTS
HELPFUL CONTACTS
Books included in the series:
Picturing My Sadness
Picturing My Worry
Picturing My Anger
Picturing My Happiness
Picturing My Resilience
Picturing My Gratitude
Picturing My Sadness encourages children to become 'sadness artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and show their sadness. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of sadness to them. Children consider and recognise how they act when they're sad and how they can 'speak' about sadness through art if finding words is hard, including learning the practice of mandalas. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.
All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.
Contents of Picturing My Sadness:
LISTENING TO SADNESS
ART-MAKING CAN HELP
SADNESS IS ...
SADNESS FEELS LIKE
SADNESS LOOKS LIKE
SADNESS ACTS LIKE
SHADES OF SADNESS
SPEAKING OF SADNESS
CAN'T STOP THE SADNESS?
PRACTISING SADNESS
YOU ARE A SADNESS ARTIST!
KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCES
A GUIDE FOR ADULTS
HELPFUL CONTACTS
Books included in the series:
Picturing My Sadness
Picturing My Worry
Picturing My Anger
Picturing My Happiness
Picturing My Resilience
Picturing My Gratitude
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 5 to 7 years
Dimensions
Height: 376 mm
Width: 245 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
174 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4451-8479-1 (9781445184791)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Anna Shepherd (Author)
Anna lives in Edinburgh near the sea with her partner and 2 children (her biggest teachers). She has been an Art Psychotherapist for many, many years working in the voluntary sector, social services and in private practice. She is also a Mindfulness Practitioner. Anna loves to paint and sit by the sea with a big cup of tea!
Alicia Mas (Illustrator)
Alicia Mas is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Elche - Spain's palm tree city. She is passionate about psychology and loves all that has to do with education and children; that's why, after studying fine arts in Valencia, she went on to complete a master's degree in teaching.
She lived in London for a while, where she started her career as an illustrator and graphic designer in 2013.
She had worked at different advertising agencies when things changed. Her idea for a children's book was accepted and published by a recognized Spanish publisher. More projects and opportunities arose, allowing her to become a full-time illustrator focused on children's illustration projects today.
Anna lives in Edinburgh near the sea with her partner and 2 children (her biggest teachers). She has been an Art Psychotherapist for many, many years working in the voluntary sector, social services and in private practice. She is also a Mindfulness Practitioner. Anna loves to paint and sit by the sea with a big cup of tea!
Alicia Mas (Illustrator)
Alicia Mas is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Elche - Spain's palm tree city. She is passionate about psychology and loves all that has to do with education and children; that's why, after studying fine arts in Valencia, she went on to complete a master's degree in teaching.
She lived in London for a while, where she started her career as an illustrator and graphic designer in 2013.
She had worked at different advertising agencies when things changed. Her idea for a children's book was accepted and published by a recognized Spanish publisher. More projects and opportunities arose, allowing her to become a full-time illustrator focused on children's illustration projects today.
Content
1: LISTENING TO SADNESS
1: ART-MAKING CAN HELP
1: SADNESS IS ...
1: SADNESS FEELS LIKE
1: SADNESS LOOKS LIKE
1: SADNESS ACTS LIKE
1: SHADES OF SADNESS
1: SPEAKING OF SADNESS
1: CAN'T STOP THE SADNESS?
1: PRACTISING SADNESS
1: YOU ARE A SADNESS ARTIST!
1: KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCES
1: A GUIDE FOR ADULTS
1: HELPFUL CONTACTS
1: ART-MAKING CAN HELP
1: SADNESS IS ...
1: SADNESS FEELS LIKE
1: SADNESS LOOKS LIKE
1: SADNESS ACTS LIKE
1: SHADES OF SADNESS
1: SPEAKING OF SADNESS
1: CAN'T STOP THE SADNESS?
1: PRACTISING SADNESS
1: YOU ARE A SADNESS ARTIST!
1: KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCES
1: A GUIDE FOR ADULTS
1: HELPFUL CONTACTS