Sunderland, Margot. <br/><br/>
The day the sea went out and never came back :  a story for children who have lost someone they love / 
Margot Sunderland ; illustrated by Nicky Armstrong. 
 - London and New York :  Routledge,  2017. 
 - 40 unnumbered pages :  color illustrations ;  30 cm. 
 - Helping children with feelings .
 - Helping children with feelings. .
<br/><br/> "This is a story for children who have lost someone they love. Eric is a sand dragon who loves the sea very much. Each day, he watches it going out and coming back. But one day, the sea goes out and does not come back. Eric waits and waits, but it does not come back. So he falls on the sand in terrible pain. It feels to him as if he has lost everything. After many bleak days, Eric sees a little wild flower. It is dying. Eric knows he must save it. He finds water. More and more flowers appear and so Eric starts to make a beautiful rock pool garden. And as he does, he finds the courage to feel the full pain of his loss, instead of closing his heart. He realises that his memories of his precious sea are like a special kind of treasure in his mind, a treasure he will never lose. This beautifully-illustrated book aims to help children think about and connect with their feelings about grief and loss, and healing.  It can enable teachers, parents and professionals to recognise the unresolved feelings behind a child's behaviour.<br/><br/>Audience: child 4 - 12<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0863884636 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3W3939  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Loss (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Grief--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Death--Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Death Grief Loss