How To Write One Song

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當悲傷來臨，在心中為他建造一個棲息之地，與它和平相處。不再傷心的時刻來臨，將看到世界美麗的一面。David Litchfield擔任繪者，將悲傷具象化，溫柔傳達悲傷不是負面情緒。Sadness has come to live with me and 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 anything in between.The boy can visit the shelter whenever he needs to, every day, sometimes every hour, and the two of them will cry and talk or just sit, saying nothing. And the boy knows that one day Sadness may come out of the shelter, and together they will look out at the world, and see how beautiful it is. A poignant and heart-warming picture book exploring the importance of making space and time for our own griefs, small or large, sensitively visualized with David Litchfield's stunning illustration.Anne Booth was inspired to write this book by the words of Etty Hillesum, a Holocaust victim wh

Pig loves to read, but one day, he has no books. He knows just how to solve this problem . . . Pig will write his own book.

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