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An honest and simple exploration of death and grief for kids 4 to 8. With playful illustrations by a therapist-turned-artist, Bird is Dead uses humor to make death a more approachable topic. Bird is dead. Yesterday he was alive. How do the other birds know? On your back + feet up = dead. Some of the birds cry a little. And that’s alright. Crying together can be nice. When it’s time to give Bird a funeral, they reminisce about him, and then have tea with worms (or cake, if you don’t like worms). In a straightforward but warm way, this picture book of collaged birds can facilitate discussions with kids Sensitive and humorous, Bird is Dead provides kids and adults with a space to talk about death on their own terms.
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Bird is Dead, Tiny Fisscher
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- Released
- 2024
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- Title
- Bird is Dead
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tiny Fisscher
- Publisher
- Greystone Books,Canada
- Released
- 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 40
- ISBN10
- 1778401171
- ISBN13
- 9781778401176
- Series
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- An honest and simple exploration of death and grief for kids 4 to 8. With playful illustrations by a therapist-turned-artist, Bird is Dead uses humor to make death a more approachable topic. Bird is dead. Yesterday he was alive. How do the other birds know? On your back + feet up = dead. Some of the birds cry a little. And that’s alright. Crying together can be nice. When it’s time to give Bird a funeral, they reminisce about him, and then have tea with worms (or cake, if you don’t like worms). In a straightforward but warm way, this picture book of collaged birds can facilitate discussions with kids Sensitive and humorous, Bird is Dead provides kids and adults with a space to talk about death on their own terms.