The Kid's Book About Death and Dying

by Eric Rofes, Fayerweather Street School

Fourteen children offer facts and advice to give young readers a better understanding of death.

119 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1985

About the author

Eric Rofes was a gay activist, educator, and author. He was a director of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center in the 1980s. In 1989, he became executive director of the Shanti Project, a nonprofit AIDS service organization. He was a professor of Education at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, and served on the board of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. He wrote or edited twelve books. One of his last projects was co-creating "Gay Men's Health Leadership Academies" to combat what he saw as a "pathology-focused understanding of gay men" in safe-sex education.

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not just for kids to deal with death. Very helpful.