The Cardboard Shack Beneath the Bridge: Helping Children Understand Homelessness

This book captures all that Tim has seen in his years working on the street with the homeless in a form children can easily understand. Homelessness has been called one of the greatest tragedies of our time. In an age of prosperity and plenty, hundreds of thousands of people, continue to find themselves homeless. Tim Huff has been called, by several national papers, as “not just another outreach worker, but a tireless activist for the cause of the homeless.”

Tim Huff leads a ministry of fulltime service, learning and advocacy for poor, oppressed, misunderstood and marginalized people across Canada, the United States and around the world. He is a highly sought after speaker and teacher regarding pro-active community building and compassionate responses to domestic poverty, homelessness, marginalization and poverty of spirit. He is the author of the award-winning best-sellers Bent Hope; A Street Journal, and Dancing with Dynamite; Celebrating Against the Odds; The Yuletide Factor; Cause for Perpetual Comfort and Joy and is also the author/illustrator of the award-winning best-selling children’s Compassion Book series including: The Cardboard Shack Beneath the Bridge; Helping Children Understand Homelessness, It’s hard Not to Stare: Helping Children Understand Disabilities and The Honour Drum; Sharing First Nations Truth with Children (co-written with acclaimed First Nations teacher Cheryl Bear).