I love A Day So Gray by Marie Lamba! It's a book for mindset, opinions, and changing the way we think. Two friends are bundled up for a walk in winter. The first page makes me laugh and and if you live in Central Ohio you might have said this yourself, "This day is so gray." The friend replies, "No, it isn't."
As the page is turned, readers automatically think then what is it. The descriptive language and the power of seeing beyond the obviously really made me soak in the illustrations. Imagine this - "It's deep soft brown, and shining blue, and silver splashes on bright yellow."
The girls walk more following the pattern of a negative thought with a positive reflection. Then they come inside and it continues for a bit more until they settle down to a warm fire and both agree it is cozy. Which helps our negative thinker find some reflective descriptive thinking about a blanket, and hot cocoa, and the sunset outside.
Sometimes it's easier to see, feel, and experience the gray. The sad and negative; pausing to live in these for a moment can be necessary and it's helpful to learn to see beyond.
I think this book would be a great springboard for looking at a piece of art with a gray hue and writing down what else we see.
There's a winter scavenger hunt on Marie's website that might be nice to do with your students or share with families as a follow up the book.
My bibliotherapy moment -
"And we are cozy, too, on this day what was so much more than gray!"
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