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Cover of the Through the Forest childrens book by Yijing Li
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Pages of the Through the Forest childrens book by Yijing Li
from Lantana Publishing
Pages of the Through the Forest childrens book by Yijing Li

Through the Forest by Yijing Li

£11.95
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  • Through the Forest Children's Book by Yijing Li Written and illustrated by Yijing Li, 'Through the Forest' is a colourful...
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    Through the Forest Children's Book by Yijing Li

    Written and illustrated by Yijing Li, 'Through the Forest' is a colourful children's story book about a young boy who takes a walk through the forest and learns to treasure his memories and find his own path.

    Lost and alone in the dark forest, he befriends a figure called Emptiness who helps to guide him through the trees to a sunny meadow on the other side. On their journey they discover special keepsakes that trigger both good and bad memories. Throughout their journey, the boy learns that to reach true happiness at the end, he must learn to embrace the past.

    This book is a great lesson for little readers and helps them build on their own memories. It shows the importance of accepting their own past and learning how those life lessons have shaped their own identity.

    Author: Yijing Li

    Illustration: Yijing Li

    Age: 3+ years

    32 pages

    Printed on FSC certified paper with non petroleum based inks

    Award winning children's book publisher and social enterprise, Lantana Publishing, have a mission to publish inclusive books that are changing the game of publishing, commissioning books that celebrate diversity, equality, and environmental sustainability. In the UK, a third of school children identify as being Black, Asain, or Minority Ethnic (BAME), but yet less than 5% of books are representative of BAME characters. Further to this, less than 2% are authors or book creators represented by British people of colour, even less than this are representative of the LGBTQ+ communities or disabled. Lantana believes that every child deserves to see themselves in the books they read.

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Lauren
Simply beautiful!

Oh this book!

Such a moving story and illustrations and told in such a beautiful, gentle way. I actually did tear up reading it. I would one million percent recommend this to those not just those looking at a way to deal with grief or loss but for even those little moments when your child loses their favourite hair clip or remembers something they once had that they no longer do.

This quickly hit my top 5 fave Babipur books

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Elizabeth
A gorgeously illustrated book about memories

Thank you to team babipur for bringing in this book! It is beautifully illustrated that talks about how a child's memories filled his feeling of emptiness, and then with both good and bad memories, found the peace/joy to move forward in his life.

This book prompted us to talk about the events that has happened in our day/month/year/lives. Some of which my children being only 3 & 5yo, have no recollection at all. We also spoke about our upcoming family reunion with family abroad and that although we won't be able to see them often, we can work on building memories together to remember them by.

All in all, a gorgeous book that has helped spark some meaningful conversation with my young children.

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Corey
Such a lovely book!

What a truly lovely story! Almost cried this week reading this one with M & M!

The story starts with a young boy walking through a forest , and he can’t find his way back. He finds emptiness, and together they find lots of memory’s from the little boys past that help them find the way, emptiness carry’s them for the little boy until he is full and they are out of the Forrest. The little boy asks emptiness to continue there journey together, but because he’s so full , emptiness says he cannot and says the little boy will now be fine on his own. And if he ever gets lost again, he will be there to help guide the way.
This is such a lovely metaphor for the child’s feelings and because of emptiness his mind is now at ease.
The illustrations are beautiful! They only way to describe them is dreamy! It’s like your dreaming while reading the story.

Matthew loved it and was glad he could read it himself. He is 7 and has a pretty good reading level for his age.

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Sarah
Beautiful.

Really lovely book talking about memories. My daughter found it quite sad when she read it alone so it was a nice one to read together and talk about.

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Nia
An all roud beautiful book

We adore this book ❤️

We lost someone very dear to us over Christmas so my little ones were able to relate to Emptiness and all the memories that came up throughout the story. It brought up important conversations and I felt it gave us a safe space to discuss our loved one, the sadness of losing them as well as all the happy things we'd like to remember about them. My 9 year old is usually very cagey about his feelings but this did allow him to express his thoughts and as a result he is more comfortable talking about his beloved Hen Nain.

This book is perfect for younger ones following a bereavement, but also as a general day to day book about memories and taking time out to remember what's important to you.

Lantana Publishing

Award winning children's book publisher and social enterprise, Lantana Publishing, have a mission to publish inclusive books that are changing the game of publishing, commissioning books that celebrate diversity, equality, and environmental sustainability. In the UK, a third of school children identify as being Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic (BAME), but yet less than 5% of books are representative of BAME characters. Further to this, less than 2% are authors or book creators represented by British people of colour, even less than this are representative of the LGBTQ+ communities or disabled. Lantana believes that every child deserves to see themselves in the books they read.
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