Children grappling with depression and other intense emotions will feel seen—and held. Mountford couples the heaviness of the story alongside lavender, green, and blue geometric digital art, filled with beauty and coupled with care. . . . Vital storytelling.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Mountford contemplates two serious, related skills in this compassionate book of counsel: recognizing one’s distress, and talking about it with another.
—Publishers Weekly
A beautiful tale.
—Bookliist
Highly recommended; this is a compassionate look at how to support a friend overwhelmed by emotions.
—School Library Journal
Mountford captures the inexpressibility of emotions when one is small. In this forest fable, Rat panics when her friend Jackdaw sees that she is sad and runs off into the woods just as a huge storm moves in. Rat nearly comes to harm, but then encounters Bear, who offers company while they wait out the thunder. As Bear helps her talk about her fears, Rat gains the courage to tell her friends about her scary feelings.
—Los Angeles Times
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