My dad built me the best and wackiest cubby ever is a timely and compassionate story about a child and father setting out to build a cubbyhouse under streaming sunshine. Until clouds snake in on a hazing horizon... skies swell, a clouding storm brews and finally breaks and swirls into pouring rains and eventually subsides. All the while, the cubby grows wackier, with the rustiest of riches that rattle and rule! This is all a metaphor for the father's mental ill health that gently aligns with the building of the cubby and changing weather. Mental ill health can be a challenge to understand because we can't 'see' anything wrong or broken with the brain. This warm-hearted story with full colour illustrations helps give some understanding through the eyes of a child building a cubby with its father. The chapter book is ideal for 6-12 year olds and is accompanied by resources for teachers, carers and families to draw upon. The book is available in full colour or black and white paperback, as well as an E-book. Teacher resources are available for the book from www.monikaschott.com