Maybe dying is like becoming a butterfly, written by Pimm van Hest ; illustrated by Lisa Brandenburg
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- Death + Psychological aspects -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparent and child -- Fiction
- Death -- Fiction
- Picture books
- Grandfathers -- Fiction
- Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction
- Children and death -- Juvenile fiction
- Caring -- Juvenile fiction
- Picture books for children
- Death -- Juvenile fiction
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Maybe dying is like becoming a butterfly, written by Pimm van Hest ; illustrated by Lisa Brandenburg
Language
eng
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illustrations
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Literary form
fiction
Main title
Maybe dying is like becoming a butterfly
Oclc number
1083689772
Responsibility statement
written by Pimm van Hest ; illustrated by Lisa Brandenburg
Summary
A philosophical conversation about death from the author of I Give You My Heart. "Are you going to die, Grandpa?" "Someday, sweetheart. But I hope not too soon." Their simple exchange covers a lot of philosophical ground. Grandpa allows that "no one really knows" what happens after death, but he tells Christopher that some people think of heaven ("a place without sadness or war"), others of rebirth ("each time, you get wiser"), and others of "nothing" ("the same as before you were born"). The pair discusses the whys of death ("dying is part of life"), birth ("to learn all sorts of things"), and feelings of fear or comfort about dying
Target audience
juvenile
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