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When People Die
Designed to help children understand their feelings and work through life's problems, this collection of titles uses case studies to lead kids to think about how their actions affect others and offers respectful advice and several solutions to deal with the problem at hand.
- GenresGrief
32 pages, Library Binding
First published September 13, 2007
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February 26, 2025
great resource for kids! definitely gonna keep this at work to help out families if need be, i think it really does highlight a lot of common scenarios that families experience when a loss has occurred and oftentimes, the kids need to be part of the grieving experience too to get closure
January 30, 2022
Pictures, bigger font makes this easier for both young and older folks to read perhaps to each other.
Presents situations: grandma dying and includes perspectives from both an older and younger grandchild. Father dying; son and son’s friend’s perspective. Small portion on funerals; doesn’t get into specifics on religion or rituals. Death of an older brother, talks about being angry with the dead but doesn’t address what he can do about that. Death of a mother. A piece about a child’s friend dying and his fear of his own death (very general and doesn’t have a lot if a child is really struggling), death of a baby sibling and child’s fear of being loved less, death of a grandfather and how a child might feel left out of the grieving and remembrance conversations, includes a portion on ideas for remembering someone, a part about two children experiencing the death of their best friend and going to her funeral. Includes a Glossary and Further Information.
There is racial representation.
All of the family dynamics presented are of heterosexual couples only.
There are no descriptions or pictures of non-able bodied people.
Presents situations: grandma dying and includes perspectives from both an older and younger grandchild. Father dying; son and son’s friend’s perspective. Small portion on funerals; doesn’t get into specifics on religion or rituals. Death of an older brother, talks about being angry with the dead but doesn’t address what he can do about that. Death of a mother. A piece about a child’s friend dying and his fear of his own death (very general and doesn’t have a lot if a child is really struggling), death of a baby sibling and child’s fear of being loved less, death of a grandfather and how a child might feel left out of the grieving and remembrance conversations, includes a portion on ideas for remembering someone, a part about two children experiencing the death of their best friend and going to her funeral. Includes a Glossary and Further Information.
There is racial representation.
All of the family dynamics presented are of heterosexual couples only.
There are no descriptions or pictures of non-able bodied people.
March 11, 2009
When People Die offers several real-life stories about loved ones dying and how to deal with it. Although it gets a little repetitious, it is good for early readers and includes links in the back.
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