Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children
Illustrator
Gloria Ortiz Hernandez
Publisher
Pilgrim Press
Publication Year
1987
ISBN
9780829811803
Pages
26 pages
Genre
animal fantasy
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
After a water bug suddenly leaves her pond and is transformed into a dragonfly, her friends' questions about such departures are like those children ask when someone dies.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
AD680L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Family member death; death; grief
Main Character
male dragonfly
Race/Ethnicities
Water Bugs / Dragonflies
Keywords
water bugs; dragonflies; metamorphosis; after life; moving on; new body; allegory
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Stickney, Doris, "Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children" (1987). Diverse Families. 221.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/221