tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post2722033128865212416..comments2023-12-13T02:57:32.461-08:00Comments on Book Aunt: Grieving in Picture BooksKateCoombshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-18905842122510384002009-12-22T22:34:00.675-08:002009-12-22T22:34:00.675-08:00Thank you, Mary Ann. I love the idea of grieving o...Thank you, Mary Ann. I love the idea of grieving over the loss of a tree--thanks for sharing your review (which I just read!). Trees are one of the things that make me the happiest, so it makes sense to me.Kate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-46885366170940163452009-12-22T22:25:01.224-08:002009-12-22T22:25:01.224-08:00What a wonderful selection of books. I saw The Go...What a wonderful selection of books. I saw The Goblin and the Empty Chair on Mem Fox's website, but wasn't clear what it was about. Now I'll definitely search it out.<br /><br />Another book you might want to look for is Tess's Tree, by Jess Brallier. I reviewed it here: http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/tesss-tree-sweet-book-about-losing.html<br /><br />It really was a comfort to a family who had recently lost a dog. This is not as heavy as some of the other titles, but its shows a young girl dealing with her grief and the power of sharing your feelings.<br /><br />thanks again for a thoughtful post,<br />Mary AnnMary Ann Scheuerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592162867997740561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-51568540890889730012009-12-19T19:11:26.637-08:002009-12-19T19:11:26.637-08:00Jennifer--I like the idea of a tough topics collec...Jennifer--I like the idea of a tough topics collection. I haven't read Michael Rosen's Sad Book, though I will look for it. I read the Amazon reviews just now to get a feel for the book, and I thought it was interesting that the actual psychologists who weighed in didn't think it was age-appropriate, while other readers did. I suspect that a young child needs to feel like the world is fairly steady, and that, not so much knowing about adult grief, but seeing the EXTENT of that grief, might be worrisome if not frightening. Or, as one of the psychologist reviewers puts it, "burdensome." Then, too, I wonder if Sad Book would be too mature for most 4- to 8-year-olds to grasp or dwell on later, but would be troubling to the kind of child with the sensitivity and intellectual depth to really get it.Kate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-76472034489735419512009-12-19T16:36:42.608-08:002009-12-19T16:36:42.608-08:00An excellent list, we need some of these for our t...An excellent list, we need some of these for our tough topics collection. I have a lot of older chapter books dealing with death (including Jean Little's many excellent novels), but not as many picturebooks. We do have Michael Rosen's Sad Book - what's your opinion on that? I pulled it from our picturebooks and put it into our tough topics (sort of a parenting collection) but I hesitate to recommend it because it feels much more like an adult book - and I find it very grim and depressing.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096787155616041727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-63509907963445664202009-12-19T16:19:00.308-08:002009-12-19T16:19:00.308-08:00Storyqueen and evbishop--You're very welcome.
...Storyqueen and evbishop--You're very welcome.<br /><br />IB--Thanks for this suggestion and the review link. Thinking of losing siblings in particular reminded me of a picture book for older readers, Bird by Zetta Elliott, illustrated by Shadra Strickland. It's about an African American boy who loses his beloved older brother, first to drug addiction and then to death. But his brother's legacy of art keeps him going. A sad yet hopeful book and beautifully done.Kate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-73118700604551343692009-12-19T15:00:26.075-08:002009-12-19T15:00:26.075-08:00Another great picture book, particularly with resp...Another great picture book, particularly with respect to the loss of a sibling, is Always My Brother. I reviewed it here: http://infantbibliophile.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-tourreview-with-prizes-always-my.htmlLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07309501483266246859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-77362753854231506042009-12-19T14:40:43.748-08:002009-12-19T14:40:43.748-08:00Thank you for this list.Thank you for this list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-31516858181944304812009-12-19T13:07:27.164-08:002009-12-19T13:07:27.164-08:00Thank you for this post. Our school suffered the ...Thank you for this post. Our school suffered the loss of a child this year, and I have been looking for books that deal with such issues for my classes.<br /><br />Shelleystoryqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039684494823420722noreply@blogger.com