On the Wings of a Butterfly: A Story About Life and Death - Softcover

Marilyn Maple (author); Sandy Haight (illus) & Earl A. Grollman (Afterword)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0943990688 ISBN 13: 9780943990682

Publisher: Chicago Review Press, 1992

Synopsis

How can you explain death to a child? This uplifting story will help children who are confronting death. Meant to encourage discussion about death as a normal part of life, this book describes a young cancer patient who finds comfort in her friendship with a caterpillar. As the caterpillar prepares for transformation into a butterfly, the two share their fears and concerns about the unknown. ..". An indispensable tool for coping in the face of oncoming loss, " notes Earl A. Grollman, D.D., author of Talking about Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child. Now back in print in paperback as a result of hundreds of requests.

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Review:

"Provides a generous, uplifting start for talking with children (and listening to them talk) about death, dying, and the 'marvelousness' of life."

..". this affecting story will comfort youngsters who are terminally ill or who know someone who is."

..". a sense of tenderness suffuses the text, making it a gently effective instrument of bibliotherapy."

About the Author:

Rabbi Earl A. Grollman is an internationally recognized bereavement counselor who has been named Hero of the Heartland and given the Distinguished Human Service Award from Yeshiva University, among countless other awards. He is author of the best-selling Living When a Loved One Has Died (Beacon / 2719-7 / $10.00 pb), among many other books, and articles about him and his work have appeared in USA Today, Harper's, Reader's Digest, Ann Landers, People, and in virtually every major American daily. He lives in Belmont, Massachusetts.

Rabbi Earl A. Grollman is an internationally recognized bereavement counselor who has been named Hero of the Heartland and given the Distinguished Human Service Award from Yeshiva University, among countless other awards. He is author of the best-selling Living When a Loved One Has Died (Beacon / 2719-7 / $10.00 pb), among many other books, and articles about him and his work have appeared in USA Today, Harper's, Reader's Digest, Ann Landers, People, and in virtually every major American daily. He lives in Belmont, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0943990688
• ISBN 13: 9780943990682
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32