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Coen is having a sniffling, sighing, sobbing kind of day.
His family thinks they know how to cheer him up. His dad wants to go outside and play, Mom tells her funniest joke, and his little sister shares her favorite teddy. Nothing helps. But one by one, they get quiet and begin to listen. After some time, space, and reassurance, Coen is able to show them what he needs.
With poignant prose, A Blue Kind of Day explores how depression might feel in the body and shows us how to support the people we love with patience, care, and empathy.
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Release date
April 5, 2022 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593508954
- File size: 3869 KB
- Duration: 00:08:03
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 620
- Text Difficulty: 2-3
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Reviews
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Starred review from October 1, 2022
K-Gr 4-Psychologist/author Tomlinson introduces a child navigating his "blue" mood in a thoughtful, all-Australian collaboration. Indigenous Australian Tori-Jay Mordey illustrated the book, her art inspired by her own multiracial background. Australian Aboriginal actor/narrator Shari Sebbens, too, shares the characters' heritage: to savor Sebbens's resonating performance with an open book reveals Coen's father presenting as white, and his mother drawn with brown skin. Sebbens is an empathic cipher as Coen faces "a deep, murky kind of blue that made [him] feel trapped." Sebbens infuses his mother's "It can't be that bad" with anxious worry, his father's "Let's go outside" with concerned cheer, his sister's "You don't look sick!" with energetic doubt. Coen can't "find the words to describe why everything felt so wrong," but his family's quiet support helps him out of his "blanket cocoon." VERDICT Every library could benefit from stocking multiple formats of this gentle guide to tough emotions.
Copyright 2022 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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