DEPRESSION

[LOTS MORE TITLES TO COME]

Blueloon Paperback (2012)

by Julia Cook (Author), Anita DuFalla (Illustrator)
Amazon.com blurb:  Meet Blueloon a sad little balloon who is suffering from depression. With help from the wise rock, Blueloon learns what he can do to bounce back to being the way he used to be bright, round, and full with a very straight string! Although clinical depression is often thought of as an adult disease, it can affect children, as well. Unfortunately, children may not have the maturity to understand what is happening to them, or they may feel powerless to change their situation, so they don’t speak up about what they are going through. It is up to adults to be on the lookout for signs of trouble, and recognize when a child needs help.

Emily’s Blue Period (2014)

by Cathleen Daly (Author), Lisa Brown (Illustrator)

Amazon.com blurb:  Emily wants to be an artist. She likes painting and loves the way artists like Pablo Picasso mixed things up.  Emily’s life is a little mixed up right now. Her dad doesn’t live at home anymore, and it feels like everything around her is changing.

“When Picasso was sad for a while,” says Emily, “he only painted in blue. And now I am in my blue period.”  It might last quite some time.

Whimsy’s Heavy Things (2013)

by Julie Kraulis (Author/Illustrator)

Amazon.com blurb: Whimsy’s heavy things are weighing her down. She tries to sweep them under the rug, but she trips over them. She tries to put them in a tree, but they fall on her. She even tries to sail them out to sea, but they always come back. Eventually Whimsy decides to deal with the heavy things one at a time… and a surprising thing happens. With exquisite illustrations and delightfully simple text, Whimsy’s Heavy Things is a sweet story about changing the things that weigh us down into the things that lift us up.