Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children

Product Information

Lifetimes was written by my father to try and explain death and dying to young children in a clear, simple, non-sectarian way that they could understand and relate to.

With over 6 million of the world’s best eBooks to choose from, Kobo offers you a whole world of reading. I first read the book to my son when he was three and he asks for it now at five whenever we hear about death or illness in the news or among our friend.

Accompanied by some excellent illustrations of plants, animals and people which also help convey the theme of the book, Lifetimes is a gentle, sensitively written book that both children and adults find comforting and reassuring when dealing with a difficult topic.

The book also includes a page or two explaining that although these are the things' lifetimes, sometimes they get hurt or ill and sometimes they don't recover from the illness/injury. Eden…I know you have an army of people around you – and little old me has you in my thoughts and prayers.

Some deal with death of a loved pet and some deal with the death of a grandparent or other family member. With simple text and illustrations of nature, this book aims to normalize death by explaining it as a part of a given creature’s lifetime.