Title: Unraveling Rose
Author: Brian Wray
Artist: Shiloh Penfield
Genre: Toys / Friendship / Children's / OCD / Mental Health
Year Published: 2017
Year Read: 2017
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Source: eARC (Edelweiss)
Content Rating: Ages 4+ (Nothing Obejectionable)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
I
would like to thank Edelweiss and Schiffer Publishing for providing me a
copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
2017 seems to be the year where I
am able to find many children’s book that deal with mental health issues and I
loved the fact that I am able to find such children’s books since I wanted to
read more about mental health and these books were essential to my reading
choices! So, I picked up another book
from Edelweiss called “Unraveling Rose,”
which was written by Brian Wray
along with artwork by Shiloh Penfield
that dealt with the issue of OCD and I really enjoyed this book!
Rose was a stuffed bunny who was
loved by a little boy and they would do all kind of activities with each other
like read books and play in the park together.
Also, Rose likes everything to be perfect such as making sure that the books
on the bookshelf were straighten up and making sure that the tea cups were
facing the right. One day, however, Rose
noticed that there was a loose thread dangling from her arm and even though
Rose tried to ignore the thread, it ended up being the only thing that she
thought about and she ended up pulling out the thread. Unfortunately, the thread ended up stretching
out even longer and it got to the point where Rose could not do much of the
activities that she used to due to the thread pulling out the stuffing in her
arm and rendering her arm useless.
Will Rose be able to play with the
boy again and can she get over her obsession with fixing her loose thread?
Read this book to find out!
I must admit that I was quite
impressed with this children’s book as it is rare that I read a children’s book
that dealt with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Brian Wray has done a great job at conveying the signs of having
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which includes making sure everything is
perfect, to the point that it becomes a massive obsession. I really enjoyed the relationship shared
between Rose and the boy as it reminded of the relationship shared between the
boy and the stuffed rabbit in “The
Velveteen Rabbit,” which is where the boy truly cares about Rose, even if
Rose was losing her stuffing out of her arm.
This story also seems to be extremely similar to the classic children’s
story “The Velveteen Rabbit,” as
both stories involved a young boy playing with their stuffed rabbit. The only difference between the two is that
this story has the “Velveteen Rabbit”
character (Rose in this case) suffer from OCD and we get to see how Rose handles
having this condition. I also loved the
fact that Brian Wray provided some
information about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) at the end of the book as
it gave me more insight on how OCD works and how you can help a person who is
suffering from OCD. Shiloh Penfield’s artwork is adorable to look at, especially of the
images of Rose herself having a cute white dress with pink polka dots on it and
the small boy having large glasses and a friendly expression on his face.
The reason why I took off half a
point from the rating was because I felt that the pacing was a bit slow in some
places and I often found myself trying to read through this book rather quickly
as I wanted to hold my interest in the story.
Overall, “Unraveling Rose” is a truly cute book about teaching children
about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and how to deal with it. I would recommend this book to children ages
four and up since there is nothing objectionable in this book.
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