Paula Knows What to Do
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A hopeful journey into the heart of a child as she heals her father’s sadness at the loss of her motherOne Saturday morning, Daddy won’t get out of bed. He misses Paula’s mom. Paula misses her too, but she realizes that Mommy wouldn’t want them to be sad forever. Paula knows just what to do. Taking out paper and paints, Paula creates a world of rolling seas, blue skies, and–best of all–a boat that she and Dad can sail together. And when the wind blows up a storm, Paula knows just what she and Daddy can do about that too.In this sweet and poignant story about memory and overcoming grief, Sanne Dufft, the author/illustrator of The Night Lion, shows how a child’s imagination can find a moment of joy and a safe place to land after a loved one is gone.
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Sanne Dufft was born in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1974. She studied Art Therapy in Nürtingen, Germany, and worked with children with a variety of special needs (and special gifts) in Northern Ireland. She has gone on to work for a children’s magazine and illustrated her first picture book, Der Sandelefant (The Sand Elephant), published by Urachhaus, Germany, in Spring 2015. She is the illustrator of several picture books (including ‘The Shepherd Boy and the Christmas Gifts’ and ‘Bear Child’ and author/illustrator of ‘The Night Lion’ and ‘Paula Knows what to Do’. Sanne lives with her husband and three children in beautiful Tübingen, in the South of Germany.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781772780680
- Publication Date
- March 29, 2019
- Publisher
- Pajama Press
- Page Count
- 32
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lexile® Level
- 480L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~M
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~3.2
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