All the Colours of Me: Picturing My Gratitude

A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children understand their gratitude through creativity

Picturing My Gratitude encourages children to become 'gratitude artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and show their gratitude. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of gratitude to them. Children consider and recognise how they act when they're grateful and how they can 'speak' about gratitude through their art. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.

All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.

Contents of Picturing My Gratitude:

LISTENING TO OUR EMOTIONS

ART-MAKING CAN HELP

GRATITUDE IS ...

GRATITUDE FEELS LIKE

GRATITUDE LOOKS LIKE

GRATITUDE ACTS LIKE

CHANGING SHADES OF GRATITUDE

SPEAKING OF GRATITUDE

CAN'T FIND THE GRATITUDE?

PRACTISING SADNESS

YOU ARE A SADNESS ARTIST!

KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCES

A GUIDE FOR ADULTS

HELPFUL CONTACTS

Books included in the series:

Picturing My Sadness

Picturing My Worry

Picturing My Anger

Picturing My Happiness

Picturing My Resilience

Picturing My Gratitude