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By (author) Borgert-Spaniol, Megan; Illustrated by Deo, Laura

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A charming story of loneliness and how to cope with it, developed with a Mayo Clinic pediatric psychologist

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With his sister away and his mom in a meeting, Liam starts to feel pretty lonely. Kids are familiar with feeling happy or sad, but loneliness is a unique feeling that”s often not discussed, including for adults! This friendly introduction to the feeling encourages readers to think of loneliness and all feelings like the weather: they come and go, and they never last forever. But we can prepare for all feelings, including loneliness. Charming illustrations and accessible text explore the feeling of loneliness and how we can handle it with kindness to ourselves and others.

Liam”s Lonely Day was created in collaboration with Emily McTate, Ph.D., L.P., Pediatric Psychologist at the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center.

Aligns to core CASEL Competencies of self-awareness, self-management, and social awareness.

Mayo Clinic Press Kids creates empowering health and wellness content in partnership with pediatric experts. Proceeds from the sale of every book go to benefit important medical research and education at Mayo Clinic.

Biographical note:

Megan Borgert-Spaniol is a writer and editor in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She likes to write about food, animals, and human nature. She also loves dreaming up fun characters and telling their stories.

Laura Deo is an illustrator from Salerno, Italy. She grew up surrounded by books, paintings, and music. As a child she spent every waking moment reading stories and drawing funny characters. She has illustrated dozens of stories for children’s books and magazines.

for collection:
What”s the weather? No not that weather–the weather inside you! These charming illustrated books look at how you can plan an emotional forecast. What signals can you watch out for in your body? How do you know when feelings are changing, and how can you plan and adjust based on how you”re doing? The core SEL concept of emotions is introduced with humor and backed by the expert pediatric psychologists at Mayo Clinic in these fun picture books.

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Core SEL curriculum informed by CASEL standards
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Expert-backed approach of externalizing and reframing emotions
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Mayo Clinic Expertise:
Created in collaboration with Emily McTate, Ph.D., L.P., Pediatric Psychologist at the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center
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Diversity throughout series including disability representation reviewed by a Pediatric Rehabilitation Specialist
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Professionally Leveled for Lexile and GRL