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Shadow Elephant by Nadine Robert (2020, Children's Board Books / Children's Board Books)

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This is a subtle story about an elephant who is feeling sorrowful, and nothing seems to interest him or lift his spirits. Illustrated with a striking contrast between shadow and light, the moody blue elephant appears to live in a different world from his colorful savanna friends.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherEnchanted Lion Books, LLC

ISBN-101592703127

ISBN-139781592703128

eBay Product ID (ePID)3050409105

Product Key Features

Book TitleShadow Elephant

Number of Pages48 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

TopicGeneral, Social Themes / Friendship, Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, Animals / Elephants

IllustratorYes, Vidali, Valerio

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorNadine Robert

FormatChildren's Board Books / Children's Board Books

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight18.1 Oz

Item Length11.8 in

Item Width9.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2020-008124

ReviewsThe book's uncluttered compositions with tightly framed perspectives and Vidali's sure lines and simple shapes reduce the dramatic action to its essentials. The palette, dominated by velvety, richly colored blues, heightens the book's emotional impact, and the beguiling use of light and shadow establishes a wistful, pensive mood. The story, including its evocative title, can serve as an effective conversation starter on topics such as compassion, melancholy, and what it means to be a friend.A deeply felt, truly empathetic story about the value of sharing burdens with others. -Kirkus, A Financial Times Best Children's Book of 2021: "This picture book about sadness features an elephant who is blue both literally and figuratively. The contrast between him and his happier animal friends comes through in both the understated text and the richly colored images. Sorrow, we learn, can't always be remedied but can be understood." -- Financial Times, It is a human impulse, this urge to shoo the sadness away. It is also dehumanizing, for only when we let the blues rush in with their full intensity do we become fully alive and awake to the dazzling spectrum of feeling that makes life worth living. That is what Canadian author Nadine Robert and Italian artist Valerio Vidali explore with great subtlety and tenderness in The Shadow Elephant. -Brain Pickings

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromKindergarten

Dewey Decimal813.6

Grade ToThird Grade

SynopsisA Financial Times Best Children's Book of 2021 This is a subtle story about an elephant who is feeling sorrowful, and nothing seems to interest him or lift his spirits. Illustrated with a striking contrast between shadow and light, the moody blue elephant appears to live in a different world from his colorful savanna friends. Empathy is a tricky emotion for children and adults alike to grasp, but The Shadow Elephant manages to walk the line between sadness, understanding, and emotional connection. Here we witness, in a story that unfolds at a natural, gentle pace, that it's okay to be sad and to show it, and that this sorrow is not necessarily a problem to be fixed, but is a feeling to acknowledge without judgement. This simple act of acceptance and validating another creature's feelings is subtle, yet, it is an essential step to true empathy., Age range 5 to 9 A gentle story about sadness showing that sometimes all you need to feel better is the openness of someone who accepts you as you are. This is a subtle story about an elephant who is down in the dumps. Illustrated with a striking contrast between shadow and light, the moody blue elephant appears to live in a different world from his colorful savannah friends. Empathy is a tricky emotion for children and adults alike to grasp, but The Shadow Elephant manages to walk the line between sadness, understanding, and emotional connection. Here we witness in a natural and comfortable way that it's okay to be sad and to show it. It's also okay not to have a quick fix. Better, in fact, to acknowledge someone else's feelings without judgement and to show your acceptance of them as they are, which is often the very best gift of all., A gentle story about sadness showing that sometimes all you need to feel better is the openness of someone who accepts you as you are. A Financial Times Best Children's Book of 2021 This is a subtle story about an elephant who is feeling sorrowful, and nothing seems to interest him or lift his spirits. Illustrated with a striking contrast between shadow and light, the moody blue elephant appears to live in a different world from his colorful savanna friends. Empathy is a tricky emotion for children and adults alike to grasp, but The Shadow Elephant manages to walk the line between sadness, understanding, and emotional connection. Here we witness, in a story that unfolds at a natural, gentle pace, that it's okay to be sad and to show it, and that this sorrow is not necessarily a problem to be fixed, but is a feeling to acknowledge without judgement. This simple act of acceptance and validating another creature's feelings is subtle, yet, it is an essential step to true empathy.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.R5392Sh 2020

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