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A review by lattelibrarian
Death Is Stupid by Anastasia Higginbotham
5.0
A collage-style, brown-bag book, Death is Stupid focuses on a young child who has just had a death in the family. Adults keep saying that their grandma is in a better place, but wouldn't right here be a better place? This book truly meets kids where they are. Death is stupid, and Anastasia Higginbotham isn't the first to say it--though she might be the first adult to say it. It's a beautiful book, filled with colors and dialogue bubbles and accessible illustrations and text that make deathlike euphemisms more understandable, especially if the person reading it is experiencing their first death.
Even better, the back of the book features interactive pages which help the reader remember and celebrate their loved one with photographs, lists, and drawings--showing that while death is stupid, it's something that we can understand, respect, and get to know a little better.
Overall, this book is just absolutely amazing, and I recommend this to anybody and everybody. It's not just great for kids, but for adults, too.
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Even better, the back of the book features interactive pages which help the reader remember and celebrate their loved one with photographs, lists, and drawings--showing that while death is stupid, it's something that we can understand, respect, and get to know a little better.
Overall, this book is just absolutely amazing, and I recommend this to anybody and everybody. It's not just great for kids, but for adults, too.
Review cross-listed here!