Children's Self-Help

Award winners Roddy Doyle and Freya Blackwood team up to create a heartwarming story of loss, love, and what it means to be a family.
When Siobhan was just three years old, her mother died, leaving Siobhan and her father alone in their house in Dublin. They never talk about her, and now, at ten years old, Siobhan no longer remembers her mother's face.
One day, Siobhan meets a mysterious woman in the park who tells her that to remember her mother, she just needs to look in a mirror. As Siobhan grows older, she sees more and more of her mother's face in her own reflection. With time, she and her father and her own daughter are able to remember Siobhan's mother with joy and laughter instead of tears.

About The Buford Series The Buford The Bully Series presents to children everywhere the bullying dynamics that affect children's lives on a daily basis-in schools, at home, and in our communities. There is a growing awareness that the time to act, inform, and strategize is now. The Buford Series Guide provides parents and professionals with critical thinking questions and an emotional exploration of each of the individuals, as they struggle within the dynamics of bullying behaviors. About June Pierce June Pierce, now retired after a teaching career, has a master's degree in both education and special education. A native of northern New York State, she has lived in the Hudson Valley for more than thirty years. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She is a published author and Folk Artist, teaching Early American Decoration and European Folk Art in her studio in Hyde Park, New York. "The Buford Series does an extraordinary job of not only illustrating the roles of bully, victim, and bystander and how to stop bullying behavior, but it also demonstrates empathy and promotes kindness and compassion for those who need it the most when their behavior seems to warrant it the least. Teaching kindness and compassion is essential in eradicating bullying behvior and no other books on the subject do this better than this series. A must-have for children of all ages." -RHEAM DEANS, MA, Licensed Mental Health Couselor & Certified School Psychologist