Bedtime story / Chloe Hooper ; illustrated by Anna Walker.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: Cammeray, NSW : Scribner, 2022Whakaahuatanga: 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781761103513
- 1761103512
- 155.937 23
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Nonfiction | Ōpunakē LibraryPlus Nonfiction | Nonfiction | 155.937 (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | i2221579 |
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Let me tell you a story...When Chloe Hooper's partner is diagnosed with a rare and aggressive illness, she has to find a way to tell their two young sons.By instinct, she turns to the bookshelf. Can the news be broken as a bedtime tale? Is there a perfect book to prepare children for loss? Hooper embarks on a quest to find what practical lessons children's literature-with its innocent orphans and evil adults, magic, monsters and anthropomorphic animals-can teach about grief and resilience in real life. As she discovers, 'the right words are an incantation, a spell of hope for the future.' From the Brothers Grimm to Frances Hodgson Burnett and Tolkien and Dahl-all of whom suffered childhood bereavements-she follows the breadcrumbs of the world's favourite authors, searching for the deep wisdom in their books and lives.
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