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Michael Rosen's Sad Book
'Sometimes I'm sad and I don't know why.' Michael Rosen said it for all of us. 🕯️
Who it's for
Rosen writes about the death of his son Eddie in the plainest possible words, and Quentin Blake's pictures show a man pulling a happy face over a sad one.
Sad→Validated
Feelings it meets
What it is
Michael Rosen's Sad Book, illustrated by Quentin Blake and published in 2004, is a non-fiction picture book about Rosen's grief after the death of his son Eddie at eighteen.
Where to find it
In print (Walker Books UK, Candlewick US) and in libraries; read-aloud videos by Rosen himself circulate online.
Before you start
Heads up: Death of a teenage son.
Age: Ages 6+
Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Chapter FORTY
