The Color Thief: A Family's Story of Depression

By Andrew Fusek Peters, Polly Peters and Karin Littlewood

2016 Social Justice Literature Award

A child recounts his experience of losing his father to depression in this poignant and beautifully illustrated picture book. The boy's father disappears into a world without color. As the father seeks help, color begins to reappear and with it hope. An ideal book for parents and caregivers to share with children to help them make sense of the devastating effects that depression can cause.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Release date: Sep 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9780807512746

Andrew Fusek Peters

Andrew Fusek Peters is an award-winning author who has written extensively for children and young people of all ages. Initially recognized and critically acclaimed as a poet, Andrew has broadened his work to include plays, picture books, and fiction.

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