{"product_id":"smish-and-the-day-the-cloud-stayed-9780994943958","title":"Smish and the Day the Cloud Stayed","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmish starts every morning with a giant BOING. Hello sun. Hello friends. Their whole heart, wide open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut today, getting out of bed feels hard. A heavy cloud has come to stay - and it arrived for no reason at all. Everything feels heavy. Everything feels far away. Even Smish feels far away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen elder snail Olo finds them, he doesn't ask questions. He doesn't try to fix it or rush them back to BOING. He just stays. Beside them in the quiet, in the weight of an ordinary afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd slowly - not all at once - something shifts. Not because the cloud lifts, but because Smish is not alone inside it. An antenna reaches out, just the tip, and gently brushes the moss. Cool. Cushy. Real. The cloud is still there. But so is Olo. And Smish's heart feels just a little less heavy. For now, this is enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmish and the Day the Cloud Stayed\u003c\/em\u003e is a tender, honest picture book for children ages 4-7 that puts language to emotional heaviness without explaining it away. It honours the reality that hard days sometimes arrive without reason - and that the most healing presence isn't the one that fixes, but the one that stays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes \u003cem\u003eA Parent's Guide to Smish\u003c\/em\u003e - a warm, grounded companion for caregivers and educators. It offers guidance on sitting with a child's discomfort without rushing to fix it, using the senses to offer safety when words fall short, and why feelings that are simply named - without being pushed past - have room to soften. For families where the heaviness lingers or keeps returning, the guide also points gently toward professional support.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Editions Gaou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780994943958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.09d","brand":"Diane Jodouin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52679589232821,"sku":"9780994943958","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/smish-and-the-day-the-cloud-stayed-9780994943958","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}