Sarah Surgey

The Heavy Bag by Sarah Surgey is a children's book that looks at the five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Sadness and Acceptance. Children can experience grief for a loved one; a pet; or even moving on from a school or area. When all of the emotions build up inside a child's mind, they can feel like they are carrying around a huge weight with them. ' The Heavy Bag' follows a little girl called Enid who has just lost her Granddad. As Enid goes out for a walk with lots of different...See more

The Heavy Bag by Sarah Surgey is a children's book that looks at the five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Sadness and Acceptance. Children can experience grief for a loved one; a pet; or even moving on from a school or area. When all of the emotions build up inside a child's mind, they can feel like they are carrying around a huge weight with them. ' The Heavy Bag' follows a little girl called Enid who has just lost her Granddad. As Enid goes out for a walk with lots of different emotions whooshing around inside her head, she feels the weight of the heavy bag that she is carrying. See less