SuitabookThe Treasured Homes
Dana Hoffmann, Catherine Hoffmann
- Reading
- Read it as a prompt for conversation rather than a complete guide to feelings: pause over the journal-writing idea, invite different responses to change, and allow the child to disagree with its cheerful framing.
- Themes
- Responding to change: Accepting change is identified as a recurring series theme, and a happy attitude towards change is linked with self-esteem and self-confidence. The book presents this favourably.
- Writing and happiness: The series is described as encouraging children to be happy and to write happy, with the story presented as an excerpt from Goldentail’s journal. Writing is presented as a positive way of expressing or sharing happiness, although the book’s actual journalling activity or narrative use is not detailed.
- Worth knowing
- Consider whether its emphasis on a happy attitude leaves room for difficult feelings when circumstances change. The ending and the balance between encouragement and emotional complexity are not known.