Cry, Heart, But Never Break

I like this book as an introduction to death for kids. It's respectful and not scary. I like that death is a kind and patient personification.

I really don't like the argument that one can't truly feel one end of an emotional spectrum without feeling the other end. I've never liked that argument about anything because it implies that people who haven't suffered are unable to experience the true joys of life, and excuses the pain of those who have suffered. Instead of working to alleviate suffering, we can wave it off as a necessary part of life. When it comes to inevitable things like death, and books for children, I'm more ok with it because sometimes people need to believe that stuff happens for a reason, and maybe it's harder for children to understand that life just isn't fair sometimes...but personally I would really hate it if I was trying to mourn and someone told me, well at least you'll be able to truly appreciate your future happiness now!

So while I would recommend this book to others who want to talk to their children about death, I don't think I would want to actually use it myself if I had children I needed to talk to about death.