{"product_id":"violet-the-snowgirl-isbn-9781631985171","title":"Violet the Snowgirl","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis versatile story gives children permission to grieve and helps them develop positive coping skills.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When third grader Jerzie wakes up the day after her birthday, she feels grumpy. Her birthday cheer is gone, and she knows today is going to be nothing but boring—until she hears a knock at her door. Grandma’s here! Grandma, Jerzie, and her little brother, Josiah, spend all day outside building and playing with Violet, a snowgirl that becomes a pilot, a teacher, a vet, and even their late granddad throughout the day. But when a warm day comes and Violet melts, Jerzie must learn to cope with her grief and develop positive coping skills.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The stages of grief are complex, but using the simple analogy of building a snowman, \u003ci\u003eViolet the Snowgirl\u003c\/i\u003e is accessible and versatile. It helps children develop positive coping skills so they can process change, like moving to a new school. It also offers strategies for dealing with more difficult loss, like divorce or death. At the back of the book, you will find conversation prompts and resources to support children experiencing grief.This versatile story gives children permission to grieve and helps them develop positive coping skills.\u003cp\u003eLisa L. Walsh is a school social worker with more than twenty years of experience in counseling students from preschool to high school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is the author of a young adult novel about a family affected by addiction and has done local TV and radio interviews as well as readings and other events. Her students inspired Violet the Snowgirl—it was a real-life discussion of loss in a classroom of eight-year-olds who were empathizing with a classmate whose father had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalsh has two adult daughters and lives in Gifford, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWendy Leach was born in the heartland of the United States and has very stubbornly stayed put.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer love for picture book illustration grew while earning her BFA and working in the children’s department of her local Barnes \u0026amp; Noble. Her favorite subjects to draw include cute kids and their pets, city landscapes, and lush garden spaces. She is a proud member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and was honored to be a featured illustrator on their website.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe lives in Kansas City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Seeing our children experience negative emotion is challenging. With good intentions of trying to spare children from sadness, grief, or even anger, many adults attempt to change a child’s feelings rather than allowing the natural process of experiencing them. Lisa L. Walsh skillfully navigates this complicated process in a delightful book written for kids and the adults who love them. As a psychologist and play therapist, I’m always on the lookout for books that are fun for kids, as well as helpful for understanding emotions. I highly recommend this book for all families!”\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eViolet the Snowgirl\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful journey into the power of imagination, understanding and identifying feelings, and discovering the circle of life. All of this occurs under the umbrella of involved and supportive adults. The accompanying exercises that follow the story provide great opportunities for deeper interaction and exploration of these important issues. Charming in every way.”\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eViolet the Snowgirl\u003c\/i\u003e kept me captivated until the last page! This short story allows children to see that it is normal to have a variety of feelings, and it models how to deal with their range of emotions. The characters learn that talking with others and working through their emotions helps them move beyond their grief and look back at the fond memories. I love that this story is creative in showing how to deal with loss through an age-appropriate event other than a death or divorce. This book will be read to many students in our school, as well as with my children at home.”\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“As a former kindergarten teacher, I highly recommend this book for children of all ages. It is a touching story that illustrates the importance of making and keeping memories alive. In doing so, those memories can help children face trauma, loss, and change with the hope of better tomorrows. It also demonstrates a child’s need to have nurturing family relationships in order to build positive coping mechanisms. Both their grandmother and their mother provide love and support for Jerzie and Josiah in helping them overcome their feelings of loss.”\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“In the midst of disappointment and sorrow, Jerzie stumbles on a big life lesson when she realizes that the great treasures she loved and had feared were gone forever aren't really lost after all. Talking with young children about loss can be a tough conversation for adults to know how to start, and overwhelming for children. \u003ci\u003eViolet the Snowgirl\u003c\/i\u003e is a useful vehicle for such conversations, offering helpful tools in a child friendly story format. Throughout the story, the children model checking in with and identifying their emotions, expressing them, and finally finding a way to effectively think about and cope with them. The genius in this simple story is in its versatility. \u003ci\u003eViolet the Snowgirl\u003c\/i\u003e can be used to help children talk about any number of real-life situations including moving, divorce, and death. A helpful set of discussion questions is provided at the end to guide the processing of these kinds of difficult life events. This book is a must-have tool for parents, therapists, school counseling programs, or teachers who care for and work with elementary-age children.”\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Talking about loss and sadness can be tough, especially with young children. Walsh’s \u003ci\u003eViolet the Snowgirl\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully captures the importance of acknowledging those difficult feelings and how, with love and support, those feelings can eventually transition to hope and fond memories. This is a wonderful story to help children understand that while losing someone or something is difficult, we always have our memories and hope for what is yet to come.”\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Free Spirit Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48004942102757,"sku":"NP9781631985171","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/31bb48b2-963d-4a0a-be37-ab900168752a.jpg?v=1762274776","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/violet-the-snowgirl-isbn-9781631985171","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}