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One day Mamma came early to get me from school. She told me Daddy was in the hospital. I knew that would happen.
Indeed, the young narrator and her parents have talked about the fact that Daddy has cancer and is dying. Mamma has explained that as the leaves are changing color, Daddy is changing inside. And just as the leaves will fall, he will die. The three of them have cried together. But they have also lived and loved together, and they have many rich, funny, wonderful memories. Enough to make into a book with words and pictures. Enough for you to savor, to laugh over -- and perhaps enough to make you cry. This is a book about death, but it is also a book about life -- and love.
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Donna Jo Napoli is the author of more than fifty books for children, including many picture books and novels for tweens and teens. Some of her most popular books are Zel, Beast, Ugly, Bound, and Stones in Water. Donna Jo lives in Pennsylvania with her family.
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Kindergarten-Grade 3-This aesthetically appealing and emotionally affecting title provides a child's-eye view of the death of a parent from cancer. The collages are designed to look like a scrapbook of a girl's last year with her father; bits of maps, flowers, ticket stubs, feathers, and dictionary pages are layered with textured papers and paint. The characters are crayon cutouts. Their time together includes a trip to Florida to visit the father's birthplace and favorite childhood haunts. This is where the flamingos figure in, and each resurfacing becomes a vibrant, visual symbol of a cherished relationship. They elicit, in turn, joy, anger, tears, a sense of well being. Napoli's simple and straightforward language describes what dying looks like to a young person and depicts the stages of grief in an accessible and age-appropriate manner. The changes in the father's body are compared to the metamorphosis of autumnal leaves. Those wishing to probe spiritual matters would need to add their own thoughts or look elsewhere. As a script and a story for a subject that many find difficult to broach with children, this book succeeds beautifully. The final scene, with the mother and daughter working on the "Year Book" together, may well inspire readers to celebrate a loved one in a similar manner.
Wendy Lukehart, Washington DC Public Library
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- PublisherGreenWilBk
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0688167969
- ISBN 13 9780688167967
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorFelstead Cathie
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