An emotional and honest account of a father's grief for his son from the two famous authors who have won the Children's Laureate award. Michael Rosen's book, Sad Book, captures Michael's sorrow for the death of his son Eddie from meningitis at the age of 19. A moving coexistence of honesty and simplicity, it recognizes that grief is not always avoidable or logical and specializes in the art of making complex emotions understandable. This is not just another book; Michael Rosen said of the text: "I wrote it in a moment of intense feeling and it went straight to the page... Quentin did not illustrate it, he 'realized' it. He turned the text into a book and as a result showed me myself. No writer could ask for or get more than that." Quentin Blake says that the image of Michael "being sad but trying to look happy" is the hardest drawing he has ever done... "a moving experience."

• Pages: 40
• Dimensions: 21.8x21.8cm