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Sep. 16th, 2009 07:59 pmI know we haven't had a picture book for the last two weeks. Sorry about that. I'm going to get back into the swing of things, I promise.
This week's Picture Book You Should Read is Michael Rosen's Sad Book, illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Sometimes sad is very big, it is everywhere. All over me.
This, like The Red Tree is one of the books that made me want to start posting more about picture books. There isn't a story, so much, or characters other than the narrator. The language is simple. A man has lost his son and he is sad. He talks about how his sadness affects him, how he acts because of it, and how he tries to feel better sometimes in spite of it.
Why should you read this book? Because it's sad. No, really, that's my reason. Because it is simple and honest about being sad. Because sometimes, you need someone to come along and say that it's all right to feel like that, it's all right to cry, and that even though you feel sad and it doesn't go away, there are things that will make it better.
"Sometimes I want to talk about all this to someone. Like my mum. But she's not here anymore, either. So I can't."
"Sometimes I’m sad and I don’t know why. It’s just a cloud that comes along and covers me up. It’s not because Eddie’s gone. It’s not because my mom’s gone. It’s just because. "
"Where is sad? Sad is anywhere. It comes along and finds you. When is sad? Sad is any time. It comes along and finds you."
It will make you cry. I promise. I told myself that I'm not allowed to read it anymore while I'm shelving because of that. But it's worth reading, for all that, if only for the last illustration, which I really wish I could find online to show you. It's a picture of the narrator, alone in a darkened room, sitting in front of a tiny candle. It is beautiful and hopeful inside its sadness and I want you to read this book so that I can share that picture with you.
This week's Picture Book You Should Read is Michael Rosen's Sad Book, illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Sometimes sad is very big, it is everywhere. All over me.
This, like The Red Tree is one of the books that made me want to start posting more about picture books. There isn't a story, so much, or characters other than the narrator. The language is simple. A man has lost his son and he is sad. He talks about how his sadness affects him, how he acts because of it, and how he tries to feel better sometimes in spite of it.
Why should you read this book? Because it's sad. No, really, that's my reason. Because it is simple and honest about being sad. Because sometimes, you need someone to come along and say that it's all right to feel like that, it's all right to cry, and that even though you feel sad and it doesn't go away, there are things that will make it better.
"Sometimes I want to talk about all this to someone. Like my mum. But she's not here anymore, either. So I can't."
"Sometimes I’m sad and I don’t know why. It’s just a cloud that comes along and covers me up. It’s not because Eddie’s gone. It’s not because my mom’s gone. It’s just because. "
"Where is sad? Sad is anywhere. It comes along and finds you. When is sad? Sad is any time. It comes along and finds you."
It will make you cry. I promise. I told myself that I'm not allowed to read it anymore while I'm shelving because of that. But it's worth reading, for all that, if only for the last illustration, which I really wish I could find online to show you. It's a picture of the narrator, alone in a darkened room, sitting in front of a tiny candle. It is beautiful and hopeful inside its sadness and I want you to read this book so that I can share that picture with you.
