Overview

Tim loves his collection of dinosaurs — but one thing he’d love even more is a family of his own.  Tim’s beloved dinosaur collection travels with him wherever he goes. But Tim travels a lot — he is a foster child and has to move from one family to the next all too often. Tim is always losing things, so when he moves in with the Lee family, he doesn’t bother unpacking his dinosaurs in case they get lost when he has to move again. But one day he realizes he has lost something just as precious as his dinosaurs: his laugh. He doesn’t know where he lost it, but it has definitely disappeared.  The kind Lee family help Tim look for his laugh, but no one can find it anywhere. Then one day, some news arrives that might just help Tim find his laugh again.  The Boy Who Lost His Laugh takes a sensitive look at foster care from the child’s perspective and shows how humour and love can help you bounce back and find what you’ve been looking for all along.

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9781921497087

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""Shuttled from foster home to foster home, Tim no longer knows how to laugh... a gentle tale."" The Boy Who Lost His Laugh is not only a beautiful showcase of both the depth of Timothy's story but also in the way the story has been portrayed visually. This book represents a real opportunity for a beautiful and sensitive read for children but just as importantly an educational tool for children and adults alike. Having provided care over the past 33 years as well as working Foster and Kinship Carers I am very aware of the effects of prolonged trauma on children who cannot live with their family of origin. This book allows little people and adults a real opportunity to understand nurture and to be aware relationships are forged on kindness and understanding as well as a much better understanding of self awareness of the care needed for those around us. As a representative of Foster Carers I am thrilled to be able to encourage everyone, not only children to read and gather a better understanding of our children who have interrupted development through trauma and are longing for a forever family that love them with all their soul. An amazing book and a huge thank you to Dimity Powell for such an intuitive caring story and Heidi Cooper Smith for such beautiful illustrations. -- Bryan Smith, CEO Queensland Foster and Kinship Care

""Shuttled from foster home to foster home, Tim no longer knows how to laugh... a gentle tale.""

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Dimity Powell has published over 30 stories including This is My Dad, the award-winning At the End of Holyrood Lane and the critically acclaimed, The Fix-It Man. Heidi Cooper Smith is an author–illustrator. She illustrates digitally using watercolour brushes and writes quirky, whimsical stories.

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