The Frog Who Longed for the Moon to Smile

Name: The Frog Who Longed for the Moon to Smile
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780863884955
Price: 35.99 NZD
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A Story for Children Who Yearn for Someone They Love

By Margot Sunderland

Series: Helping Children with Feelings

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Frog is enamoured with the moon because she once smiled at him. He spends his days dreaming and waiting for her smile to return. With the help of a wise crow, Frog learns he has been fixated on what he lacks rather than appreciating the abundance around him.
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Frog is in love with the moon because she once smiled at him. So now he spends all his time dreaming about her. He waits and waits for her to smile at him again. One day a wise and friendly crow helps frog to see how he is wasting his life away. All the time he has been facing the place of very little, he's had his back to the place of plenty.

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The Frog Who Longed for the Moon to Smile tells the story of Frog, who is very much in love with the moon because she once smiled at him. So now, he spends all his time dreaming about her. He waits and waits for her to smile at him again.

One day, a wise and friendly crow helps Frog to see how he is wasting his life away. All the time he has been facing the place of very little, he's had his back to the place of plenty.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780863884955

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 January 2001

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Speechmark Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

Illustrated by Nicky Armstrong

Audience: Primary and secondary education, Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 200.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 139g

Pages: 28

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Margot Sunderland Series: Helping Children with Feelings

About the Author

Dr Margot Sunderland is Director of Education and Training at The Centre for Child Mental Health London, Honorary Visiting Fellow at London Metropolitan University and Integrative Child Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Trainer with over two decades of experience in working with adults, teenagers and children. She is a First Prize award winning author, with 20 books in child mental health, published in nineteen countries.

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