First snow

by Helen Coutant

With the help of her grandmother and the first snow she has ever seen, a little Vietnamese girl begins to understand how death can be accepted as a natural part of life.

30 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1974

Reviews

[Jena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was four or five years old when I read this book, and a testament to its quality is that I remember it over thirty years later. It explains dying in a gentle beautiful way that toddlers and small children can relate to, and it emphasizes that death is a natural part of life.