When Aunt Mattie Got Her Wings
A Picture Books, Death, Childrens book. Quirky and lovely.
Lottie the Chicken deals with the loss of Aunt Mattie in this gently sad and sweetly funny picture book that explores the death of a loved one, in the tradition of Judith Viorst’s The Tenth Good Thing about Barney.Aunt Mattie has died. But before she went, she got to say good-bye to Lottie. Then she got to follow a light to a bustling gate. (A gate that sounded a lot like a busy airport!) And there she found a crew of friends who were waiting to take off with her on a new journey.Will Lottie and Herbie be able to overcome their sadness? They will, with time, and by taking a journey of their own—a journey filled with a little...
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- Pages: 32 pages
- ISBN: 9781481410441 / 0
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Quirky and lovely. While I appreciated what this book attempted to do, in terms of teaching kids about death, grief and loss, it came across rather flat to me. It started and ended in such an unusual way. It was very abrupt. The end. Petra Mathers just has a way of revealing the emotional heart of life's most important and quiet moments. In this, she tackles death and grief. It is unexpectedly honest and practical (the funeral home comes to claim Aunt Mattie's body; later Lottie picks up the urn with her ashes). But the vibe is empathetic and gentle and it all works...
