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The Night Crossing
A Lullaby For Children On Life's Last Journey
Series: Therapeutic Fairy Tales
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Ideal for professionals and caregivers supporting children aged 7 and above with untreatable illnesses. Also suitable for use with siblings and family members to aid emotional understanding and mental wellness.
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This sensitive storybook is designed to be used therapeutically by professionals and caregivers supporting children with an untreatable illness. With engaging, gentle and colourful illustrations, it tells the story of the final journey made by a Boy and a Bear, as the Boy says his goodbyes and comes to terms with his life-ending illness.
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This beautifully illustrated and sensitive storybook is designed to be used therapeutically by professionals and caregivers supporting children with an untreatable illness. With engaging, gentle and colourful illustrations that can be used to prompt conversation, it tells the story of the final journey made by a Boy with a Bear, as the Boy says his goodbyes and comes to terms with his life-ending illness.
This book is also available to buy as part of the Therapeutic Fairy Tales pack. Therapeutic Fairy Tales is a series of short modern tales dedicated to exploring challenging life situations that might be faced by young children. Each short story is designed to be used by professionals and caregivers as they use stories therapeutically to support childrenβs mental and emotional health.
Other books in the series include:
- Storybook Manual: Introduction To Working With Storybooks Therapeutically And Creatively
- The Night Crossing: A Lullaby For Children On Lifeβs Last Journey
- The Island: For Children With A Parent Living With Depression
Designed to be used with children aged 7+, each story has an accompanying online resource, offering therapeutic prompts and creative exercises to support the practitioner. These resources can also be adapted for wider use with siblings and other family members.
The Night Crossing - from the Therapeutic Fairy Tales series β is born out of a creative collaboration between Pia Jones and Sarah Pimenta.
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The Night Crossing
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780367491208
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 August 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Illustration: 20 Line drawings, color; 20 Illustrations, color
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 250.0mm
Height: 250.0mm
Weight: 160g
Pages: 36
About the Author
Pia Jones is an author, workshop facilitator and UKCP integrative arts psychotherapist, who trained at The Institute for Arts in Therapy & Education. Pia has worked with children and adults in a variety of school, health and community settings. Core to her practice, is using arts and story as support during times of loss, transition and change, giving a TEDx talk on the subject. She was Story Director on artgymβs award-winning film documentary, βThe Moving Theatre,β where puppetry brought to life real stories of peopleβs migrations. Pia also designed the βSometimes I Feelβ story cards, a Speechmark therapeutic resource to support children with their feelings. You can view her work at www.silverowlartstherapy.org.uk.
Sarah Pimenta is an experienced artist, workshop facilitator and lecturer in creativity. Her specialist art form is print-making, and her creative practice has brought texture, colour and emotion into a variety of environments, both in the UK and abroad. Sarah has over twenty yearsβ experience of designing and delivering creative, high-quality art workshops in over 250 schools, diverse communities and public venues, including the British Library, V&A, NESTA, Oval House and many charities. Her work is often described as art with therapeutic intent, and she is skilled in working with adults and children who have access issues and complex needs. Sarah is known as Social Fabric, www.social-fabric.co.uk.
Both Pia and Sarah hope these Therapeutic Fairy Tales open up conversations that enable children and familiesβ own stories and feelings to be seen and heard.
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