Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children

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However, as a person of faith, I would add that the scope of this book is limited to earthly life and therefore does not touch on the belief in life after death. This is a simple and straight forward explanation of the biological sequence of birth, life, and death for children with realistic illustrations from the animal and vegetable kingdoms. Robert Ingpen is an award-winning illustrator of numerous books, including The Encyclopedia of Events That Changed the World, The Encyclopedia of Ideas That Changed the World, and The Encyclopedia of Mysterious Places (all Penguin Studio). 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. What is great about this book and something I didn't realize at the time was that lifetimes didn't have to only related to death of people.

It uses examples from nature to show different lengths of life and does a good job at normalizing death or the end of life.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. 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.

She spent a week in bed between her mother and me, sleeping, and then in the middle of the night, she died. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you.Later we could talk about our hopes and fears, but during the book we felt the calm rythm of the mystery of life. The pages I've photographed give an idea of the tone of the book, but it is interspersed with beautiful pictures. 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.

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'. An exquisitely illustrated and plainly written book, it speaks clearly to the children about a complicated subject. Carol is also well known for her assistance in the death process, as well as house blessings and energy clearings for homes, people, animals, and land.

I live in the hope that the gorgeous children in my extended family will grow up full of empathy and understanding for those around them.