Where Do People Go When They Die?

by Mindy Avra Portnoy

Other authorsShelly O Haas (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2014

Status

Available

Call number

jFIC POR

Publication

Kar-Ben Pub (2014), Edition: Reprint, 24 pages

Description

Children ask different adults and themselves about death and receive a wide variety of answers. Includes an afterword and suggestions for parents.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
This simple book provides various answers to "Where do people go when they die?" such as they are in our hearts and memories, they return to the earth and nature, they continue living in us, etc. A note for parents follows discussing appropriate ways to answer children's questions about death.
LibraryThing member shirtikvahmn
In this touching narrative, young children ask, "Where do people go when they die?" Each child asks an adult that they trust--a father, a mother, a grandfather, an aunt, a teacher--and, although the reassuring answers they receive are all different, each leads back to the same simple truth: when
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people die, "They go to God. Who is everywhere." With an afterward and helpful suggestions about how to explain death to children, readers will find insight into one of the emotional issues we all struggle with.
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Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)

Language

Original language

English

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