Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?: Explaining (sudden) death in words very young children can understand
Language: English
Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016
- Hardcover
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Alex is only three when his father suddenly suffers a massive heart attack. All on his own, he manages to get help, but his beloved Daddy dies at the scene. Completely honest and written in Alex's own words, this book tells the story of how his mum helps him understand what happened.
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- Title
- Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?: Explaining (sudden) death in words very young children can understand
- Author
- Elke Barber
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1785921061
- ISBN 13
- 9781785921063
When we were on a No Girls Allowed! holiday, my daddy's heart stopped beating and I had to find help all by myself. He was very badly broken. Not even the ambulance people could help him...
This honest, sensitive and beautifully illustrated picture book is designed to help explain the concept of death to children aged 3-7. Written in Alex's own words, it is based on the real-life conversations that Elke Barber had with her then three-year-old son, Alex, after the sudden death of his father. The book provides reassurance and understanding to readers through clear and honest answers to the difficult questions that can follow the death of a loved one, and carries the invaluable message that it is okay to be sad, but it is okay to be happy, too.
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About the Author
Alex Barber is now ten years old. He was only three when his daddy died. He misses him every day, and will never stop missing him. He loves Doctor Who and his favourite hobby is football. He helped his mum Elke write Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute? and What Happened to Daddy's Body? by asking the many direct and difficult questions only a young child can ask. He calls his mum's new husband 'Dad' (not 'Daddy'!), and says he is lucky because he has two dads, only one of them can't be here.
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