Summary

Traffic! Road works! Ambulances! Where do you go when the hustle and bustle of the city gets too much?

The Spaces In Between weaves between the busy lives of several children who are all seeking secret spaces where they can go to find peace and quiet.

With themes of anxiety, fear, kindness and joy, join the children over the course of one day, and explore how each of them copes with their emotions. From the warm embrace of a loved one, finding joy by splashing through puddles, and feeling the crunch of autumn leaves on the pavement, this book is full of ideas on how to find calming spaces in the middle of the hubbub.

Tips and suggestions at the back of the book are full of ideas that are accessible to all children, wherever they are in the world.

Review

Wonderful book to ease the mind of the young person who feels overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of a big city. With everything that goes on, it can be a lot to absorb. I love how the book pointed out places and ideas that can ease their minds. There’s a couple of pages in the end that give them activities to relieve their systems of stress and anxiety. The beautiful illustrations, especially the diversity of showing that everyone can experience this is such a great visual. It gives the young readers an identifiable connection that they can relate to. I don’t want to forget to mention that the beautiful cover was such a fitting start to an important story showing the compactness of the city with everything going on and the wonderful lesson of the importance of finding those “mindful moments anywhere” that are full of beauty but you just have to look.

This book has 32 pages.

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