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Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal awareness: family, relationship & social issues > Parents' divorce & separation, family break-up
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All Alone
(Paperback)
Russ Thompson
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Anne Fine's award winning story.
Kitty Killin is not just a
brilliant story-teller, but also the World's Great Expert when it
comes to mothers having new and unwelcome boyfriends. So it's no
surprise that she's the one chosen to sort out classmate Helly,
who's gone into meltdown. Kitty decides to share her story about
old Goggle-eyes - possibly one of the worst episodes in her life...
Mia's life feels split in two after her parents get divorced - even
her cat and dog now live in two separate places. When she's at her
dad's house, Mia misses her mom's jokes and singing. And when she's
at her mom's house, she misses her dad's laugh and cooking. Mia
just can't quite shake that missing feeling. Sometimes that missing
feeling makes her angry. And sometimes it makes her sad. One day
when Mia visits her Grandpa, he gives her a little blue notebook
saying, "When I write about Grandma, I am sad but I am happy too.
She is gone, but you are here. Life changes, and writing helps me
think about these changes. My notebook is a home for my heart." Mia
keeps her notebook wherever she goes, writing about happy and sad
memories. And soon her notebook becomes a way to balance that
missing feeling. And also a home for her heart.
Ages 4 to 8 years. This book is part of the "Cory Series" to help
children cope with challenging issues. This version presents
engaging activities to help very young clients cope with divorce.
Cory, the central character in the story, helps children gradually
confront and process their feelings and reactions related to the
divorce. Therapeutic games, art, and other playful activities are
incorporated to lower the threat level of therapy and engage
children in treatment. Questions and re-enforcers are woven
throughout the story to captivate and sustain the childs interest
in the story, and to evaluate and encourage the childs integration
of the material. Includes a reproducible story, activities, and
detailed parent handouts.
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