Healing Days

2 3 Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award: Mind, Body and Spirit amp ldquo A sensitive and reassuring story intended for children who have experienced trauma amp hellip What an OUTSTANDING resource. amp rdquo -Books That Heal Kids amp ldquo This book is a fabulous tool for parents, guidance counselors and therapists to read with a child when they may suspect a trauma amp hellip The book also helps children know they aren amp rsquo t alone and that they can find ways to heal. Maria Bogade amp rsquo s illustrations are warm, and comforting, and beautifully show the emotion of the children. amp rdquo -ChildrensBooksHeal.com amp quot With Healing Days, the American Psychological Association has published an illustrated storybook that aims to help guide young victims through their emotional or physical trauma. The book tells the tale of a child who has had an unspecified amp quot bad thing amp quot happen. Through the story, author and psychologist Susan Farber Straus emphasizes that the victim is not to blame and introduces concepts that can help children understand that there is hope for a happy future. amp quot -The Washington Post

Susan Farber Straus, PhD, is a clinical child psychologist who has worked for many years with young children, many of whom have been neglected or experienced other forms of trauma. Following her education at Cornell University and Ohio State, and internship at McLean Hospital, she worked in both private practice and residential treatment settings. She is currently Senior Psychologist at Catholic Charities Child and Family Services in Baltimore, Maryland. She and her husband have two daughters, now grown, and three grandchildren.

Maria Bogade is an illustrator who creates her own unique environments and appealing characters to entertain children and adults alike. She also illustrated the Magination Press book Ben’s Flying Flowers. She lives with her family in a tiny town in Germany.