About This Book
Reach for this book when your child is struggling with the frustration of waiting or needs help navigating the slow transitions between life's seasons. While many children's books explain the calendar as a series of facts, this collection uses whimsical, surrealist storytelling to explore the emotional weight of time passing. It is a perfect choice for children who find standard educational books too dry but need a gentle framework to process change. Through four interrelated stories featuring characters like a talkative tree and a hippo named Louise, Nick Bruel explores themes of patience, joy, and letting go. The absurdist humor makes it highly engaging for kids aged 4 to 8, providing a lighthearted way to discuss why good things take time to grow and why endings are necessary for new beginnings. It is an inventive tool for building emotional resilience through laughter.
What Parents Should Know
Sensitive Topics
The approach is entirely secular and metaphorical. There is a sense of 'letting go' in the Autumn section that could be a soft entry point for discussing loss, but it remains hopeful and cyclic. The fairy character is described as 'demented,' which is used in a classic slapstick sense rather than a comment on mental health.
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