And still they bloom : a family's journey of loss and healing /
Rovere, Amy.
And still they bloom : a family's journey of loss and healing / written by Amy Rovere ; illustrated by Joel Spector. - Atlanta : American Cancer Society, 2012. - 41 numbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Ten year old Emily and Ben, who is seven, struggle to make sense of their changed world after the loss of their mother to cancer. The children embark on a journey of healing and acceptance as they come to realise they can keep their mother's memory alive: that her love will stay with them always. The siblings experience a variety of emotions in the wake of their mother's death: resentment, sadness, anger. They navigate the reactions of others, such as their own friends, and friends of their mother's, which are often unsatisfactory. Emily and Ben's dad is their rock through the maelstrom of grief, and this book distinguishes itself by touching on subjects often avoided by other grief-focused books, such as when Ben asks their father if he will ever marry again. Each page of text is accompanied by a page-sized illustration, realistic and sensitive depictions of the various family members as they experience moments of grief and moments of happiness, for example, Ben wrapped in a blanket made for him by his mother, the father holding his weeping son, the family playing with bubbles in the garden. Longer text with illustrations.
Audience: Child 8 - 12 years; Adult caregiver
9781604430363 (hardcover)
1336333 QBI
2012006637
GBB231673 bnb
016058067 Uk
Cancer--Patients--Family relationships--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers--Death--Juvenile fiction.
Children of cancer patients--Juvenile fiction.
Bereavement.
Grief.
Children.
Cancer--Patients--Family relationships--Fiction.
Mothers--Death--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Neoplasms--mortality
Caregivers
Bereavement
Grief
Family Relations
Child
Mother with cancer Adult with cancer
Picture books for children.
Fictional Work
And still they bloom : a family's journey of loss and healing / written by Amy Rovere ; illustrated by Joel Spector. - Atlanta : American Cancer Society, 2012. - 41 numbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Ten year old Emily and Ben, who is seven, struggle to make sense of their changed world after the loss of their mother to cancer. The children embark on a journey of healing and acceptance as they come to realise they can keep their mother's memory alive: that her love will stay with them always. The siblings experience a variety of emotions in the wake of their mother's death: resentment, sadness, anger. They navigate the reactions of others, such as their own friends, and friends of their mother's, which are often unsatisfactory. Emily and Ben's dad is their rock through the maelstrom of grief, and this book distinguishes itself by touching on subjects often avoided by other grief-focused books, such as when Ben asks their father if he will ever marry again. Each page of text is accompanied by a page-sized illustration, realistic and sensitive depictions of the various family members as they experience moments of grief and moments of happiness, for example, Ben wrapped in a blanket made for him by his mother, the father holding his weeping son, the family playing with bubbles in the garden. Longer text with illustrations.
Audience: Child 8 - 12 years; Adult caregiver
9781604430363 (hardcover)
1336333 QBI
2012006637
GBB231673 bnb
016058067 Uk
Cancer--Patients--Family relationships--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers--Death--Juvenile fiction.
Children of cancer patients--Juvenile fiction.
Bereavement.
Grief.
Children.
Cancer--Patients--Family relationships--Fiction.
Mothers--Death--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Neoplasms--mortality
Caregivers
Bereavement
Grief
Family Relations
Child
Mother with cancer Adult with cancer
Picture books for children.
Fictional Work