What Happened to Daddy's Body?: Explaining What Happens After Death in Words Very Young Children Can Understand - Hardcover

Barber, Elke; Barber, Alex

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0957474512 ISBN 13: 9780957474512

Publisher: Elke Barber, 2014

Synopsis

This book will be replaced by ISBN 9781785921070 on 21 July 2016; available through Jessica Kingsley Publishing. This book gently, sensitively and honestly explains cremation and burial, and follows on from our first book "Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?", and we share what we did with Martin’s ashes – and the kids were very much involved in this. Just as the first book, it is based on the actual conversations I had with my children, written in their own words. Once again, my children’s questions pushed my explanations beyond what I might previously have thought of as ‘acceptable’, but I was guided by their curiosity and merely tried to make sense of the muddles in their heads. They weren’t scared, but grateful to understand. It further reassures the reader that it is okay to be sad, but that it is okay to be happy, too.

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Review

Told sensitively, responding to Alex's questions from the personal experience of his daddy dying, this beautifully illustrated book explains cremation and burial clearly in age-appropriate language. It will help adults explain to young children what happens to the body after someone dies. I highly recommend it to individuals and professionals. --Dawn Hewitt, CEO, CHUMS Child Bereavement, Trauma and Emotional Wellbeing Service

This book will be a great resource for anyone wanting to answer a child's questions after a death, but who is having difficulty finding age-appropriate words. Elke writes from personal experience of talking with her own children and the openness of her approach comes through very clearly. --Helen Mackinnon, Director of SeeSaw, Grief Support for Children and Young People in Oxfordshire

Elke has once again captured what is needed for aiding bereaved children's understanding. Sensitive, caring and developmentally appropriate, this book is a fantastic resource for explaining what happens to a person's body after death. I'm sure it will help countless children and their caregivers with some of the most difficult questions. --Donna Hastings, Senior Bereavement Support Worker, Richmond's Hope

Book Description

Learn what happens to the body after death as Alex shares the story of what happened to his daddy's body

Edition details

• Publisher: Elke Barber
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0957474512
• ISBN 13: 9780957474512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jarvis Anna
• Number of pages: 40