Sadness Is Here: The Boat That Didn't Get To Float - A Children's Story About Being Sad

When a child you love is sad, it's natural to want to cheer them up or make their sadness go away. But sometimes, what they need most is someone who stays close and gives their sadness the time and space it needs to be felt.Lilly worked hard on her stick boat all week long. She couldn't wait to finally see it float down the creek. Then a thunderstorm arrives, and the day she was so excited for slips away.Lilly cries and sobs as her disappointment sets in. Her mom doesn't try to stop her sadness, distract her from it, or tell her everything will be okay. Instead, she stays close, listens, and gives Lilly the space to experience her emotions in her own time.Sadness Is Here is a picture book for children ages 3-7 about disappointment and the importance of allowing children to move through difficult emotions at their own pace.Families, early childhood educators, teachers, and counselors can use Sadness Is Here to help children understand that sadness is a natural feeling that is meant to be felt and expressed, not something we need to avoid or quickly make go away.Written by a former Early Childhood Educator and parent, Sadness Is Here illustrates how validation and empathy can support a child through sadness and disappointment.A reminder that children don't need us to take their sadness away. They need us to stay with them while they move through it.Sadness needs to be felt, not fixed.