Author Description

From early on, children's environments help in shaping their behaviors later and throughout their life. The purpose of this series is to help children understand the realities behind traumatic events. The objective is for children to know that they are not alone in some of the toughest and most devastating situations played out in a playful yet sympathetic way. Hopefully, this will allow them to open up, ask questions, talk to someone they trust, and/or be hopeful that everything will be "okay." "The Sad Day" discusses the emotions and feelings of a little girl as she learns about her uncles death. This book is good for explaining death to children ages 3-10. Also included in this book are tips for communicating and explaining death to young children. This book is a part of a series of books by Dr. Shareeda Tyaire. She writes children's books on hard to talk about topics that happen in real life.