Siobhán Parkinson

All Shining in the Spring

The Story of a Baby Who Died
Illustrator: Teskey, Donald

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on the author's own experience. Children's Book Council: Spring 2024 Showcase: Reading List: Transformation This child-centred book focuses on SIDS and helps children and families cope with the loss of a baby. Written by Ireland's first Children's Laureate. Author Siobhán Parkinson's son was five when she experienced a stillbirth. Unable to find any good books to help her son understand the experience, she decided to write her own. Matthew is excited about the new baby. But then, one day, something very sad happens. The doctor tells Matthew's mother that her baby isn't growing properly and it won't be strong enough to live outside her body. Matthew and his mother and father will always remember their baby. But as time goes by, they will not feel sad so often. This child-centred book is intended to help children and families who experience miscarriage, stillbirth, perinatal death or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).A new edition of the first published book by Siobhán Parkinson. When first published, it was a ground-breaking book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little Island Press
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Altersempfehlung: 4 bis 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 130mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 181g
• ISBN-13: 9781915071194
• ISBN-10: 1915071194
• Artikelnr.: 63245946

Autorenporträt

Siobhán Parkinson has written around thirty books for children and adults. She was Ireland's first Laureate na nÓg (children's laureate) and founder of independent children's press Little Island Books. All Shining in the Spring was her first book.