Children who witness domestic violence in their family naturally struggle to find the words to understand and explain what they have seen.

But it's hoped a collection of endearing characters, rhyming verse and gorgeous illustrations will help change this in the form of a new children's book called Raindrops and Dreams.

The inspiration for the groundbreaking project came to author Katrina Tsaftaropoulos long before beginning her role as a domestic violence case worker for Legal Aid NSW.

Having previously been employed in court advocacy, she'd often seen women attend hearings with young children in tow and wondered how they were explaining to them why they were there and what was happening.

"It was clear children were very much a reason why clients make decisions that they make and I tho

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