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Kara Book Review for Children

Title
When I Die, Will I Get Better?
Author Joeri Breebaart
Release Year 1993
Reviewed by Meridith Herman
Review Date 2008
Type of Book Fiction
Death of
Sibling
Type of Death Illness
Target Age Young Children (5-8)



Summary

A five year-old boy loses his little brother and has trouble expressing his grief. He then uses animals to tell the story of how his brother died and how he felt as his father wrote the story and illustrated it the book.



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Author Qualifications

Author is a bereaved parent that wrote the book along with the help of his remaining son who told the story.

 

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