Acclaimed as the children’s book every adult must read, this timely and compassionate story centres on a child and father setting out to build a cubbyhouse under streaming sunshine. Until clouds snake in on a hazing horizon… skies swell, a clouding storm brews and finally breaks and swirls into pouring rain. All the while, the cubby grows wackier, with the rustiest of riches that rattle and rule!
This is all a metaphor for the father’s mental ill health that gently aligns with the building of the cubby and changing emotions and weather.
Mental ill health can be a challenge to understand because we can’t ‘see’ anything wrong or broken with the brain. Dr. Schott’s warm-hearted story with full colour illustrations helps give some understanding through the eyes of a child building a cubby with its father.
The chapter book is ideal for 5-13 year olds and comes with teacher resources to support student learning, journaling pages for students to express feelings and thoughts, illustrated prompts and a list of resources for carers, health professionals and families to draw upon.
