pickIn this gentle picture book for children, the topic of death is viewed in a nontraditional way. Sheila Heti‘s text focuses on metaphysical questions and the interconnectedness of everything on Earth. Esmé Shapiro‘s watercolour, gouache & collage art creates a dreamy, magical setting. #Canadian #kidlit #AllAges
A friend who dies hasn‘t left, like a creature leaving a garden. They become the garden, and we live in them.
The little bunny started to cry.
“When someone dies, we miss them.”
The cat agreed. “I think missing someone is a way of keeping them close.”
“It‘s hard to believe that every creature who lives must die. Why does the world work that way?”
The wind whispered through the cat‘s whiskers, and she said, “Every creature who has ever lived has wondered that. We all ask this question and wonder.”
A Garden of Creatures | 
