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We need to talk about death : an important book about grief, celebrations, and love / Sarah Chavez, Annika Le Large.

by Chavez, Sarah.

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Neon Squid, c2024.

Death -- Juvenile literature.

Rites and ceremonies -- Juvenile literature.

9781684493753 (sc)

1684493757 (sc)

64 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction -- What is death? -- Let's talk -- What is grief? -- Making a memorial -- Remembering pets -- What happens to a dead body? -- At the funeral home -- What is a funeral -- Where will I go? -- Aquamation and cremation -- All about ashes -- In the cemetery -- Going green -- Coffins, caskets, and shrouds -- Grave goods -- Step inside a mausoleum -- Ossuaries and catacombs -- Land, sea, and sky -- Designing death -- Transporting the dead -- Death festivals -- Food and drink -- Herbs and flowers -- The psychopomps -- Meet the mummies -- Corpse magic -- Necrotech.

Death is an important part of life, and yet it is one of the hardest things to talk about--for adults as well as children. Historian and museum curator Sarah Chavez is determined to create a book that sparks wonder and curiosity about dying, instead of fear and shame.

Le Large, Annika.

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