Elke Barber Bücher

Alex ist erst drei Jahre alt, als sein Vater einen schweren Herzinfarkt erleidet. Ganz allein schafft er es, Hilfe zu holen, doch sein geliebter Papa stirbt noch im Krankenwagen. Das illustrierte Buch erklärt Kindern in altersgerechten Worten den (plötzlichen) Tod eines nahestehenden Menschen und versucht behutsam Antworten zu geben auf die Fragen, die Kinder in so einer Situation beschäftigen: Wirst du auch sterben, Mama? Wer kümmert sich dann um mich? Wann muss ich sterben? Erwachsene erhalten Hilfestellung, um Kinder in ihrer Trauer zu begleiten. Das Buch eignet sich auch für Kindergärten, Schulen und Kindertrauerstellen.

Alex and his father are on a boys-only weekend when his father has a heart attack. Alex finds someone to call the ambulance, but his father dies on the way to hospital. His mother comes to get him and explains why his daddy can't come back.

My daddy died when I was (one...two...) three years old. Today we are out in the garden. It always makes me think about my daddy because he LOVED his garden. Sometimes, I wonder what happened to my daddy's body... This picture book aims to help children aged 3+ to understand what happens to the body after someone has died. Through telling the true story of what happened to his daddy's body, we follow Alex as he learns about cremation, burial and spreading ashes. Full of questions written in Alex's own words, and with the gentle, sensitive and honest answers of his mother, this story will reassure any young child who might be confused about death and what happens afterwards. It also reiterates the message that when you have experienced the loss of a loved one, it is okay to be sad, but it is okay to be happy, too.