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Urdahl, Catherine

Emma's Question

32 pp. | Charlesbridge | February, 2009 | Library ISBN 978-1-58089-145-5 $16.95 | Paper ISBN 978-1-58089-146-2 $7.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Janine Dawson. Rosy-cheeked Emma is super-excited for her grandma to visit kindergarten. With one phone call, though, everything changes: Grandma's in the hospital. Emma finally gets to ask the question that "scritch-scratched in her throat": "Are you going to die?" ("Sometime...But not now," is Gran's answer.) Useful primarily as bibliotherapy, the text is effectively reassuring, while pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations keep things relatively light.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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