Death And Dying Book Review

“DEATH AND DYING” A CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEW For my book review assignment, I decided to review the book Let’s Talk About: Death and Dying written by Pete Sanders. Let’s Talk About: Death and Dying, author Pete Sanders spent most of his years as a counselor, educator and a Clinical supervisor. As a writer or co-writer Sanders focuses around Mental Health and counseling. The Book Let’s Talk About: Death and Dying, takes a logical look at death. Giving Children’s answers to questions they may have about death and how to deal with your feelings when someone close to you has died. Some of the questions that this book talks about include: “What is Death?” “Why is it difficult to accept other people’s Deaths?” “What happens to you After Death?” …show more content…
“Although most of us have seen people die on television, death does not necessarily occur in a dramatic way. When it touches us, death can raise all kinds of feelings.” Whether we like it or not, children start to learn and understand life by watching television. On TV we see several different versions of death, but usually it’s over dramatized for the views. This how children see death at this point, so when someone dies suddenly or quietly. It can be really confusing, well this wasn’t what it looked like on Tv? It’s good to let kids know how death really happens. Another quote I found to enjoy was “There are many reasons why the idea of a parent or a friend’s death is frightening Often you can imagine dangers which are not really there” I like this I’m sure I’m not the only person who has ever imagined what it was going to be like if a parent or friend had died. It’s scary to think about this kind of stuff because you know it’s going to happen someday it just might not be the way you are imagining it. The final quote I found the most interesting and just thought would be “Often if someone important to you has died, it can take a long time to stop feeling sad. Eventually people remember the good times and are grateful for the times they had together” This quote really gets to me because it’s so true. Having dealt with …show more content…
I do feel like this would be a good book for parents and children to read. If you are a parent and looking for ways to talk to your children about death, I’d totally recommend this book for that situation! However, if you were here just wanting to read a book to your children just for fun I’d suggest another