My happy sad mummy / Michelle Vasiliu ; illustrated by Lucia Masciullo ; [foreword by Philip Mitchell].
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780994275509
- 0994275501
- 9780987358684
- 0987358685
- Manic-depressive persons -- Juvenile fiction
- Manic-depressive illness -- Juvenile fiction
- Depression, Mental -- Juvenile fiction
- Australian fiction
- Children's stories
- Bipolar Disorder
- Mother-Child Relations
- Australian fiction
- Children's stories
- Depression, Mental
- Manic-depressive illness
- Manic-depressive persons
- A823.4 23
- RC516 .V37 2015
Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | MHERC Kids books where parent, sibling or other have a mental illness, disability, cancer etc | Available | "Sometimes Mummy has happy days, where she talks and laughs all day long. Sometimes Mummy is sad. She cries all day and stays in bed. Sometimes she's so sad she has to go to hospital." The symptoms of a mental illness can be challenging enough for adults to understand and live with. For a child whose parent lives with bipolar disorder, witnessing and experiencing the highs and lows that this particular mental illness brings with it can be very difficult for a child to process. 'My Happy Sad Mummy' provides both a starting point; for the necessary dialogue that will lead the child to a clearer awareness and understanding of their parent's illness, as well as comfort; to know that their experience is a shared one. | A50000109 |
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"Sometimes Mummy has happy days, where she talks and laughs all day long. Sometimes Mummy is sad. She cries all day and stays in bed. Sometimes she's so sad she has to go to hospital." The symptoms of a mental illness can be challenging enough for adults to understand and live with. For a child whose parent lives with bipolar disorder, witnessing and experiencing the highs and lows that this particular mental illness brings with it can be very difficult for a child to process. 'My Happy Sad Mummy' provides both a starting point; for the necessary dialogue that will lead the child to a clearer awareness and understanding of their parent's illness, as well as comfort; to know that their experience is a shared one.