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Water Bugs and Dragonflies Explaining Death to Young Children

by Doris Stickney

  • Bestseller
  • 5 - 10 Years
  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Pilgrim Press
  • 14.2 x 14.7 x 0.2 cm

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Want to help your child understand death and loss

This perennial bestseller equips you with answers to tough questions around bereavement and grief

Helps children process the death of a loved one

Tackling big questions around death, Water Bugs and Dragonflies has helped thousands of children process the death of a loved one
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A Story for Hard Questions

Talking to children about death can be hard. Water Bugs and Dragonflies, a perennial bestseller with over 150,000 copies printed, can help you to answer their questions.

In Water Bugs and Dragonflies, Doris Stickney tells the story of a small colony of water bugs living below the surface of a pond. Whenever a bug leaves the pond, those left behind are faced with the mystery of their absence. Stickney invites children into the question of their absence.

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  • Author

    Doris Stickney

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Pilgrim Press

  • Published

    January 2004

  • Weight

    28g

  • Dimensions

    14.2 x 14.7 x 0.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780829816242

  • ISBN-10

    0829816240

  • Eden Code

    4844963

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Doris Stickney, an author of children's books, first published this story as "Death" in the UCC magazine, Colloquy (December 1970). It was revised and expanded in 1982 to become Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children. The 1997 edition has transformed this bestselling classic into an even more attractive book for children and adults.

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  • EJ

    Elizabethe Jenner

    Average rating of5.0

    Have used this booklet for many years with sympathy cards - gifted to all ages, though it's aimed at children. Also a wonderful children's colouring book (same name, larger format)

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    Brown .

    Average rating of5.0

    Excellent, this book gives parents the way to discuss with their children what has happened to grandparents or close friends when they die.

  • BH

    Benita Hall

    Average rating of5.0

    A delightful, short & well illustrated book. Food for thought for both children and adults.

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