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Pilgrim Press (2010)
Description
After a water bug suddenly leaves her pond and is transformed into a dragonfly, her friends' questions about such departures are like those children ask when someone dies.
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LibraryThing member aswideman
This book is good to read to young readers. It can be a good way to tell children about death without specific details about death. It can help children that may be grieving.
LibraryThing member SheriVillaman
This is a short story that tells about how a water bug transforms into a dragonfly. It helps to explain how when someone dies they transform into something that we, the living, can no longer see. I loved that this book explained death in an abstract way because death is such an abstract concept. As
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a parent, I am responsible for teaching too. I used this book to begin a discussion with my young son and he now uses it to start a conversation with me when he is thinking about the significant person he lost in his life. Show Less