Let's Talk About When Someone Dies

A Let’s Talk picture book to start conversations with children about death and bereavement

Molly Potter author Sarah Jennings illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:4th Oct '18

£12.99

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Let's Talk About When Someone Dies cover

From best-selling author Molly Potter comes a picture book for starting conversations with young children about the tricky subject of death with sensitivity and honesty, from what death is to why people die. Let's Talk About When Someone Dies features engaging illustrations, gentle guidance and simple advice making it ideal for tackling the difficult topic of death and what happens next.

From Molly Potter, best-selling author of How Are You Feeling Today? and What's Worrying You?, comes a picture book for starting conversations with children about death, bereavement and what happens next. When someone dies, we can feel a whole host of different emotions and explaining them to a child isn't so easy. This book uses clear, easy-to-understand language to answer complex questions about death and how a child might feel when someone dies. It covers all manner of tricky subjects with sensitivity and honesty, from what death is to why people die. Each double page spread takes a child through how they might feel, what they might think and how they might behave. With engaging illustrations, gentle guidance and simple advice for parents and carers, Let's Talk About When Someone Dies fulfils an important but difficult need for starting conversations with children about death and bereavement, in an accessible and supportive way. Let’s Talk books help you start meaningful conversations with your child. Written by an expert and covering topics like feelings, relationships, diversity and mental health, these comforting picture books support healthy discussion right from the start.

This is a book that children will be able to read and understand themselves but will also be perfect for parents and children to read together – a great way to spark discussion about a difficult topic and allow children to ask questions whilst giving parents well constructed answers at a time when they may be struggling themselves. -- K and O: Bonkers About Books
With easy-to-understand language used to answer complex questions, it covers all manner of tricky subjects with sensitivity and honesty. It acknowledges the way children may feel and the possible impact on the child's behaviour. A supportive book for a tricky subject. -- Parents in Touch

ISBN: 9781472955340

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 395g

32 pages