Baby Bear lives in a Home with the Big Bears, and loves to chase butterflies and make mud pies - they make Baby Bear\'s tummy fill with sunshine.
He lives in Wiltshire, UK where he enjoys illustrating and utilizing the arts as a tool for healing..
Laurence Jackson is an illustrator and qualified Art Psychotherapist.
She wrote the book in response to feedback from parents, carers and workers who wanted a sensitive story to support young children who have grown up around family violence.
This book has grown from her experiences working directly with children, young people and parents over many years as a respite foster carer, a domestic violence parenting worker, a registered child minder and a family support worker.
About the Author: Jane Evans is a Trauma Parenting Specialist and Freelance Trainer.
It will be a useful book for social workers, counsellors, domestic violence workers and all grown-ups working with children.
Accompanied by notes for adults on how to use each page of the story to start conversations, it also features fun games and activities to help to understand and express difficult emotions.
How will such a small bear cope with these big new feelings? This sensitive, charming storybook is written to help children who have lived with violence at Home to begin to explore and name their feelings.
Then, one night, Baby Bear hears a big storm downstairs in the house and in the morning, Baby Bear\'s tummy starts to feel grey and rainy.
Baby Bear lives in a Home with the Big Bears, and loves to chase butterflies and make mud pies - they make Baby Bear\'s tummy fill with sunshine
