{"id":13620,"date":"2013-02-04T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/michael-rosens-sad-book\/"},"modified":"2013-02-04T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T23:29:00","slug":"michael-rosens-sad-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/michael-rosens-sad-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Rosen&#8217;s Sad Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SnogilpBCdM\/URAveC5a3fI\/AAAAAAAAAfU\/KJCs3_mfUSQ\/s1600\/images.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SnogilpBCdM\/URAveC5a3fI\/AAAAAAAAAfU\/KJCs3_mfUSQ\/s1600\/images.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The nature of sadness. <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0763641049\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0763641049&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wondephilo-20\">Michael Rosen&#8217;s Sad Book<\/a><\/i> describes how sadness feels and tries to understand it. &#8220;Sometimes sad is very big. It&#8217;s everywhere. All over me.&#8221; Michael Rosen&#8217;s son, Eddie, died, and that, he tells us, is what makes him most sad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes I&#8217;m sad and I don&#8217;t know why. It&#8217;s just a cloud that comes along and covers me up.&#8221; Rosen asks these questions: Where is sad? When is sad? Who is sad?<\/p>\n<p>How do we respond to sadness?&nbsp;The book examines whether memories can make us feel less sad. And does it help to know that sadness affects everyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nature of sadness. Michael Rosen&#8217;s Sad Book describes how sadness feels and tries to understand it. &#8220;Sometimes sad is very big. It&#8217;s everywhere. All over me.&#8221; Michael Rosen&#8217;s son, Eddie, died, and that, he tells us, is what makes him most sad. &#8220;Sometimes I&#8217;m sad and I don&#8217;t know why. 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