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Tag: Grief
Laughing with Cancer, a guest post by Katryn Bury
In my latest book, We Are Not Alone, I wanted to challenge that notion of humor being “inappropriate” in a book about grief and illness head on.
Grief and Loss in Middle Grade: An Interview with Gary D. Schmidt
The world can be a hard and terrible place, and the world can be a fantastically whole and enlivening place. It’s both, and it’s where we live. We can survive the first, and even grow. We can rejoice in the second, and practice empathy.
Grief and Loss in Middle Grade: An Interview with Christina Li
It’s important to address topics of death and loss in middle grade because children do go through those experiences.
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Grief and Loss in Middle Grade: An Interview with Debbie Fong
I think the best stories are a reflection of life, with all of its messiness, pain, and beauty.
Grief and Loss in Middle Grade: An Interview with K. A. Reynolds
Kids don’t grow up in a vacuum; they are terrified and confused and experience great loss, too. If we want our children to feel safe and to grow into emotionally intelligent adults, they need to know that death is a part of living.
Grief and Loss in Middle Grade: An Interview with Emily Barth Isler
They say to “write what scares you,” and I often use my own fears and anxieties as a guide of urgency for determining what topics people need help starting conversations about.
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Grief and Loss in Middle Grade: An Interview with Jess Redman
The truth is we need books that tackle tough topics because kids are already tackling them—whether they’re going through the issue themselves, supporting a friend, or just trying to understand how the world works.
Grief and Loss in Middle Grade: An Interview with Lisa Stringfellow
Sometimes adults shy away from discussing tough topics with children, but those conversations are necessary.
Book Review: The Ghost Rules by Adam Rosenbaum
Full of drooling ghosts, new friends, and lots of heart, this middle grade debut has wide appeal and will be easy to recommend to readers.
The Wonder of Ghosts, a guest post by Adam Rosenbaum
What if ghosts weren't scary at all? What if we as the audience, instead of being frightened by a ghostly tale, were left with a different feeling altogether?
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