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    Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss
    Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss
    Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss
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    Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss

    By R. W. Alley and Michaelene Mundy

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    Here is the book that Elf-help fans everywhere were asking for . . . a book to help children grieve in healthy ways. This friendly and loving guide is loaded with positive, life-affirming help to coping with loss as a child.


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateSep 2, 2014
    ISBN9781497683037
    Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss
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    R. W. Alley

    R. W. Alley has illustrated a number of books featuring Paddington Bear. He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island, with his wife, author Zoë B. Alley.

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      Sad Isn't Bad - R. W. Alley

      A Message to Parents, Teachers, and Other Caring Adults

      We don’t have to be experts to help a grieving child cope—our love and concern will go far. Even though this may be a child’s first experience of death, as adults we have the benefit of having coped with past losses. This hard-won wisdom can help us to give a child the gift of good grief.

      A grieving child needs to know that the world is still safe, life is good, and hurting hearts do mend. We can explain that grief and the feelings it evokes are normal responses to loss. We can reassure him that he is safe

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