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Beginnings and Endings: a Mindfully Me book about death and life
By (Author) Play School
By (author) Jan Stradling
Illustrated by Jedda Robaard
ABC Books
ABC Books
2nd August 2023
Australia
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and be
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Stories Inspired by or adapted from other media
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care: Birds
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Hardback
24
Width 237mm, Height 237mm, Spine 9mm
292g
Brand-new picture books inspired by much-loved Australian kids' TV institution, Play School.
Swish the goldfish has died and Little Ted is sad.
But his friends are on the way to help him feel better and to remember that life is all about beginnings and endings.
The Play School Mindfully Me series helps children and their carers tackle life's challenges together - big or small.
Play School has been entertaining children for over 45 years and is the longest-running childrens program in television history. Play School has encouraged generations of children to wonder, to feel and to imagine. Come and play! Jan Stradling is a freelance writer and children's media consultant. She spent ten years at the Australian Broadcast Corporation, where she created, developed and commissioned a wide selection of award-winning content for children of all ages. During her time at the ABC, she was also the Executive Producer for the iconic children's TV show Play School. An experienced innovator in producing pre-school content, Jan is passionate about creating fun and relatable content for children. Jedda Robaard is an Australian author, illustrator and designer based in Tasmania. She is known both in Australia and internationally for her sweet and whimsical style of illustration. Although she enjoys writing her own stories, Jedda also collaborated with a number of Australian authors including Kerry Brown, Melissa Keil, Libby Gleeson, Kate Welshman and Tania Cox. Jedda has been illustrating and writing children's books since 2011 and has over forty books published.