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Maybe dying is like becoming a butterfly / written by Pimm van Hest ; illustrated by Lisa Brandenburg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Publisher: New York : Clavis Publishing, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 30 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781605374949
  • 1605374946
  • 9781605375052
  • 1605375055
Uniform titles:
  • Misschien is doodgaan wel hetzelfde als een vlinder worden. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: A philosophical conversation about death from the author of I Give You My Heart. "Are you going to die, Grandpa?" "Someday, sweetheart. But I hope not too soon." Their simple exchange covers a lot of philosophical ground. Grandpa allows that "no one really knows" what happens after death, but he tells Christopher that some people think of heaven ("a place without sadness or war"), others of rebirth ("each time, you get wiser"), and others of "nothing" ("the same as before you were born"). The pair discusses the whys of death ("dying is part of life"), birth ("to learn all sorts of things"), and feelings of fear or comfort about dying.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Picturebook Tough Topics Hest Pimm van Available 33111009417854
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook Tough Topics Hest Pimm van Checked out 07/10/2024 33111009584406
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Straightforward, gentle, useful, and engaging. " - Kirkus Reviews

When Grandpa suggests that a caterpillar might die if Christopher puts it in a jar.
"Are you going to die, Grandpa?"
"Someday, sweetheart. But I hope not too soon."
Their simple exchange covers a lot of philosophical ground. Grandpa allows that "no one really knows" what happens after death, but he tells Christopher that some people think of heaven ("a place without sadness or war"), others of rebirth ("each time, you get wiser"), and others of "nothing" ("the same as before you were born"). The pair discusses the whys of death ("dying is part of life"), birth ("to learn all sorts of things"), and feelings of fear or comfort about dying.

An important picture book that gives children free rein to express their questions, fears, thoughts, and ideas about death. For children ages 5 and up. Including an epilogue by the grief therapist Rebecca Dabekaussen, with tips on how to discuss this difficult but inevitable subject with children.

Guided Reading Level O

Originally published as "Misschien is doodgaan wel hetzelfde als een vlinder worden" in Belgium and the Netherlands by Clavis Uitgeverij, 2018. English translation from the Dutch by Clavis Publishing Inc., New York.

A philosophical conversation about death from the author of I Give You My Heart. "Are you going to die, Grandpa?" "Someday, sweetheart. But I hope not too soon." Their simple exchange covers a lot of philosophical ground. Grandpa allows that "no one really knows" what happens after death, but he tells Christopher that some people think of heaven ("a place without sadness or war"), others of rebirth ("each time, you get wiser"), and others of "nothing" ("the same as before you were born"). The pair discusses the whys of death ("dying is part of life"), birth ("to learn all sorts of things"), and feelings of fear or comfort about dying.

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