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Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children

by Bryan Mellonie

Explaining life and death through the lifetimes of living things

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Explaining life and death through the lifetimes of living things

Using examples from plants, animals, and people, the book introduces beginnings, endings, and the life between them. Its subject is death as part of the wider cycle of living, with illustrations accompanying the explanations. The framing offers a way to talk with children when a relative, friend, or pet has died or may be approaching death, while also making the subject accessible beyond a single loss.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 encountering questions about death, grief, or bereavement
  • Parents and caregivers seeking a book to support conversations about the death of a person or pet

Themes

Life and deathBeginnings and endingsGrief and remembranceLiving things

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Book overview

When the death of a relative, a friend, or a pet happens or is about to happen . . . how can we help a child to understand?

Lifetimes is a moving book for children of all ages, even parents too. It lets us explain life and death in a sensitive, caring, beautiful way. Lifetimes tells us about beginnings. And about endings. And about living in between. With large, wonderful illustrations, it tells about plants. About animals. About people. It tells that dying is as much a part of living as being born. It helps us to remember. It helps us to understand.

Lifetimes . . . a very special, very important book for you and your child. The book that explains--beautifully--that all living things have their own special Lifetimes.
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