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In Whimsy’s Heavy Things: Confidence, healthy friendships, finding joy in little things �" these are all signs of good emotional health. For children, stories are a great way to start a discussion when things aren’t going so well inside their heads and hearts �" and if, like Whimsy below, they have heavy things to carry around. In fact, isn’t talking about difficulties and differences the first step toward peace?Here are some good picture books to get started.
We all carry heavy things around with us, whether in our hearts or on the back burners of our minds. Whimsy’s ‘heavy things’ look like big, hairy bowling balls, and she pulls them around heaped in a little red wagon. She just can’t get rid of them. They won’t fly or swim away and they won’t hide under the rug. You know how it is when you try to make your own heavy things disappear. But Whimsy has a brilliant idea: Why not break up the heavy things into smaller things, and see how useful they might be? Good advice for anyone whose burdens are as overwhelming as Whimsy’s.
Whimsy’s Heavy Things by Julie Kraulis (Tundra Books, 2013); Ages 3-7.
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