That Missing Feeling
Published on 12. January 2021
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-1-4338-3378-6 (ISBN)
Description
Helping children balance that missing feeling after their parents' divorce.
Mia amp rsquo s life feels split in two after her parents get divorced - even her cat and dog now live in two separate places. When she amp rsquo s at her dad amp rsquo s house, Mia misses her mom amp rsquo s jokes and singing. And when she amp rsquo s at her mom amp rsquo s house, she misses her dad amp rsquo s laugh and cooking. Mia just can amp rsquo t quite shake that missing feeling. Sometimes that missing feeling makes her angry. And sometimes it makes her sad.
One day when Mia visits her Grandpa, he gives her a little blue notebook saying, amp ldquo When I write about Grandma, I am sad but I am happy too. She is gone, but you are here. Life changes, and writing helps me think about these changes. My notebook is a home for my heart. amp rdquo Mia keeps her notebook wherever she goes, writing about happy and sad memories. And soon her notebook becomes a way to balance that missing feeling. And also a home for her heart.
Mia amp rsquo s life feels split in two after her parents get divorced - even her cat and dog now live in two separate places. When she amp rsquo s at her dad amp rsquo s house, Mia misses her mom amp rsquo s jokes and singing. And when she amp rsquo s at her mom amp rsquo s house, she misses her dad amp rsquo s laugh and cooking. Mia just can amp rsquo t quite shake that missing feeling. Sometimes that missing feeling makes her angry. And sometimes it makes her sad.
One day when Mia visits her Grandpa, he gives her a little blue notebook saying, amp ldquo When I write about Grandma, I am sad but I am happy too. She is gone, but you are here. Life changes, and writing helps me think about these changes. My notebook is a home for my heart. amp rdquo Mia keeps her notebook wherever she goes, writing about happy and sad memories. And soon her notebook becomes a way to balance that missing feeling. And also a home for her heart.
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
Dimensions
Height: 257 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4338-3378-6 (9781433833786)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater has taught writing for over twenty years. Her children amp rsquo s books have received accolades from the Junior Library Guild, the Society of Children amp rsquo s Book Writers and Illustrators, and the National Council of Teachers of English. Amy blogs for students and teachers at The Poem Farm and Sharing Our Notebooks. She lives in Holland, NY. Visit her at amyludwigvanderwater.com
and poemfarm.amylv.com, and on Twitter and Instagram amylvpoemfarm.
Morena Forza illustrates children amp rsquo s books, educational books, magazines, apps, and digital media. She also teaches illustration and drawing. She lives in Milan, Italy. Visit her at morenaforza.com, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram MorenaForza.
and poemfarm.amylv.com, and on Twitter and Instagram amylvpoemfarm.
Morena Forza illustrates children amp rsquo s books, educational books, magazines, apps, and digital media. She also teaches illustration and drawing. She lives in Milan, Italy. Visit her at morenaforza.com, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram MorenaForza.