Someone came before you / Pat Schwiebert, illustrated by Taylor Bills.
Material type:
TextPublication details: Portland, Or. : Grief Watch, ©2007.Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 x 26 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780972424158
- 0972424156
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Tough Topics | Schwiebe Pat | Available | 33111009709623 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
There are books for children to help them when the baby they are waiting for dies. And now there is a book for the child who comes after the one who died. It's a perfect gift just for them. It explains in a gentle way the parents' desire for a child and the sadness that comes over them when that baby dies. It then shares how the parents, with the help of the baby, get to the point of wanting another child to come into their lives. The illustrator has an extraordinary gift of capturing feelings in his drawings that tell the story beyond words. Includes suggestions about keeping your baby's memory alive.
Includes a section written for parents on how to help their children cope with the death of an infant.
Recommended age level 2 and up.
"There are books for children to help them when the baby they are waiting for dies. And now there is a book for the child who comes after the one who died. It s a perfect gift just for them. It explains in a gentle way the parents desire for a child and the sadness that comes over them when that baby dies. It then shares how the parents, with the help of the baby, get to the point of wanting another child to come into their lives. The illustrator, Taylor Bills, who has an extraordinary gift of capturing feelings in his drawings that tell the story beyond words. Includes suggestions about keeping your baby s memory alive."--Publisher description.