Status
Available
Call number
Collections
Publication
Magination Pr (2003), Edition: 2, 32 pages
Description
Amanda the squirrel is upset that she is going to lose her friend Gentle Willow, but the tree wizards give advice that help both her and Gentle Willow accept the change that comes with death.
User reviews
LibraryThing member claireforhan
This book is meant to serve as a resource for parents to talk to their children about death, and friends or the child who may be dying from a terminal disease. Told as a story about a friendship between a squirrel and a tree, the tree gets a disease and dies, and the squirrel must learn to cope. I
There is a lot of advice and resources for parents at the end on how to talk to your child about death.
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felt that this book ended abruptly and was not the best portrayal of death because it was a tree that died.There is a lot of advice and resources for parents at the end on how to talk to your child about death.
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LibraryThing member authordanagoodman
If I could give this more than five stars I would. I read this tender story to my boys after their Dad died of cancer--I can't tell you how happy I was to have a way to explain terminal illness to my four-year-old and two-year-old.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
10 inches
ISBN
1591470722 / 9781591470724
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