Description
Resilience – the capacity to recover from difficulties; toughness.
Nipper and the Lunchbox -When Nipper’s best friend Richard forgets his lunchbox, the dog sets off on a long journey to deliver it. Although Nipper encounters many difficulties, he doesn’t give up because he knows the lunchbox is important to Richard.
The Big Red Rock – Bif ’s path is blocked by a big red rock, which cannot be persuaded, pushed or pestered out of the way. Bif is joined by his friends and they try many different methods to overcome the obstacle.
Mayday Mouse – Captain mouse has a present to deliver, but she’ll need to sail past many perils before she can reach her destination! Even when everything goes wrong, she tries again, showing her resilient nature.
The Boy Who Lost His Bumble – A boy adores watching the bees in his garden, but when winter comes, the bees disappear. He tries many things to bring the bees back, but nothing seems to work. This book explores the importance of bees and we need to persist with helping the bees to survive.
The Great Googly Moogly – Stella is determined to catch a legendary fish, but it’s too elusive. When she finally meets the Great Googly Moogly, she learns that its freedom is more important than her goal. This book promotes resilience, but also looks at why it is sometimes OK to leave goals unaccomplished.
Yokki and the Parno Gry – A group of travellers who are experiencing hardship are inspired by Yokki’s imaginative storytelling to have hope and remain positive as things will eventually change for the better.
Rabbityness – Rabbit is popular and known for making music and painting, but one day Rabbit disappears. His friends find presents that he has left behind, and they fill the forest with colour and music again. This book explores the idea of dealing with a loss and provides ideas to help children work through what can be a highly emotional time .
