Annie's Cat Is Sad
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2022

Annie's Cat Is Sad

By Heather Smith, Karen Obuhanych (Illustrator)

A girl helps her sad cat, learning to face bad days together.

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32 pages
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Annie returns home to find her cat, Delilah, in a gloomy mood. She tries everything to cheer her up—TV, warm milk, yoga—but nothing works. As Annie learns, sometimes you must embrace sadness before moving on. Can they find comfort in each other and face the day together?

From the publisher

A little girl navigates her cat’s bad day in this picture book about exploring sadness and how we find comfort.Annie comes home from school to find her cat, Delilah, has had a terrible day and is quite sad. What do you do when your friend is sad? Cheer them up with all the things they love! Annie tries TV, warm milk, and even yoga! But at the end of the day, no distraction can really make our bad days simply disappear, as Annie knows all too well. You just have to face them head-on, maybe have a good cry, and find comfort inthose you love. Heather Smith has written a gentle picture book about how we sometimes have to sit in the sadness of a bad day before we can move beyond it. Paired with Karen Obuhanych’s bold, emotive illustrations, readers will feel seen by Annie’s Cat Is Sad.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Themes & topics
Books about catsBooks about feelings and emotionsBooks about petsBooks about human-animal relationshipsBooks about social themes
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Published
June 14, 2022
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781250806840

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