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Date Read: 9-7-22
Name of Award (if applicable): Klaus Flugge Prize 202
Purpose of Award (if applicable): Most exciting newcomer to children‘s book illustration
Title of Book : When Sadness is at your door
Author of Book: Eva Eland
Illustrator (if applicable): Eva Eland
Date of Publication: January 29, 2019

This book talks about sadness (portrayed as a big green blob) and how/why we sometimes feel this way. It lets us know that it is okay to feel sad at times and gives the reader a feeling of empathy. This is a great book for children to read so they further understand their feelings and understand that others feel this way as well.

Published in 2019. When Sadness is at Your Door turns the emotion of sadness into a person. Sadness follows a young child around and causes the child to feel overwhelmed and try to hid it. The young child does everything to have sadness brighten up. The end of the story talks about how you may wake up without the sadness and to remember that everyday is a new day.

When Sadness is at Your Door by : Eva Eland

This book is about when you come across sadness and have to deal with the emotions that go along with them. This book is such a great book for young and older readers. It is for all ages and grade levels in my opinion. I think it helps normalize that it is ok to be sad and it is a very normal human thing to go through and experience. Emotions are important and it is ok to express them when needed.

When Sadness is at Door is a great fiction book to discuss emotions and being sad. It talks about how it‘s okay to let sadness in and it is normal. It also talks about doing things you enjoy. It was published in 2019. It has won awards in 2020 like the Klaus Flugge Prize and the V&A Award. In 2019 it was also shortlisted for the World of Illumination Award and included in the exhibition of the illustrating mental health conference.

This book shows kids of all ages that it is okay to feel sad and to not be afraid to let it out and explore the emotion. Eland does a great job at describing sadness as a visitor by showing that it can be with you one day but gone the next and that is a normal thing. Sadness is given a shape and a face so children can start to understand the emotion a little bit better.

The book, When Sadness is at Your Door, written and illustrated by Eva Eland is a great book for children social and emotional well-being. It validates their feelings and brings awareness to mental health. This book has won the Klaus Flugge Prize in 2020, and the V&A award. Great read!

Published: 2019
This book focuses on sadness in a way that addresses how to deal with it in a healthy way. It expresses that sadness is a “guest“ in our lives and is temporary, but it's okay and normal to be sad. It also talks about the fact that sadness may stick around for a while and may be overwhelming, but that we can deal with our emotions in different ways such as going outside, drawing, or just sitting quietly.

This is a cute book that focuses on feelings of sadness and that it is okay and normal. I believe this would be a great story to share with any grade level. The main character and the character's “sadness“ are together throughout the book, “sadness“ is shown as a shadow or emotion that is visible. This book teaches children that it is okay to be sad and show emotions because we all have them.

Eva Eland - January 29, 2019 - Non - Fiction
Such a great book that welcomes sadness as a guest and not as an unknown, scary feeling. This is a short yet effective way to let your students know that it's okay recognize your feelings and to not ignore them. Great illustrations and an even better meaning. Loved this book!

When Sadness is at Your Door by and illustrated by Eva Eland won the World of Illustration award in 2019. It was published in 2019 and is a non-fictional story. Sometimes sadness arrives unexpectedly and follows us around. Try not to be afraid of sadness, and try to talk about it. Try to find something that you enjoy and know that it is okay to be sad.

This book explores the feeling of sadness, how it can come and go, and ways to process and cope with the feeling. It explores one‘s experience with sadness and how to move through the feeling, validating that sadness is a normal emotion and a part of being human. I would 100% use this in my classroom, especially in an older grade. This book confronts a difficult topic and gives a starting point to discuss the complexity of emotions.

This book was published in 2019. This book is about finding ways to cope with sadness when it comes their way. The book gives many examples of ways to help like drinking hot chocolate or going for a walk. I would use this book with children in my classroom as a whole group because it's a good way for children to see it's okay to be sad and there are ways to help you feel better.

Awards:
One of my books of choice

This story is a social emotional learning story. It talks about the ideas of sadness, what you feel sometimes when you are sad, and what you can do with sadness. This is a great story that shows children these emotions are okay and they are valid. It is so important to show children these emotions are normal and are apart of being human. It is a great story to use in the classroom with children of any age, but specifically, early childhood.

This book was published in 2019, and is a great book for helping children explore and understand their emotions. The story explains that it is okay to feel your sadness, and that it is normal. I would definitely recommend this book.

This book is about how sadness enters your life and sometimes hangs around. It talks about how sometimes you can try to hide it but it always finds its way back. It then gives suggestions about how to embrace the feeling of sadness. For example, by going for a walk, letting the sadness out, or even sleeping. I love the message this books portrays and would absolutely use this in the classroom.

Winner of V&A Award / Klaus Flugge Prize / World of Illustration Award — This helps students understand and pick up on emotions that are maybe not comfortable, & gives ideas on how to deal with them. Helps children to relate to one another and express how they are feeling about something.

Very great book to bring into a classroom in my opinion to let students know its okay, to not be okay. Talking to others can definitely make a difference!

What a comforting book about sadness! Maybe not this particular illustration. This more validates. Still, a book that validates, normalizes, and gives strategies for dealing with sadness -- so good. #PictureBooks

Excellent book to show kids what they can do when they are feeling blue.

This book is such a good read to help children deal with hard emotions like sadness! It has helpful tools explained in a way that makes it seem like sadness is a friend that comes to visit sometimes. 💛 #UCFLAE3414SP21

This is a sweet picture book to help small children think and deal with sadness. I loved the illustrations and colors used. Thanks to my children‘s librarian friend who mentioned this one to me!

Finally unpacked all the picture books I took from work last week when we were told of the county‘s new shelter in place order. We recorded several story times before we left, but I‘ll soon have to start recording and uploading them from home. I think my first will include the tagged book. It‘s important to talk about feelings, even with kids (especially with kids?) and while I‘m less anxious than I was last week, I‘m still sad. #stayhome #library

Whelp, this is just lovely. Easy to understand and breaks down a concept that even adults struggle with - sometimes you just have to sit with sadness. Embrace it, let it know it is heard, and don‘t try to hide it. The personification of sadness in the illustrations is very effective.

#SongsOfSummer Day 9: When #SummertimeSadness hits you, read this book by Eland. As Fats noted: “This is an absolutely precious book about recognizing sadness and the different ways that we can deal with it. Understanding emotions can be quite difficult for children. Eland‘s book helps young readers acknowledge sadness and reassures them that it‘s okay to feel sad sometimes.” Her full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-jYl

Well this book just wrecked my heart. How's your day going?