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A Shelter for Sadness by Anne Booth
Category: Graphic Novels
Sadness has come to live with meand I am building it a shelter.I am building a shelter for my sadnessand welcoming it inside. A small boy creates a shelter for his sadness, a safe space where Sadness is welcome, where it can curl up small, or be as big as it can be, where it can be noisy or quiet, or a ...Show more
A Shelter for Sadness by Anne Booth
Category: Children's Non Fiction
A poignant and heartwarming picture book exploring the nature of sadness, beautifully illustrated by David Litchfield and now available in paperback. Sadness has come to live with me and I am building it a shelter. I am building a shelter for my sadness and welcoming it inside. A small boy creates a she ...Show more
Bloom by Anne Booth; Robyn Owen Wilson
Category: Picture Books | Series: Hope in a Scary World Ser.
There was once a beautiful flower and a little girl who loved it. She talked to it every morning on her way to school. The owner of the flower shouted at her. The next day, the flower did not open. The angry man didn't understand. He tried watering it. He tried giving it shade and he tried talking to it ...Show more
Every Picture Tells a Story: Adventures in Australian Art by John Ross, Anne Booth
Category: Art and Design
Episodes in Australian history as seen through the eyes of artists, with text accomanied by pictures from the Australian National Gallery.
Girl with a White Dog by Anne Booth
Category: Children's
A powerful and affecting story with a cast of characters that reflects the diversity of modern classrooms, and draws parallels between events of WWII and the problems of today. At its heart, though, is an accessible story of a girl whose gran gets a loveable white Alsatian puppy, which triggers a strang ...Show more
I Send You a Hug: A Reassuring Story for Children Missing a Loved One by Anne Booth
Category: Picture Books
When Big Bear and Little Bear have to say goodbye, Big Bear tells Little Bear about all the ways she'll send a hug from afar-I can change my hug into bird song early in the morning,or into the sea so I can wave at you when you are on the beach.Join Little Bear on his adventure to discover all the many d ...Show more
I Want a Friend by Anne Booth
Category: Picture Books
'I want a friend,' said Arthur, 'I want a friend right now. I want to make one RIGHT AWAY But I am not sure how.' Join Arthur at nursery school in his determined search for a friend - could he dig a hole to trap one, or catch one in a net? His ideas don't seem to be going to plan, but then Lily appear ...Show more
Little Cloud by Anne Booth; Sarah Massini (Illustrator)
Category: Children's
Once there was a dream of a cloud, waiting, hiding, in a blue sky, which became a whisper of white and grew and grew... Everybody loves looking at the little white cloud as it makes all sorts of interesting shapes, but one day the little cloud becomes bigger and darker and heavier. As the raindrops pat ...Show more
Refuge by Anne Booth
Category: Children's
The Christmas story and what follows: the fleeing of Jesus, Mary and Joseph from Herod's soldiers to Egypt. This is a book with timeless crossover appeal and a message that couldn't be more relevant.A perfect gift book for Christmas by Waterstones Prize shortlisted author, Anne Booth, and illustrated by ...Show more
Refuge by Anne Booth
Category: Picture Books
Set in a beautiful hardback format with text by Waterstones Prize shortlisted author, Anne Booth, and illustrated by Waterstones Prize shortlisted illustrator, Sam Usher, this retelling of the nativity is a perfect Christmas gift. A book with timeless crossover appeal and a message that couldn't be more ...Show more
Small Miracles by Anne Booth
Category: Fiction
'Charming, witty and warm, Small Miracles is a gentle gem of a novel, a cheery balm in troubling times.' AJ Pearce, bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird Three nuns play the lottery to save their failing convent, resulting in a story of friendship, community, faith and love. The 1990s are proving tough ...Show more
Small Miracles by Anne Booth
Category: Fiction
'Charming, witty and warm, Small Miracles is a gentle gem of a novel, a cheery balm in troubling times.' AJ Pearce, bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird Three nuns play the lottery to save their failing convent, resulting in a story of friendship, community, faith and love. The 1990s are proving tough fo ...Show more