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Tag: bereaved children

Posted on May 4, 2023May 4, 2023Bereavement

The Grief Rock: Navigating Love & Loss with Kids

The Grief Rock: Navigating Love & Loss with Kids This blog post was written by JKP author Natasha Daniels. What happens when you wake up…

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Suicide
Posted on February 15, 2017November 6, 2017Bereavement

Why We Need to Break the Silence Around Suicide, Especially for our Children

Louise Moir explains why she wrote Rafi’s Red Racing Car, details her own experiences, and expresses the need for a breakdown in the stigma that…

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honesty
Posted on January 25, 2017November 6, 2017Bereavement

No matter how young the child, honesty is the best way…

That is according to Nathalie Slosse, author of Big Tree is Sick, who tells the story of how the book came to be, as well as laying…

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Posted on November 16, 2016November 17, 2016Bereavement

Children’s Grief Awareness Week: Grief Pulls People Together

The arrival of Children’s Grief Awareness Week sees author Emmi Smid reflect on some memorable feedback to her ambitious book – Luna’s Red Hat. The beautiful…

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Posted on August 4, 2016August 4, 2016Bereavement

What is death? And how can we help children understand it? – Marian Carter

In this extract from Helping Children and Adolescents Think about Death, Dying and Bereavement, Marian Carter draws upon her experience as a chaplain who has worked…

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Posted on June 24, 2016November 9, 2017Education

Pooky Knightsmith: Three good reasons to write bad poetry

You don’t need to be a poet to write poetry, and you don’t need to write ‘good’ poetry to get a lot out of it. …

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Posted on June 10, 2016November 9, 2017Counselling

Download a therapeutic resource from Pooky Knightsmith’s new book ‘Using Poetry to Promote Talking and Healing’

There are five poems in this extract from Pooky Knightsmith’s new book Using Poetry to Promote Talking and Healing. Each poem, written by Pooky, is…

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bereavement
Posted on March 17, 2016November 9, 2017Bereavement

Tackling bereavement with children in school

With an established background in psychology and education, author John Holland has written numerous books for JKP about bereavement and loss. In this blog, John gives insight…

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Posted on May 18, 2015September 10, 2015Adoption and Fostering

Developing Luna: representing grief in childhood

Emmi Smid, author of Luna’s Red Hat, walks us through her creative process as she developed Luna’s character: from her name and her look, to…

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Posted on May 11, 2015September 10, 2015Adoption and Fostering

The Story Behind Luna’s Red Hat

Featuring suicide in a picture book may sound like an unlikely combination to some people, which is why we’ve asked Emmi Smid, author of Luna’s…

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