'I cannot recommend this beautiful picture book about depression by Debi Gliori highly enough It's a masterpiece'
- David Walliams bestselling children's author A groundbreaking picture book on depression with stunning illustrations With stunning black & white illustration & deceptively simple text author & illustrator Debi Gliori examines how depression affects one's whole outlook upon life & shows that there can be an escape
- it may not be easy to find but it is there Drawn from Debi's own experiences & with a moving testimony at the end of the book explaining how depression has affected her & how she continues to cope Debi hopes that by sharing her own experience she can help others who suffer from depression & to find that subtle shift that will show the way out'I have used dragons to represent depression This is partly because of their legendary ability to turn a once fertile realm into a blackened smoking ruin & partly because popular mythology shows them as monstrous opponents with a tendency to pick fights with smaller creatures I'm not particularly brave or resourceful & after so many years battling my beasts I have to admit to a certain weariness but I will arm-wrestle dragons for eternity if it means that I can help anyone going through a similar struggle'' Debi Gliori is amazing Her pictures offer people an insight into depression that words often struggle to reach She makes visible the invisible & I for one want to thank her for that'
- Matt Haig bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive