![]() ![]() "As a picture book, A Terrible Thing is an unqualified success, especially in terms of the all-important interaction of text and pictures. ![]() While we cannot prevent everything that might happen to our children, A Terrible Thing Happened helps young children process their feelings and reactions to it. Every day, it seems children witness more violence, be it in the home, on the way to school, or in the schoolyard. Mudlaff written for parents and other caregivers offers extensive suggestions for helping traumatized children, including a list of other sources that focus on specific events. This gently told and tenderly illustrated story is for children who have witnessed any kind of violent or traumatic episode, including physical abuse, school or gang violence, accidents, homicide, suicide, and natural disasters such as floods or fire. Maple, who helped him talk about the terrible thing that he had tried to forget. And he started to feel angry and do mean things, which got him in trouble. At first he tried to forget about it, but soon something inside him started to bother him. Sherman Smith saw the most terrible thing happen. ![]()
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