Meet the Author
The first children's book Larissa ever wrote was called "The Little Apple". It was a collection of folded A4 pages with spelling mistakes...
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about
Who
This project is run by registered grief support charity Possum Portraits, which supports families through perinatal bereavement
What
We are creating a picture book to help parents talk about grief & loss with their surviving children after experiencing bereavement
Why
Death, grief and loss are complex subjects even for adults. Our book helps parents broach and talk about deep feelings with their kids
How
Our book "The House in Ollie's Tummy" will be for sale nation-wide. 500 copies will be donated to hospitals & public libraries.
Why A Book?
Children's Books have a unique tool at their disposal: pictures. In a picture book, illustrations can communicate feelings, ideas and internal states without needing the story to use difficult words or make something intangible too explicit.
Especially when we are talking about complex subject matters like grief, loss and death, the picture book is a child-appropriate medium which can help make these issues more comprehensible.
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