"This book is highly recommended for public and personal library collections."
- Canadian Children's Book News (Summer/Fall 2023)
"With its poignant and metaphorical take on grief, The Semicolon is a powerful picture book."
- Foreword Clarion Reviews (5 star review)
"A heartfelt story of navigating emptiness and finding hope for the future... [This] book offers a great way to encourage young people with grief and depression to open up."
- Kirkus Reviews
- Canadian Children's Book News (Summer/Fall 2023)
"With its poignant and metaphorical take on grief, The Semicolon is a powerful picture book."
- Foreword Clarion Reviews (5 star review)
"A heartfelt story of navigating emptiness and finding hope for the future... [This] book offers a great way to encourage young people with grief and depression to open up."
- Kirkus Reviews
The Semicolon by Britt Sayler, illustrated by Dorota Rewerenda and published by FriesenPress, is a compelling, sensitive picture book that gives voice to the experience of childhood depression, inspired by the use of the semicolon as a symbol of hope and resilience by mental health advocates. For readers 5+. Available worldwide.
