Suitabook
My inside weather
Jen Thorpe
CC BY 4.0Credits & Licence
Originally published by Book Dash. Writer: Jen Thorpe. Illustrator: Lara Berge. Designer: Emma Beckett. Editor: Janita Holtzhausen.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; artwork unchanged. Suitabook’s AI guidance is a separate assessment.
Original Book on Book Dash: My inside weather (opens in a new tab)- Reading
- Pause at the weather pictures and invite the child to interpret them before reading the words. Let them pass or choose a character's feelings instead of sharing their own.
- Themes
- Changing feelings and self-acceptance: The girl describes sunny, foggy, windy and rainy inner weather, including feelings that do not match the outside weather or how she thinks she should feel. Her feelings are treated as acceptable even when they differ from expectations.
- Talking with someone trusted: An older woman listens as the girl asks whether her feelings are okay; the ending recommends talking to someone loved. The conversation is shown warmly, and the book presents speaking with a loved one as a response to unfamiliar feelings.
- Worth knowing
- The emotional range includes sadness and anger, as well as tiredness and difficulty listening or remembering on foggy days. These are described through metaphor rather than explained in detail.