Felix After the Rain

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Pub Date 15 May 2020 | Archive Date 17 Jun 2020

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Felix After the Rain is a beautiful book about depression and the power of friendship. A young man called Felix hides all of his sorrow inside a large black suitcase that he carries with him wherever he goes. One day, a small boy opens the suitcase whilst Felix is sleeping. Felix wakes and the tears that he had been carrying for so long suddenly pour from him. Felix is uplifted, free and his heart is full of joy. Felix embraces the world, and the world embraces him. This book is a wonderful resource for young children to talk about sad feelings and how they might feel better if they confide in another person.

Felix After the Rain is a beautiful book about depression and the power of friendship. A young man called Felix hides all of his sorrow inside a large black suitcase that he carries with him wherever...


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ISBN 9781910328583
PRICE CA$25.50 (CAD)
PAGES 28

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This is a beautifully illustrated story of a boy who drags around a dark suitcase filled with his pains, not knowing what to do with it or how to get rid of it. It's filled with all of the dark things in his mind -- his grandmother's death, hurtful things his father has said to him, and so on. Then a child opens the suitcase and Felix goes through a storm of emotions as he deals with it all, after which he feels light and happy. It's a story that is easy for children to understand even with the metaphors and with the fact that it is translated into English. This will be a good book to discuss with kids afterwards, great for kids who are healing from trauma or just to understand that we must all deal with our dark feelings if we don't want to be burdened with them forever.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

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This was such a beautiful story about a young boy named Felix who carries his sadness and worries with him wherever he goes. I absolutely loved the vivid and unique illustration style, and found the entire theme of this book to be portrayed with just the perfect amount of heaviness to still be a good title for younger children. I will absolutely recommend this to our local library!

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Felix After the Rain is a lovely story that examines feelings both bad and good and what happens when you hang on to those feelings or let them go. Felix starts carrying around a weight with him after his grandmother died. And the weight just kept getting bigger with each negative thing that happened to him. It took someone else to help him be able to let it go and feel free again.
I would love to see the conversations that come out from reading this book.

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