Arracht na nDathanna - Scéal Faoi na Mothucháin – Standard Dialect

Is iomaí uair a bhíonn mothúcháin an duine measctha suas, go háirithe agus tú ag fás aníos agus ag duli dtaithí ar eispéiris úra achan lá. Mar sin bhíonn saol an arrachta sa phictiúrleabahr spraúil seo. Ach le cuidiú ó chara, foghlaimíonn an t-arracht go bhfuil dath faoi leith ag na mothúcháin uilig agus déanann sé sin níos fusa é, iad a roinnt óna gcéile.

Beidh an scéilín seo ina acmhain do pháistí dul i ngleic le trup an tsaol. Beidh comhbhá acu don phríomhcharachtar agus an méid sin le léimh óna aghaidh. Cuireann na léaráidí meáin mheasctha go mór leis an scéal mar tugann siad léargas dúinn cé chomh domhain, fairsing agus casta atá an intinn.

In this Spanish import, children can learn to compartmentalize feelings through colours. Multihued Color Monster "woke up feeling confused, and he doesn't know why." His friend, a young girl, helps detangle his jumbled-up feelings by having him separate each one into its own colour jar. She explains, how happiness "shines yellow like the sun," where sadness "is lonely and blue like a rainy day." She extrapolates on each explored feeling with examples such as "When you are calm, you breathe deeply. You feel at peace." With a background in art therapy, Lienas finds an approachable way for kids to identify feelings, and allows for the understanding that one can have many emotions at once. Colour Monster never goes into why he is feeling a certain emotion, allowing space for readers to attach personal meaning to their own emotions and feelings. It also shows kids it is okay to cry when you feel sad, and how sometimes naming a feeling and separating it from another feeling is enough. Llenas's use of watercolour, pastels, and collage on a variety of styles of papers and cardboard has a three-dimensional aspect, enveloping readers into each world of feeling. The book's open ending shows Colour Monster experiencing a new feeling, allowing for extrapolation and further conversations.

A celebration of our colourful and complicated emotions. This edition is in Standard Irish, a Donegal Irish version is also available.