Welcome to Litsy!

Death is a difficult topic because it is so abstract. It often raises more questions than it answers. It is especially difficult to face the loss of someone we love. These 4 grandchildren try to keep Death awake by plying him w/ coffee. Maybe he‘ll go away and forget about taking their grandma. But Death tells the kiddos a story about the importance of grief and sorrow enhancing our joy and delight. A tender, delicate story w/ lovely illustrations

This book would be good for RA or SR. It is about kids whose grandmother is dying and they make a deal to keep death away. But death comes anyway and tells them a story to help them understand death. This is a good book to help kids process and understand loss of life and that death is natural. It is a modern fantasy book. It won a Batchelder award. Resource: https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=50684#Resources
I would use UDL guideline 3.2...

This RF, Batchelder winner is a cute story about 4 siblings who have an ill grandmother, and make a pact to keep her from dying. The story tells a moving message about the value of life and the importance of being able to say goodbye. This story would be best as an IR because while it tells a moving message, it may not be something you want to read aloud to your students because it can make them sad. https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=50684

Not trying to bring gloom to your Monday, but these Top 6 picks have been on my mind recently. My grandmother passed away a little over a week ago, and while I'm coping well I often find solace in books and illustrations. In that respect, there are my Top 6 picture books on dealing with death (and family).

My tagged book, Cry Heart, but Never Break has been a favorite since I discovered it a few years ago and is a source of comfort at sad times.

Wow!

This volume address death and loss for children. And it does so with

Humor - the kids try to keep Death awake too long to take grandma by plying him with endless refills of his favorite drink (hot black coffee)

Insight - Death wants to help the kids understand why this is happening, so he tells them a parable about how death is what makes life special

Compassion - Death takes care not to scare the kids & leaves his axe outside the house

It finally arrived!!!
#athinsliceofanxiety

This is quite possibly the best children's book about death I have ever read. It is beautiful and poetic, but realistic. It does something that is difficult and needed - it addresses death in a secular manner, without mention of religion, while still being something that religious families would be comfortable reading to their children. I will be adding it to my permanent collection immediately.

These books are excellent companion reads! The Batchelder winner (for a book originally published in a language other than English, in a country other than the US) and the Printz honor winner for YA lit both explore the role of death in life, one intended for children & the other for teens.

Winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder award for outstanding children's book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States.

This was originally published in Danish in 2001.

Translated picturebook! This was incredibly beautiful and a great way to introduce children to death.

☆☆☆☆☆

17/?

#diverseathon #picturebook #translatedwork

“Who would enjoy the sun if it never rained? Who would yearn for the day if there were no night?”

A wonderful, emotional read. A good book to help kids learn about death and grief. This book is a great conversation starter for kids to talk and ask questions about a topic that we try and hide from kids.

2017, Book 1 "Some people say Death's heart is as dead and black as a piece of coal, but that is not true. Beneath his inky cloak, Death's heart is as red as the most beautiful sunset and beats with great love of life."

A graceful, gentle yet powerful discussion of death and grief, aimed specifically at kids (but it punches adult hearts as well). A gorgeous addition to my "book medicine" shelves. Rec'd to: those dealing with grief. Not recommended for: anyone who suggests "just get over it, don't talk about it."

Such a sweet and simple way of understanding emotions when a loved one dies. A book for any age that will warm the heart and make you shed a small tear.

GRÆD BLOT HJERTE… er en smuk og omsorgsfuld fortælling om den uundgåelige død og hvorfor vi må miste dem, vi holder allermest af.

www.bornenesboger.dk

"Death said, 'Fly, Soul. Fly, fly away.'"