A Last Goodbye
This book broaches a difficult topic in a heartfelt way by exploring the beauty in how animals mourn. From elephants to whales, parrots to bonobos, and lemurs to humans, we all have rituals to commemorate our loved ones and to lift each other up in difficult times.
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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"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"
"Visually stunning, simultaneously warming and wrenching. This book does not soften the loss of a loved one, although it portrays the life cycle and honoring of those we miss in a beautiful and loving way. A pang of sadness comes with this beauty, but it's only natural."-- "Andrew King, University Book Store (WA)"
"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"
