About the Author

Lisa Allen ==========

Lisa Allen is a New Zealand graphic designer and freelance illustrator. She also paints on commission and teaches art. Lisa has illustrated a number of successful picture books including Mangrove (Penguin 2007) and Anzac Day Parade (Penguin 2010).

Rose Stanley worked as a Student Support Specialist in a New Zealand primary school for six years and has most recently been an advisor for the Lifewalk Trust, where she trains volunteers working in a similar support role. Her work has involved supporting many children as they went through difficult life experiences including bereavement, family separations and friendship problems.

Lisa Allen is a New Zealand graphic designer and freelance illustrator of several successful picture books including, "Mangrove" (Penguin 2007) and "Anzac Day Parade" (Penguin 2010).Rose Stanley worked as a Student Support Specialist in a New Zealand primary school for six years. Her work has involved supporting many children as they went through difficult life experiences including bereavement, family separations and friendship problems. She has also written a number of articles for the parenting magazine Tots to Teens."

Reviews

"This book could be used to promote discussions with children about their own emotions and life experiences." --Reading Time (Australia) "It's a thoughtful, well-considered book that will go some way to assist with child developmental issues." --The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

It s a thoughtful, well-considered book that will go some way to assist with child developmental issues. The Sydney Morning Herald""