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Where Do They Go?
Julia Alvarez · 2016 · 24 pages
Where Do They Go?/¿Donde va a parar?
Bestselling novelist and children's author Julia Alvarez's new picture book is a beautifully crafted poem for children that gently addresses the emotional side of death. The book asks, "When somebody dies, where do they go? / Do they go where the wind goes when it blows? ... Do they wink back at me when I wish on a star? Do they whisper, 'You're perfect, just as you are'? ..." Illustrated by Vermont woodcut artist, Sabra Field, Where Do They Go? is a beautiful and comforting meditation on death, asking questions young readers might have about what happens to those they love after they die.
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Jennifer Ouellette
“"Where do they go?" is an accessible and tender children's book about death”↗