Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?: Explaining Sudden Death to Pre-School Children in Words They Can Understand - Hardcover

Barber, Elke; Barber, Alex

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0957474504 ISBN 13: 9780957474505

Publisher: Elke Barber, 2012

Synopsis

This book will be replaced by ISBN 9781785921063 on 21 July 2016; available through Jessica Kingsley Publishing. Nominated for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medal 2014, this book explains (sudden) death to very young children in a way they can understand for their age and stage of development. It is based on our true story. When my 34 year old husband died very suddenly and unexpectedly, I turned to books to try and explain to our very young children what had happened, and why Daddy couldn’t come back. To my dismay, I couldn’t find any such book. Not in the UK, not in my native Germany, not in the US. I decided to write my own. The first conversation with Alex I initiated, after that, all I did was answer his questions – honestly, and in words he could understand. Sometimes that meant saying ‘I don’t know’, and sometimes it meant going beyond what I would previously have thought ‘acceptable’. My son was looking for answers; he needed to understand. The worst thing had already happened; the worst thing I could lose now, was my children’s trust. This book is the first conversations we had, in Alex’s own words. It shows other children that they are not alone, and gives carers the confidence and words to help explain death. Hardback, 32 pages + end papers, full colour throughout, US Letter size, Language: English

Edition details

• Publisher: Elke Barber
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0957474504
• ISBN 13: 9780957474505
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jarvis Anna