What's Heaven?

by Maria Shriver

Other authorsSandra Speidel (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1999

Library's review

A lovely story for children about what heaven might be like. An uplifting and positive tale to help difficult times.

Publication

32 pages

User reviews

LibraryThing member Heather19
This book gives a very nice and easy to understand definition of heaven. When a relative dies, a young girl asks her mother question after question about heaven, dying, etc, and the mother's answers are simple and wonderfully reassuring. I actually read this book for my own needs because it seems
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like one of the very few books out there that discuss heaven without being overly religious and lecturing. Yes, it's a childrens book, but for someone who simply needs reassurance with such a complex and loaded topic, this book is wonderful.
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LibraryThing member asousley
Kate's great-grandmother passes away. Kate starts asking her mom about what happens to her after she dies. Her mother tells her that she went to heaven and that she will be happy up there and never sick. Kate's mother tells her that she will be with God. Kate keeps asking questions and her mom
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reassures her that we will never forget her and that she will always live within us.

Very good book. It can help explain to children what happens to people when they die.

A teacher can use this book to explain to children that death is not the end, but that our souls go to a better place. Also that a person we love will always live within us.
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LibraryThing member cmbeck
A young girl, Kate, learns about heaven. She asks her mother all kinds of questions, so she can understand her grandmother's death.
Ages 5 and up
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