Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children

Bryan Mellonie

Random House Publishing Group, Sep 16, 2009 - Family & Relationships - 40 pages

A pet . . . a friend . . . or a relative dies, and it must be explained to a child. This sensitive book is a useful tool in explaining to children that death is a part of life and that, eventually, all living things reach the end of their own special lifetimes.

What people are saying

Review: Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way to Explain Life and Death to Children

User Review  - Ben - Goodreads

My wife and I got this book to read to our 4-year old son when he became aware of mortality -- it discusses death in an easy way for children to understand and out of the many books we explored, this was the best one, but still could have been a bit more child-directed than is was.

Review: Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way to Explain Life and Death to Children

User Review  - Heather Pehnec - Goodreads

Putting this on my list, so that I remember it when the time comes to explain this further...

About the author

Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) worked primarily as a banker during his life. His masterpiece "The Wind in the Willows" grew out of the stories he told his young son. Robert Ingpen has designed, illustrated, and written more than 100 published works of fiction and nonfiction, among them "Around the World in 80 Days," "The Jungle Book," and the centenary edition of "Peter Pan and Wendy," In 1986 he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his contribution to children's literature.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
• Author: Bryan Mellonie
• Illustrated by: Robert Ingpen
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2009
• ISBN: 0307569683, 9780307569684
• Length: 40 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Death, Grief, Bereavement; Family & Relationships / Parenting / General