Help young people name, express, and give shape to their grief with this book on grieving for teens · Reflections, analogies, and suggested activities guide teens in working through and making sense of their personal and complex grief experiences · Validates and reassures book teens experiencing grief, providing them with tools to understand, express, and cope. · Touches upon big milestones in the grief journey, starting with new grief and continuing through the days, weeks, months, and years after Hearing the beat helps James discover the courage to use his voice and find his community · Features a young boy who struggles with social anxiety and who finds his voice and his community through music · Uses creative metaphor and imagery to illustrate emotional states · Taps into the power and popularity of rap and hip-hop, celebrating their ability to build community as well as individual confidence · An endnote includes discussion questions inviting children to explore the story and its ideas further It Won't Ever Be the Same A Teen's Guide to Grief and Grieving by Korie Leigh, Ph.D. James Finds the Beat by Ty Chapman, illustrated by Anastasia Magloire Williams Free Spirit Publishing 9798885543842 · Paperback Pub Date: September 2024 Ages 11 and Up 144 Pages · 6 in. x 7.5 in. Dr. Korie Leigh specializes in working with children and families experiencing grief and loss. As an associate professor and program director, she teaches graduate courses on child development, death, dying, and bereavement. Dr. Leigh obtained her Ph.D. in transpersonal psychology, where she wrote her dissertation on the lived experiences of bereaved parents. She also holds an M.A. in public health and grief counseling and a B.A. in child development. Dr. Leigh is also the author of What Does Grief Feel Like?. Ty Chapman is an author and poet. In addition to James Finds the Beat, he is the author of Sarah Rising, Looking for Happy, Stokes (written with John Coy), and Tartarus. Ty was a 2022 Center for Arts + Social Justice Fellow, an award used to support a speculative work in progress with social justice themes. He was also a Mirrors & Windows fellow, as well as a Mentor Series fellow and a finalist for Tin House's 2022 Fall Residency, Button Poetry's 2020 Chapbook Contest, and Frontier Magazine's New Voices Contest. He holds a master's degree in writing for children and young adults from VCFA. When Ty isn't writing, he's usually playing pickup basketball, playing board games with his friends, or petting his two cats, Alabaster and Hobbes. Free Spirit Publishing 9798885545303 · Hardcover Pub Date: October 2024 Ages 5–10 36 Pages · 10 in. x 10 in. An Imprint of Teacher Created Materials 28
