Product description

Water Bugs and Dragonfiles: Explaining Death to Young Children (Looking Up)

Price: £1.96
RRP: £2.28 This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
You save: £0.32 (14 %)
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Average customer rating: 4.0

Author : Doris Stickney
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780829816242
Edition : Revised
ISBN : 0829816240
Label : The Pilgrim Press
Manufacturer : The Pilgrim Press
Number of pages : 24
Publication date : 2004-02
Publisher : The Pilgrim Press
Title : Water Bugs and Dragonfiles: Explaining Death to Young Children (Looking Up)
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Studio : The Pilgrim Press

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-10-17 rating:

good book
I was given this after my dad died i read it to my children it helped i have since given it to two sets of children and i think it helped them a little. I think it is a great book

review by: icarus 247 date: 2008-04-23 rating:

Pond Life
The pamphlet is well written and illustrated. Good for sharing with a young child. However, it was not very useful to me. The analogy is misleading and obviously based on an 'afterlife'. May appeal to some but not for those looking for a more straightforward, rational approach.

review by: Taxanimal date: 2007-03-18 rating:

A lovely story, and a very useful analogy.
I'm reading this book to my 4-year old who's asking where Granddad has gone. It's a particularly useful analogy because of the 2 different environments lived in by the water bugs and the dragonfly, which explains why we can't go to see if Granddad is OK and neither can he come back to see us! It is a bit religious, but if you're OK with that, it's a great story.

review by: ringy5 date: 2003-09-10 rating:

WATER BUGS AND DROGNFLIES
This book tells a sweet story of a water bug who leaves his old life behind to become a dragonfly in his new life. I did feel the story would only appeal to under 5-6 year olds as the story was fictional and did not give the reality of death. Beautifully illustrated, a lovely prayer at the end of the book with the option to put the name of the deceased in. This book would make a nice keepsake for a child to remember the loved one that died.

review by: date: 2002-02-05 rating:

Only helpful to VERY young kids with Christian beliefs.
I found this very religious. The reading level was focused at VERY young children, but it was not appropriate to read the whole book to the child in my case as the Christian leaning of the end of the book was too strong for my liking. It was a bit of a waste of money!

Similar products

Badger's Parting Gifts
Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss (Elf-Help Books for Kids)
I Miss You: a First Look at Death (First Look at Books (Paperback))
Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine: Your Activity Book to Help When Someone Has Died
Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies

Similar categories