Billy's Sunflower Nicola Moon, Karin Littlewood (Illustrator) List Price: £3.99 Paperback - 30 pages (October 1997) Scholastic Children's Books; ISBN: 0590195786 This is a truly gorgeous book, full of light and movement and optimism. Billy has grown a sunflower - it's taller than he is. But as the days grow shorter, it begins to fade. What will happen to it? And how will Billy cope? He does of course - and it's to this book's credit that it cuts no corners in dealing with a tricky subject. Nicola Moon's simple text conjures up a world of emotion in a few pages. Although it can be read simply as the story of Billy and his flower, this book could easily have a place in helping a child overcome feelings of grief in any situation of loss and bereavement. Return to index