We found a beautiful way to bring understanding and healing to children with a subject that is not spoken about a lot.

We are two Jewish moms coming together to bring to the world an important story. It’s all told through the eyes and heart of 7 year old George, and a miscarriage that happened in his family.

Message from the Author:

Amy Pinnick -Nurse & Mum

In 2010 I had my first miscarriage. I cried-sadness of what should have been.. but I was harshly brought back to earth and told that I need to put it into perspective because it happens to 1 out of 4 pregnancies. A hard reality to hear from the doctor who was meant to be caring for me.

After this experience, I realized, after talking to other women, how many couples had been through the same thing. An unspoken taboo.

When I lost my daughter, Liad, I was 24 weeks pregnant. The grief was huge but I remember the relief that at the time my daughter was too young to understand that the baby had gone. A wonderful friend of mine lost her precious little boy at 20 weeks and her two children grieved with her.

I became acutely aware that there is little out there in the way of literature to support parents and their children after a miscarriage. One day I sat and put pen to paper. The words poured out me. The birth of my story called ‘Goodnight Angel Baby’

A story about a little boy named George who found out his mummy had a baby in her tummy. He was so excited.. but then the baby died. George blamed himself, but mummy told him that no one was to blame. She explained that ‘babies are like little seeds inside their mummies tummy and this little seed was not strong enough to grow…’ and how this baby was now their angel baby.

The book has been created to help grieving parents find the right words to explain to young children to about miscarriage, help include them in the process. We live in a world where understanding death is complicated enough-but even more so when there is no actual ‘baby’ to see and feel.  ‘Good Night Angel Baby’ is written in a language that is easy for children to understand.

I had a difficult time finding the right illustrator, and after 2 years I found an amazing one. I got in touch with Leah Bar Shalom and it was the perfect fit. We’re here working as a team to bring this story to life.

This book is aimed at children of ages 3-10

Message from the Illustrator:

Leah Bar Shalom

When Amy sent me the voice recording of her reading the story, it was so beautiful I started to cry. I then shared it with my husband who also started to cry. It was such a heartfelt beautiful story. I put all my soul into my illustrations and have in mind the people who will be taking in this story. When I illustrate children’s books, I try to visually capture the feelings and thoughts going through a young child’s mind, so that kids will connect along with the adults reading to them. I hope anyone who reads this wonderful story will find healing, and feel the outpour of love and care that Amy and intend to put into this book.

Where your donations will go to:

• Turning the manuscript into a beautifully illustrated book
• Creating a Video of the whole story with a voiceover by the Author
• Audio Narration of book with Author
• Making a Hebrew translation of the book
• English book design & layout
• Hebrew book design & layout

We really hope that together we can produce a children’s book that will help families all over the world, during a giving us the right words to heal ourselves and our children after miscarriage.