Pochée

by Florence Seyvos

L'histoire de Pochée la tortue qui croyait avoir trouvé le bonheur et l'amour avant de perdre son compagnon, Pouce. Elle dut pourtant faire beaucoup de chemin, chercher des fraises des bois, lire des messages à propos de cadeaux, supporter un escargot baptisé Truc, une tortue appelée Nestor et un hérisson du nom de Pépin, avant de comprendre comment on peut être heureux de nouveau.

Genres: Animals, Death, Adventure, Grief, Friendship, Nature

64 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 10, 1994

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautifully written book, which eloquently describes how we deal with grief from the perspective of a tortoise!

[Louise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un livre sur le deuil, tout doux et plein de mélancolie et de drôleries qui serrent le coeur, servi par les magnifique dessin de Claude Ponti.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book wasn't what my eight year old was expecting when she checked it out of the library.
She was looking for a cute, happy animal story. She got a sad and slightly odd little story about two young tortoises who are best friends, and within the first couple of pages one gets hit on the head by a stone and killed.

The story then follows 'Pockety's' grief process, as first she withdraws from the world, wants nothing to do with anything or anyone that she does not associate with her best friend Thumb, until eventually she begins to feel ready to go on a new journey, find a new home, and meet new friends.

Once my daughter got used to the idea, she enjoyed reading the book and it was a good exercise in empathy. I do think that Pockety should have been able to talk to her parents about what she was feeling -it's a bit sad that she cut them out completely because she thought there was no way they could understand and I don't think that is the best message for a little one. Although this may be how some people deal with grief, children need to be encouraged to express all their feelings, good and bad, and to think about who they can turn to when in pain, rather than thinking nobody can understand and that it is therefore best to keep one's feelings to oneself.

[Beatrice Crachilova · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pokety is a magical book, it is a story of a journey, a story of rediscovering happiness. This is a book about love. I read this book with my mum and we both found the story wonderful and magical. I think this book works for all ages, but probably the little readers would benefit from some guidance. It is a perfect family read. It is about a meek turtle called Pockety who makes a relationship as powerful as a magnet with a mother turtle. They run away into a forest where sadness strikes a rock falls on Pockety's friend first Pockety thinks its a joke but when she finds out that her friend is knocked out she doesn't dare to leave her alone. Pockety prays for peace every night. What will she do now?

[Kajol (faeries.alley) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pockety is a story of a female tortoise who leaves her parents at a young age to live like a grown-up. Along the way she meets Thumb who is a male tortoise and both of them navigate life till Thumb's unexpected demise.

The story then continues to show how Pockety deals with the sudden loss of a friend, the grief she feels and her life there after.

This is a beautiful book for everyone to read and know the little things on how grief, loss, anger, agitation and acceptance comes about when given time to process it.

Definitely recommend!

[Leynou · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un beau livre sur la mort et l'absence.

[Filippo · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐⭐⭐ storia molto carina e leggera e con un significato sottile, quasi invisibile, ma molto profondo.

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Happy to have read this in Italian and understood the majority!! I liked it

[Auguste J · Rating 4 out of 5]

kinda forced my brother to read it, but at least he learned a lot (read it too 😛)

[Barbara Ab · Rating 1 out of 5]

Non è assolutamente un libro per bambini, e a parte la descrizione del libro che è una eccellente prova di marketing ben riuscito per il resto è da buttare.
Furbo, ci vuole molta fantasia per estrapolare tutto il filosofico che c'è, e forse volutamente lacunoso per farlo sembrare profondo.
Bah... mi ha fregato la mia passione per le tartarughe: soldi buttati.

[Miranda · Rating 1 out of 5]

I din't really get it.