Sadness is one of the six core human emotions and experienced by everyone at certain times in life. The Sad Skeleton is aimed at young children to help them deal with their own sadness, what it means, to understand why they're feeling the way they do and learn to cope with it. This book can be read with an adult, either in school or at home, or by youngsters learning to read alone. At the back of the book are teaching aids to assist adults. This is a beautifully illustrated book with easy-to-understand rhyming text.