Teach-Reading-and-Writing-Issue-22

1 About this book What if sadness was a visitor you could welcome? In this gentle, empathetic picture book, Sadness is given form: a pale, green-blue figure who arrives quietly and lingers. Through sparse, reassuring text and soft pastel illustrations, Eland offers a way for young readers to recognise, sit with and When Sadness Comes to Call BY EVA ELAND, ANDERSEN PRESS 2020 10 BOOKS COMMENDEDBY As the award, which celebrates the most exciting and promising newcomers to picture book illustration, marks its tenth anniversary, Mat Tobin chooses ten outstanding shortlisted and winning titles from the last decade 12 | www.teachwire.net the Klaus Flugge Prize panel