Name: Where Do They Go?
ISBN: 9781609806705

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Gentle Questions

A gentle poem makes room for children's questions about death and the people they love.

Come here for

A child-sized way into questions without easy answers
A comforting meditation shaped as poetry

Expect

Gentle attention to grief, love, and what may follow death
Poetic questions paired with illustrations by Sabra Field

Book Details

Authors: Julia Alvarez
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: November 2, 2016
Format: Hardcover
Theme: Death & Grief · Loss & Grief
Reading lane: Death & Grief

Affinity

Publisher Categories

Death & Grief
Emotions

About This Book

Bestselling novelist (How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents) and children's (The Tia Lola Stories) author Julia Alvarez's new picture book is a beautifully crafted poem for children that gently addresses the emotional side of death. The book asks, "When somebody dies, where do they go? / Do they go where the wind goes when it blows? ... Do they wink back at me when I wish on a star? Do they whisper, 'You're perfect, just as you are'? ..." Illustrated by Vermont woodcut art...

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Bestselling novelist (How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents) and children's (The Tia Lola Stories) author Julia Alvarez's new picture book is a beautifully crafted poem for children that gently addresses the emotional side of death. The book asks, "When somebody dies, where do they go? / Do they go where the wind goes when it blows? ... Do they wink back at me when I wish on a star? Do they whisper, 'You're perfect, just as you are'? ..." Illustrated by Vermont woodcut artist, Sabra Field, Where Do They Go? is a beautiful and comforting meditation on death, asking questions young readers might have about what happens to those they love after they die. A Spanish-language edition of the book, ¿Donde va a parar? , is available in paperback.