This beautifully illustrated and sensitive storybook is designed to be used therapeutically by professionals and caregivers supporting children with a parent who is suffering from depression. With engaging, gentle and colourful illustrations that can be used to prompt conversation, it tells the story of a girl who is helped to feel less isolated from her parents' depression.
This book is also available to buy as part of the Therapeutic Fairy Tales set. Therapeutic Fairy Tales is a series of short modern tales dedicated to exploring challenging life situations that might be faced by young children. Each short story is designed to be used by professionals and caregivers as they use stories therapeutically to support children's mental and emotional health.
Other books in the series include:
Storybook Manual: An Introduction To Working With Storybooks Therapeutically And Creatively
The Night Crossing: A Lullaby For Children On Life's Last Journey
The Storm: For Children Growing Through Parent's Separation
Designed to be used with children aged 7+, each story has an accompanying online resource, offering therapeutic prompts and creative exercises to support the practitioner. These resources can also be adapted for wider use with siblings and other family members.
The Island – part of the Therapeutic Fairy Tales series – is born out of a creative collaboration between Pia Jones and Sarah Pimenta.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go. Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access The Island by Pia Jones,Sarah Pimenta in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Before starting The Island, please take a moment to read below
The Island has been especially written for children with parents living with depression and mental health difficulties. The storybook is designed to serve as a therapeutic resource to support children with their personal, emotional journeys, to generate discussion and reflection alongside an adult reader.
Given the sensitive subject matter, it is essential the story is read in the right setting, with respect and due care for the child’s well-being, leaving plenty of time for reactions, feelings and thoughts. This is not a story that can be rushed.
For the adult reader, professional or non-professional, it is advisable to read this story first alone, to ensure you have time to process your emotions in order to prepare for therapeutic work with your child reader.
For extra resources on how to work with this story, and examples of creative exercises, please go to the online resources: www.routledge.com/9780367491987. For ideas on how to work with story and image in general, please refer to our Storybook Manual: An Introduction To Working With Storybooks Therapeutically And Creatively: www.routledge.com/9780367491178.
Once upon a time there was a young Girl who lived on an island with her Mum. It was a small, steep island, with spiky mountains and thick forests. Sea-fog rolled in, so the air was soggy. Dotted around the island were many rocks. Boats had to take care not to crash.
The Girl didn’t much like this island. If it was hard to leave, it was even harder to visit. More than anything, the Girl didn’t like the way this island made her Mum feel. Often, her Mum wouldn’t want to leave the house. In the mornings, her Mum took ages to wake up. While she slept, the Girl would search for flowers outside to put in their kitchen. When her Mum arrived for breakfast, looking red-eyed and puffy-faced, it was like she hadn’t slept at all.
“Morning,” said the Girl, putting on her brightest smile. “I’ve made the fire … and a pot of coffee. We have flowers too. Look, aren’t they lovely?”
“Ah, yes,” sighed her Mum, sinking into a chair, a dark-b...
