A Last Goodbye
New from the award-winning team behind You Are Stardust, Wild Ideas, and You Are Never Alone, this book gently recognizes death as a natural part of life for humans and all animals. Written in spare, poetic language and illustrated with stunning dioramas, it draws out our similarities with other animals as it honors the universal experience of mourning. The touching and uplifting book ends on a hopeful note, showing how we live on both in memories and on the planet, our bodies nourishing new life in the Earth and the oceans.
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SKU: 206050n0nn1nWWW | ISBN: 9781771473644
"Scientifically sound and philosophically profound." - Kirkus Reviews - STARRED REVIEW
"Gentle and reassuring, with amazing artwork once again, this is a book that is as hopeful as it is beautiful." - Sal's Fiction Addiction
"Kim's absorbing dioramas create tender scenes of community, intimacy, and loss...readers will appreciate the matter-of-fact, never emotionally prescriptive look at creatures’ mourning behaviors." - Publishers Weekly
"A lovely piece of enhanced nonfiction... Thoughtful and eye-opening." - School Library Journal
"This stunning picture book is unusual in many ways, from its unique and seldom-explored topic to the illustrations done in collage and created using dioramas." - Booklist
"The book adopts a gentle tone and establishes a mood of reverence and respect through Elin Kelsey’s written text and Soyeon Kim’s attractive artwork." - Canadian Review of Materials
Silver Birch Express Award, 2021
Best Books for Kids and Teens, starred selection, 2020
A Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2020
Texas Topaz Reading List selection, 2021
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, 2021
Publication date
April 15, 2020
Number of pages
32
Curriculum
N/A
Interest age
From 4 to 12