Joel Blackie - 'Mending Lucille'

The next book that I have chosen to explore is J.R. Poulter's & Sarah Davis's 'Mending Lucille'.

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‘Mending Lucille’ recounts the tale of a girl and her journey of overcoming grief over the loss of a loved one, namely her mother. The text features brilliant illustrations (the book itself a winner of the CBCA Crichton award for this reason) that do wonder to express the different range of emotions that each character in the book portrays throughout the engaging story.

One of the most touching moments in the book comes from Lucille’s comparison of a dead bird to her implied mothers plane crash. Looking down at the creature and asking her dad if she had hurt the bird, the dad replying “It’s not your fault” – A thought that some children may consider with the sudden disappearance of a parent figure.

A must read.

Joel Blackie.