Is daddy coming back in a minute? : explaining (sudden) death in words very young children can understand / Elke and Alex Barber ; illustrations by Anna Jarvis.
Material type:
TextPublisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781785921063 (alk. paper)
- 1785921061 (alk. paper)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 155.937 B234 | Available | 33111008557478 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 155.937 B234 | Available | 33111008477370 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When we were on a No Girls Allowed! holiday, my daddy's heart stopped beating and I had to find help all by myself. He was very badly broken. Not even the ambulance people could help him...
This honest, sensitive and beautifully illustrated picture book is designed to help explain the concept of death to children aged 3-7. Written in Alex's own words, it is based on the real-life conversations that Elke Barber had with her then three-year-old son, Alex, after the sudden death of his father. The book provides reassurance and understanding to readers through clear and honest answers to the difficult questions that can follow the death of a loved one, and carries the invaluable message that it is okay to be sad, but it is okay to be happy, too.
Ages 3+
Alex and his father are on a boys-only weekend when his father has a heart attack. Alex finds someone to call the ambulance, but his father dies on the way to hospital. His mother comes to get him and explains why his daddy can't come back.