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My 13 year-old nephew was shot to death and left behind 2 younger brothers, several young cousins, and a entire family asking, "Why."A friend recommended this book to me and I loved it so much I ordered several copies. It creates a picture of after-life without any strong religious connections.My entire family treasures all things dragonfly after reading this book. His death was nearly 3 years ago, but we all still treasure our copies and hold this story close to our hearts. My daughter was 4 at the time, and it truly helped her grasp what death meant. My sister and I even have matching dragonfly tattoos with her son's initials. I recommend it for anyone of any age who needs assistance accepting the death of a loved one.
One bug vows to come back and explain it all when it happens to him, but finds he is a dragonfly with wings and can't possibly return to the water. This is a great book that explains death in a parable even a young child can understand. The waterbugs keep seeing their friends ascend up a plant and go out of he water, but can't understand why. It is a grea way of explaining death as a positive transformation, in a manner that does't focus on any particular religion. This would be appropriate for people of all faiths and agnostics/ atheists.
I was very surprised when this arrived, as it's a coloring book. By the description, I assumed it was the softback version of the original. Nowhere does it state in the description that it's a coloring book. Now that I look real close at the image of the cover on Amazon's listing page, I can barely read "coloring book", but I think this needs to be spelled out in the title of this book's listing.
A good book to use with children. Interesting concept to use. Book in great condition.
It has impacted how I deal with death. I was given a copy of this book when I was 6 yrs old and my father had just passed away. It is something that has stayed with me through 22 yrs. I have given several copies to friends in their time of need- regardless of age. The ages that would best benefit from the book as school aged children and older.
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