Review from Rebekah Lyell at www.nzbooklovers.co.nz "It is told with compassion and care, and the trademark Cotter and Morgan humour. It's emotional but perfectly pitched to the younger reader with the story told with empathy and understanding. Adults will love reading this book too, with a message many of us need to hear as well as plenty of opportunity to have fun with it during read aloud sessions."
Lately, things have been getting Charlie down. It’s like he’s got a big rock that just won’t go away. He talks to Dad about it, and Dad brings out a dusty old book with a lot of tough rules. The first rule is you don’t talk about rocks (feelings).
But the rules make things worse – Charlie’s ‘rock’ gets bigger, and everything feels dark and scary. They need some new rules – fast.
Māori edition also available He Taonga Te Toka
Sacha Cotter is an award-winning writer living in Wellington. She has a Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning, and spent six years teaching in New Zealand and Spain. She has completed several film courses, and her screenplay Wasabi Peas was a semi-finalist in the L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival in 2013.
Sacha has collaborated on four picture books with illustrator, writer and designer Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata).
Paperback / softback 44pp h270mm x w240mm 300g