Water Bugs and Dragonflies Explaining Death to Children (Looking Up)

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There is a section at the back to guide parents/caregivers through explaining death in a more spiritual manner, if desired. Doris Stickney and her minister husband were looking for a meaningful way to explain to neighbourhood children the death of a five-year-old friend. Looking for a meaningful way to explain to neighbourhood children the death of a five-year-old friend, Doris Stickney adapted the graceful fable about the waterbug that changed into a dragonfly.

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Our resources are crucial for knowledge lovers everywhere—so if you find all these bits and bytes useful, please pitch in. The next one of us who climbs up the lily stalk must promise to come back and tell us where he went and why. It's a story book to read to them and it has a nice little questions answers section in the back to further help explain how the child might be feeling with the lose of a loved one.of us who climbs up the lily stalk must promise to come back and tell us where he or she went and why. Tear Soup is more for those that are grieving while Waterbugs and Dragonflies focuses on the death and change that comes with it. One day a little waterbug finds himself walking up the stem, and when he lies on the lilypad the sun is so warm that he goes into a deep sleep. I'm surprised it was on many recommended reading lists for books that help children deal with death.

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The older kids might relate better to Tear Soup, even though the two books have different perspectives on death and grieving. Recognizing that “the old answers will not satisfy today’s children”, Doris Stickney presents instead a simple, wise tale that illuminates a difficult reality without pretending to contain all the answers. Then they will understand what happened to me, and where I went” And the Dragonfly flew off happily into its wonderful new world of sun and air. I kind of like that idea but not sure if kids would get it and wonder if they might start looking elsewhere for their "missing" loved one. was happening, he had broke through the surface of the water and fallen onto the broad, green lily pad above.

This edition features full-colour paintings by Gloria Ortiz Hernandez, an artist whose work has been exhibited in Europe, South America, and the USA.