Crying is Like the Rain: A Story of Mindfulness and Feelings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A gentle metaphor for understanding and processing anxiety and sadness.
Is it possible we’ve misunderstood crying all along? That’s the discovery one big sister sets out to share with her little brother as they walk to school and get caught in a storm. Along the way they explore sadness, loneliness, fear, frustration, anger and more, through gentle metaphor. Their journey examines our tears revealing how they begin, why they happen, and what to do with them. Throughout the book, the message received is that we are safe in our emotional experiences and that feelings, like the weather, come and go. This is an empowering story about navigating and understanding our feelings as a healthy, important, and very natural part of our lives. Have you ever noticed you feel differently after you cry? That’s because Crying is like the Rain.
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Centering on a child getting walked to school by an older sibling, Feinberg uses the changing weather as an extended metaphor for fluctuating emotions. Textural illustrations by Kellogg provide a sprightly backdrop to the characters' journey. Two consecutive spreads one depicting clear skies as the duo traverse a rural road, the next depicting the gathering storm as a man tending his sunflowers waves to the siblings stand out, the perspective shift reflecting characters' reactions to the weather. While some passages feel heavy-handed ("When you are worried or upset,/ scared or lonely, or something deep/ within feels off balance, there is/ a storm building inside you"), the book stands as a reliable entr e for adults to support young readers' emotional processing. Back matter includes mindfulness activities and advice for caretakers on how to discuss feelings with children. Ages 6 8.
