What is Death? is the 3rd title in Etan Boritzer's best selling What is? series of Life Concepts books on character education and social issues. What is Death? addresses children's natural curiosity about this difficult subject. Introducing the concept of death with examples of customs and beliefs from different religions and cultures, the book also allows the reader to reflect on themes of tolerance, identity and generosity. Reality-based and using...

A look at the deaths of several famous people throughout history and the circumstances surrounding those deaths.

The Pilgrim Press revised its Looking Up series, to reflect contemporary times. This book in the series helps parents explain death to children by using the metaphor of insects that change form.

Examines what happens when people die and how to deal with the pain.

Whether children are experiencing grief and loss for the first time or simply curious, it can be difficult to know how to talk to them about death. Using questions posed in a child's voice and answers that start simply and become more in-depth, this book allows adults to guide the conversation to a natural and reassuring conclusion. Additional questions at the back of the book allow for further discussion. Child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts designed...

Explains death as the inevitable end of life and provides three situations in which children experience powerful emotions when someone close has died.

Discusses ways to manage and understand the facts and feelings surrounding bereavement. Offers practical suggestions for managing grief.

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

Amanda the squirrel is upset that she is going to lose her friend Gentle Willow, but the tree wizards give advice that help both her and Gentle Willow accept the change that comes with death.