In India general motion is such that a person with depression is the same as mentally ill (almost mad person), so you may think what will happen in case of explaining it to kids. It is considered as good as taboo. Also here less number of doctors treat patients with hearing instead patient expect medication and ends up having sleeping pills. But in Western countries, people do get help from social as well as a professional front. And if so is better to explain to kids from their younger days about depression. And who says the only adult gets depressed, kids can also be victims of this problem.

The book "Pockets Full of Rocks" is a different style of book. The main character is a young girl who doesn't understand depression. Her father was going through a tough time and was depressed. When she questioned her father about his sadness, his father very nicely explained the topic and gave her guidance to tackle the same if she ever faces it.

The concept is novel, so is the explanation. I liked the book. It deserves 4 out of 5.

I Have to admit pocket full of rocks was a great read, but a read that hits close to home that left me as a parent with depression with more questions. I love the non descriptive way the author explains depression while having good illustrations to go along side of it. The guide in the back may be my favorite part as the parent. the author makes it very clear that this is book is meant to be the start of a conversation. Pocket Full of Rocks prompted me to do more research on age appropriate information which I would very much so do before bringing up depression to kids. This is in no way an easy topic to navigate no matter how cute the illustrations are and you will want to be prepared. All in all I would reccomend this book so long as it is not your only source of information

I love the idea behind his book as a mum.

This was a really great book in the way that the subject of depression is talked about and addressed. I have been dealing with a lot more cases of mental health at the moment and know that it really is on the increase.

Sometimes parents do become depressed and it can be for a variety of reasons and this book helps explains it in terms that are a little easier for a child to understand, it is great that books like this do exist as the most important thing is for the child to know that it is not their fault.

It was well written and touched upon a tough subject really well - it is 4.5 stars from me for this one, rounded up to 5 stars fro Goodreads and Amazon - highly recommended!