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Deborah Kelly is the author of several popular picture books for children as well as junior fiction, middle grade and young adult titles. She also writes Haiku poetry, inspired by living in Japan for two years. Born in New Zealand, Deb now lives in Australia with her two children. Nicky Johnston has published several bestselling and award-winning titles, including At the End of Holyrood Lane, The Fix-It Man, Grandma Forgets, The Incredibly Busy Mind of Bowen Bartholomew Crisp, Saying Goodbye to Barkley, This is My Dad, Upside-Down Friday and Jørnâs Magnificent Imagination, all with EK Books.Nickyâs illustration style is often described as whimsical, playful, narrative, emotive and colourful. She loves to work in watercolour, ink, pencils and pastel. As a primary teacher and acclaimed presenter, Nicky thoroughly enjoys leading illustrator workshops and visiting schools. She is passionate about inspiring a love for reading in young children, and encouraging them to use their imagination and develop their own ideas.âThe Mosaic explores
emotional resilience and connects it to the power that art has to express and
make sense of our world and ultimately bring about healing.â Â <br />-<i>
Books+Publishing
</i>
âIn a picture book with winsome art,
the narrative sensitively portrays family troubles as they impact a young
child. The illustrations acknowledge Frankieâs fatherâs departure, but the
story revolves around her reactions to the broken vase, her memories of happy
times with family members, and her growing recognition that what initially
seems sad might become a reliable, reassuring new normal.â<br /><i>- Booklist
</i>
âDeborah Kellyâs moving metaphor comparing a shattered family to a
mosaic will bring comfort to children aged four to eight who are coming to
terms with parental separation. The Mosaic reassures readers that
every family is perfect in its own way â even if the people have been
rearranged into a new reality. Sometimes, when a fractured life imitates art,
something precious is created with the pieces.â <br /><i>- Buzz Words Magazine</i>
âAddresses family dynamics, coping with change, and of course creativity
and art. Finding the beauty of life within its wrappings of discomfort and
discord is not easy for the best of us, let alone children grappling with
disruptions to their normal. The Mosaic helps us find and
appreciate that beauty in a myriad of joy-filled ways..â <br /><i>- Kidsâ Book Review  </i>
âThis is an important, powerful book and vital tool to explain
separation to young children.â
<br /><i>-Kat BookWorm (via Instagram)</i>
âDeb has taken this very delicate topic of separation or divorce and
written a beautiful, poignant, and hopeful story/ Nicky has layered it with her
gorgeous illustrations. The whole thing just speaks to healing and finding a
new normal and the beauty that can come from changeâ<br /><i>- Middle Grade Mavens podcast  </i>
âThis is a
sensitive, original story that offers (readers)Â hope as they come to
realise that while things are shattered, they can be put back together again,
although it will be a new thing and it will take time for the arrangement to
work out and the glue to dryâ <br /><i>- The Bottom Self  </i>
âUse it not only with someone going through family
separations and divorce, but also through other changes, like moves, an
illness, a new job. Check out this hope-filled newcomer; I think it'll capture
your heart like it has mine.â<br /><i>- The Corner on Character, blog review </i>
âThe gentle and colourful illustrations pair beautifully with the
child-centred text. It deals with parental separation in a way that is
comforting, and encourages resilience and positivity in such difficult
situations..â <br /><i>-Get Kids Booked -via Instagram</i>
âChildren all over the world are impacted by parental divorce and
separation. <i>The Mosaic</i> offers a fresh perspective, focusing on
the good that can come from change and giving children comfort in a time of
grief and uncertainty.â-<i>Â Midwest Book Review</i>
âThis is a gentle story
with a strong message of resilience, hope and love. Beautifully illustrated
with each characterâs expressions conveying changing emotions from sadness to
wonder to optimism.â <br /><i>-Reading Time</i><br /><br />