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July special! Signed copies. Children don't dissolve in the rain by Adele Cleaver

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My book baby is 5 this month so celebrating with a £5 sale. What a total bargain (I'm probably not making any money on these sales but I don't want the boxes in my attic anymore...) when they are gone they are gone. Last few signed copies direct from me the author!!!!!! Retail copies available from your local bookshop forever....

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Children don't dissolve in the rain by Adele Cleaver

Part memoir, part manifesto, Children don’t dissolve in the rain is about prioritising play. The importance of being playful, living playfully and being brave: trying things out, working things through and exploring feelings, nonjudgmentally engaging with humans with openness and creativity.

Adele draws from her own experiences with play – as a child, an aunt, a mother and a playworker – with lessons learned from Cuba, Cape Verde, Canada, Ghana, Great Ormond Street Hospital and her home town, Birmingham. Her journey highlights play as arguably the most neglected, yet crucial, part of childhood and parenthood.

As a new parent, having a partner and then a partner and a child, with baby loss, she admits she sometimes forgets her own advice and often re-realises the importance of play for her child’s early brain development and for her own mental health.

At times heartbreaking, always hopeful, this book will leave you invigorated, informed and inspired to pursue a life full of play.

“Beautifully written, this book is in itself playful and a wonderful tale of play, adventure and self-discovery.” Laura Walsh, Head of Play, Great Ormond Street Hospital

Memoir/Parenting
£9.99
Paperback
338 pages
ISBN 978-1-898068-08-2
Publication date 20th July 2021