Signed copy. Children don't dissolve in the rain by Adele Cleaver
A signed copy of Children don't dissolve in the rain by Adele Cleaver
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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
All profits donated to Big Blue Play www.bigblueplay.org
