A Blue Kind of Day

by Rachel Tomlinson
illustrated by Tori-Jay Mordey
Published by Penguin
ISBN 9781761046384

One day Coen woke up feeling sad, sniffling and weeping. It was just one of those awful blue days. He didn't know what was wrong, he just felt blue and all he wanted to do was crawl up into his blanket as tight as he could. No amount of coaxing, talking, his little sister wanting to play, joking or dad encouraging him to go and kick a ball around would help.

In this illustrated book which highlights diversity, psychologist Rachel Tomlinson who also wrote Teaching Kids to be Kind, delves into the muddled up moods of childhood depression in a sympathetic and compassionate way. She shows families how through empathy, love, care and understanding young Coen starts to feel better and returns to his old self.

It's a caring book to read with young children from the ages of 3 to 6 with notes for parents on identifying and dealing with childhood depression