Cry, Heart, But Never Break
Aware their grandmother is gravely ill, four siblings make a pact to keep death from taking her away. But Death does arrive all the same, as it must. He comes gently, naturally. And he comes with enough time to share a story with the children that helps them to realize the value of loss to life...
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Aware their grandmother is gravely ill, four siblings make a pact to keep death from taking her away. But Death does arrive all the same, as it must. He comes gently, naturally. And he comes with enough time to share a story with the children that helps them to realize the value of loss to life and the importance of being able to say goodbye.Glen Ringtved is a best-selling and award-winning Danish children's author, whose books have been widely translated.Charlotte Pardi is a well-beloved Danish illustrator, who has created numerous books since her first picture book in 2000.Robert Moulthrop is a published playwright. He lives in Greenwich Village, New York City.
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781592701872 (1592701876)
ASIN: 1592701876
Publish date: 2016-02-16
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
I can't remember how I came to find out about today's book but I am certainly glad that I did. The book is Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved with illustrations by Charlotte Pardi. (It's translated from Dutch to English by Robert Moulthrop.) The premise is a simple one: Teaching children ...
The great appeal of this book begins with its title, which encapsulates all that is resilient about how we humans cope with the saddest of life's natural cycles: death. Written for children, the language and story is simple, but the emotions it arouses are not. Four years after my Dad died at the ri...
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