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My Too Sad Day
  • Published: 5 May 2027
  • ISBN: 9798217003426
  • Imprint: Rocky Pond Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $39.99

My Too Sad Day

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When Mom is away, a day at home and school can feel gloomy, but the girl in this reassuring, rhyming picture book eventually finds her way to fun. It's a storytime kid-pleaser by bestselling novelist Jill Santopolo.

My mom isn't home, and I'm feeling too sad. I'm too sad for school, for puzzles or swings. Too sad for sparkly butterfly wings.

Most young kids have had this experience of feeling uncomfortable or upset when separated from their parent, even sometimes just at school drop-off. This warm and comforting story is perfect for those moments, or to prepare a child before a parent's business trip or long day away from the house. As our narrator's day continues, she starts to realize that there are plenty of things she can enjoy while not with her mom. And that means more things to tell Mom about when she returns!
  • Published: 5 May 2027
  • ISBN: 9798217003426
  • Imprint: Rocky Pond Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $39.99
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About the authors

Jill Santopolo

Jill Santopolo is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Stars in an Italian Sky, More Than Words, Everything After, and The Light We Lost, which was also a Reese's Book Club pick. Her work has been translated into more than thirty-five languages and has appeared on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Apple, Amazon, and Indiebound bestseller lists. She received a BA from Columbia University and an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is also the author of three successful children's and young-adult series and works as the publisher of Philomel Books. Santopolo travels the world to speak about writing and storytelling. She lives in New York City with her family.
portrait photo of Jill Santopolo

Lorraine Nam

Lorraine Nam based the art in this book on the happy memories of the many libraries she visited as a library kid. Now she is a library grown-up who has even illustrated a few picture books. She is the illustrator of Look Up with Me, Wei Skates On, Your House Is Not Just a House, and the Play with Me board book series. Lorraine lives and works in New York City.
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Praise for My Too Sad Day


Praise for Jill Santopolo's Can You Grow a Striped Banana?
"A litany of love . . . likely to warm parents’ hearts."—Kirkus

Praise for Lorraine Nam
* "So much good cheer, in such a small package"—School Library Journal, starred (for Play with Me)
"Bright and cheerful artwork"—Story Monsters Ink Magazine (for Play Outside with Me)
"Nam’s graceful, color-saturated paint and paper collage art has a subtle 3D effect.”—Publishers Weekly (for Wei Skates On)