“Will they find the right words and the power of stories to heal broken hearts?”
The Dragon In The Bookshop

“When life gets dark … let yourself shine bright.”
Glitter Boy

“When life gets tough …. Keep looking for the impossible.”
A Tricky Kind Of Magic

I cannot let Childrens Mental Health Week pass without mentioning loss and grief

When we lose someone that we love the pain is immense and the grief we experience lasts a long time and affects us all in different ways

Grief makes us sad, angry, confused and hurt

We can be left feeling guilty, feeling lost and lonely, feeling anxious and depressed

Through our grief we can show resilience, courage and we long for light and hope then feel bad for feeling any positives after our loss

There is trauma and stress after death and we need to learn how to recognise it, how to deal with it

And how to help our young people do the same

We need to know how to help others who are grieving

Loss and grief manifests in many in a multitude of ways affecting not only our mental health but our physical well-being too

This stack of 12 middle grade books shine a light on mental health issues linked to loss and grief

These are brilliant and beautiful books

These are important reads for our young people

Loss and grief are important topics for me after losing my daughter

It has been 10 years and we are still all navigating our own grief journeys and books like these really help us as a bereaved family

I am so grateful to the authors for these stories

Over the years I have shared many books around bereavement loss and grief

You can find them by searching on Instagram for #edspirereadsgriefandloss #edspirereadslossandgrief

But today I want to shine a light on these middle grade reads that are all perfect for reading this

Children’s Mental Health Week 2023

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