If You Were Here
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If You Were Here is a beautiful rhyming story for little ones who have lost someone important to them. Through a little boy’s journey of loss to hope, If You Were Here shows us how we are always and forever connected to those we cherish.
Through the eyes of a child who has lost his grandma (Yiayia), If You Were Here provides a space to open up the conversation of loss and grief whether it be of a parent, grandparent, sibling, child or anyone we cherish whilst demonstrating universal themes of love, loss, resilience and family, offering comfort and hope from a relatable perspective of another child.
This story is for children, their parents and loved ones, but is also suitable to be used in educational and therapeutic settings to teach children about the feelings surrounding loss by navigating through the process together with the child narrator.
This tender story is brought to life with magical illustrations that take the reader into the child narrator’s imagination and on his emotional journey of healing with him - from sadness, to hope and light.
"If you were here I’d hug you tight,
If you were here I’d say,
‘You are my very bestest friend.’
I wish you could have stayed."
Written by Elisabeth Sophia
Illustrated by Anita Bagdi
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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Anita Bagdi is a self-taught freelance children’s book illustrator, a mum of two wonderful girls and a worried warrior of climate change. With her quirky, whimsical book illustrations she loves creating mood, capturing everyday feelings and telling a story with a twist or a sparkle of magic. In her spare time, she shares powerful illustrations about our relationship with the natural world and explores folk art from her Hungarian cultural heritage. Anita lives with her family in the sunny Bournemouth, UK.
