It should be used as part of a comprehensive set of books on biological and familial concepts as it is not meant to answer all of a child's questions on life cycles, grief, death or dying.

Here is a list of excellent books designed to help explain death to younger children or to help them cope. The images are very old fashioned and dark colours made this a very dull and lifeless, pardon the pun! For the last thirty-five years she has been providing information and guidance to humans and their animal companions through the use of telepathic communication, Reiki healing, Mer-Ka-Ba healing, and shamanic techniques.Relating death as a natural occurrence does well to counteract the fear that is usually associated with dying by young children. But we are all going to die, every one of us, and this book can help to understand that without fairy tales or hysteria. Check out my mini ebook, ' What to Read Next' or sign up for my FREE webinar, ' 3 Tips to Start the Best Book Club Ever'. Through Robert Ingpen's captivating illustrations, children can visualize and comprehend the abstract concepts of life and death.

Despite many subsequent imitations, I believe my father's book remains clearly the best, and I am sure he would also have been proud to see that it has helped so many people. A cancer widow of 2+ years with kids just a few years older than mine recommended the book "Lifetimes: The Beautiful way to explain death to children" by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen. The beautiful message in this simple book brings a peaceful feeling to anyone who reads or listens to it being read and if a recent death has taken place in a child's life it explains it in a way that even a child as young as three can understand and find comfort.The repetitive text helps young children process the complex concept of life and death, and the illustrations are peaceful and interesting but not cutesy. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. Throughout the book, the lifetime is explained as a beginning and an end, with living in the middle; it is established several times that this is true of all living things.