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When I Die: A meditation on death for children & their families by [Carol Matas, Bonnie Brask]

When I Die: A meditation on death for children & their families Kindle Edition

by Carol Matas (Author), Bonnie Brask (Photographer) Format: Kindle Edition

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Death and dying are difficult subjects to discuss with children. If you are looking for a way to talk about death to your child or grandchild, "When I Die," a short but powerful meditation on death, can give you a safe place to start.

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How did YA Fiction Author Carol Matas Come to Write When I Die?

"The entire manuscript came to me all at once while I was meditating. I have changed it a little but it is almost exactly as I 'heard' it originally. I wasn’t thinking about anything in particular, my mind was rather blank, so I can’t explain why I thought of it or how it came to be. But I feel comforted by it in some strange way.

"The circle of life will go on with or without me. Some people tend to think they are the centre of the universe and all important. Others think they don’t matter at all and no one would care if they lived or if they died. I tend to think that there is a balance in almost everything. We are all the most important things in the universe- after all, Jewish thought says that if you save one life you have saved the entire world. And it is also true that the world will go on without us and that is a good thing. Everything is important or nothing is important. I believe everything is."

Length: 32 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled

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Carol Matas is an acclaimed author of more than 40 books for children and young adults. Her work covers the gamut of genres, from historical fiction to fantasy, science fiction to contemporary. Her best-selling books have won numerous awards and been published all over the world in more than a dozen languages. Carol hopes that When I Die will bring comfort to children of all ages and to their parents. Carol lives in Winnipeg, Canada, with her husband, poet and dramaturge Per K. Brask, and their American Indian dog, Kokopelli. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN : B00DPK5RKK
Publisher : Fictive Press; First edition (December 26, 2013)
Publication date : December 26, 2013
Language : English
File size : 842 KB
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 32 pages
Lending : Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #5,389,875 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #10,225 in Death & Grief (Kindle Store)
- #18,033 in Grief & Bereavement
- #353,368 in Children's eBooks (Kindle Store)

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Larks

TINY BOOK, HUGE IMPACT!

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2013

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At first I was dismayed by this book's brevity. I almost felt cheated, even though I had downloaded the book for FREE! I shudder to think what this reveals about my character.

Then a few days passed. During that time, the simplicity of the book’s message took root in my mind. It kept resurfacing each day, imprinting on my consciousness. As more time passed, the final sentence of the book gained more and more power. I derived immense comfort from it. I found I could not shake the impact of this book.

I began to understand why this highly accomplished, award-winning author of more than forty books felt the need to publish this short work. Even if she initially doubted her impulse, she trustingly persevered.

When I Die may make a similar indelible impression on you, your children, or grandchildren. I highly recommend it!

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EID PERRy

One Star

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2016

Not a good book

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John A. Paravantis

Not really a book

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2013

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This short pamphlet has about 15 pictures and a short legend next (on my Kindle) to each picture, e.g. you read “When I die …” then you see the picture of a flower and then you read “the flowers will still be here”. The most text that exists in the pamphlet is at the end, in a section entitled “Afterword” that contains about 200 words. This is all the “book” you get. Frankly, the item looked like a bad joke after I downloaded it and had a look at it. At least it was a free offer from wonderful Amazon. Stay away from it, free or not. There are much better (real) books on the philosophy of death on Amazon.

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