{"product_id":"when-sadness-is-at-your-door","title":"When Sadness Is at Your Door","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"field\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-value\"\u003eA child opens the door and finds Sadness waiting — a large, pale teal, amorphous figure with slumped shoulders and a suitcase. The book's central move is to treat sadness as a visitor rather than an enemy: give it a name, sit with it quietly, find something you both enjoy, like drawing or walking outside. There is no narrative pushing the child to get over it or suggesting that sadness is bad. It is simply here, it is large, and the most useful thing is to acknowledge it rather than hide or run. Eland's approach gives young children a vocabulary for emotional experience that most adults were never given — the idea that a feeling can be distinguished from yourself, named, and accompanied rather than fought. The most important mental health picture book for the Tiny Radicals shelf and the one that most directly gives the youngest P\u0026amp;P readers the emotional foundation everything else on this shelf is built on. Klaus Flugge Prize winner. Kirkus starred review.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Punk and Pedagogy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45853538091206,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/9066\/8742\/files\/when-sadness-is-at-your-door.jpg?v=1779126370","url":"https:\/\/punkandpedagogy.com\/products\/when-sadness-is-at-your-door","provider":"Punk and Pedagogy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}