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Higginbotham, Anastasia

Death Is Stupid

64 pp. | Feminist | April, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55861-925-8 $16.95
(4) K-3 "When a loved one dies / people can say some... / ...stupid things" (e.g., "Don't cry"). Omniscient narration follows a boy negotiating the period following his grandmother's death. Higginbotham's tone in rebuking the disingenuous approach to the subject of death ("Beware of the lies") may not be for everyone; blunt collage art further repudiates a warm-and-fuzzy stance. Activities for coping with loss are appended.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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