The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness

 This story is about about a young lad named George who lives with his Grandmother. George is quite a lonely young lad because he is an only child and in there is a big empty space where his parents should be. One day on his way home from school, George visits the animal shelter. There, in the very last cage, is Jeremy, a sad dog who looks as lost and lonely as George feels. George and Granny decided to take Jeremy home to live with them and their whole lives change, they learn that when it comes to love, it's quality not quantity that counts .

There are quite important themes that are covered in this story that will more than likely apply to a lot of students in schools today, they are Love, Loss and Loneliness. The chance of there being at least one student in every class who has experienced the loss of a loved one is higher than it probably should be. This book would be great to use to introduce a lesson around dealing with loss and loneliness to show students that 'when it comes to love, it's quality not quantity that counts'.