She lived on in wonderful shape: went to pre-school for the first time, watched her new baby brother grow, went to dance classes and read many, many books. Although death can be a sensitive and sometimes difficult subject to address, this book was very comforting. Mostly, of course, they get better again, but there are times when they are so badly hurt or they are so ill that they die because they can no longer stay alive. With over 6 million of the world’s best eBooks to choose from, Kobo offers you a whole world of reading.

Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. It should be used as part of a comprehensive set of books on biological and familial concepts as it is not meant to answer all of a child's questions on life cycles, grief, death or dying. It was first published in 1983 and as a beginning teacher many moons ago, I remember reading this with my Year Two class one year when a child in the class had a family member pass away. Carol is also well known for her assistance in the death process, as well as house blessings and energy clearings for homes, people, animals, and land. A cancer widow of 2+ years with kids just a few years older than mine recommended the book "Lifetimes: The Beautiful way to explain death to children" by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen.This Goodreads listing is the one that uses the correct title (Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children). For what it's worth, I'm proud to be able to offer a short review of my late father's book, Lifetimes, which is still selling all around the world, many years after its initial publication. Robert Ingpen is an award-winning illustrator of numerous books, including The Encyclopedia of Events That Changed the World, The Encyclopedia of Ideas That Changed the World, and The Encyclopedia of Mysterious Places. Once children have moved beyond self to include the awareness of another, they will benefit from the gentle scaffolding of the concept.

This book talks about death in all living things in a matter of fact manner and helped us have deeper conversations too. Here is a list of excellent books designed to help explain death to younger children or to help them cope. An exquisitely illustrated and plainly written book, it speaks clearly to the children about a complicated subject.Lifetimes was written by my father to try and explain death and dying to young children in a clear, simple, non-sectarian way that they could understand and relate to.

Robert Ingpen is an award-winning illustrator of numerous books, including The Encyclopedia of Events That Changed the World, The Encyclopedia of Ideas That Changed the World, and The Encyclopedia of Mysterious Places (all Penguin Studio). Note: some are religous or concern afterlife concepts and some do not:When Dinaosaurs Die by Laura Krasney Brown and Marc BrownWhats Heaven?Whether a ladybug, a ponderosa pine or family member, this book reveals through uncomplicated text and subdued illustrations that “each (living thing) has its own special lifetime. This statement either reflects the authors' intent on only dealing with the concept of physical death, or it could be interpreted as their belief statement.

I would caution against using this book as a regular picture book for toddlers and older preschoolers because it may actually introduce the idea of death before a child is able to comprehend the explanation.

Our lives are mostly longer than those of butterflies, shorter than those of trees, but no matter how long we live, we are also beautiful and fragile creatures. I also appreciated that this was an entirely secular take on death, focusing only on death and not the questions about what, if anything, happens afterward.