Goodbye A First Conversation About G..., Megan Madison
Goodbye A First Conversation About G..., Megan Madison
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Goodbye: A First Conversation About Grief

Author: Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli

Narrator: Junior Nyong'o

Unabridged: 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2023


Synopsis

An audiobook edition of the board book about grief, offering adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young children in an informed, safe, and supported way.

Developed by experts in the fields of early childhood and activism against injustice, this topic-driven book offers clear, concrete language to introduce the concept of grief. This book aims to normalize the topic of death by discussing what it means and how it feels to experience loss. It centers around several questions that arise about grief and honest, simple ways to answer them.

While young children are avid observers and questioners of their world, adults often shut down or postpone conversations on complicated topics because it's hard to know where to begin. Research shows that talking about tough issues from the age of two not only helps children understand what they see, but also increases self-awareness, self-esteem, and allows them to recognize and confront things that are unfair, like discrimination and prejudice.

These books offer a supportive approach that considers both the child and the adult. There is simple and interactive text, and the backmatter offers additional resources and ideas for extending this discussion.

About The Author

Dr. Megan Pamela Ruth Madison is a political educator and a lifelong student of radical Black feminism. She earned her PhD in Social Policy from Brandeis University. As a scholar-activist, her approach to research and practice is guided by the Sociopolitical Ecology of Development, a theoretical framework that she developed as a part of her dissertation. Megan has served on the boards of the National Association for the Education for Young Children and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. With Jessica Ralli, she co-authors First Conversations–an award-winning series of anti-bias books for young children and their grown-ups. Jessica Ralli is the Early Literacy Programs Coordinator at Brooklyn Public Library where she develops & manages grant-funded programming including Books Unbanned Storytimes. She has an M.A. in Early Childhood Special Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and has taught in museums, schools, and libraries. Jessica is a contributor to School Library Journal, and in 2020, she received the Library Journal Movers and Shakers Award for her advocacy work in libraries. Jessica is currently co-authoring the award-winning First Conversations series with Megan Madison, published by RISE X Penguin Workshop.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Holly on April 30, 2024

Another fantastic addition to the First Conversations book series. In this book, it's all about grief, life, and loss. As parents, we need to be sure we are prepared to take on this topic at any point in time. This is a great way to approach the topic with your children in a gentle manner. I'd recom......more

Goodreads review by Panda on November 19, 2023

This picture book has simple, kid-friendly text, exploring the concept of death and grief in a straightforward and honest way that children can understand. The illustrations are nice, and they help convey the book's meaning, showing different scenarios and using speech bubbles to reflect people's di......more

Goodreads review by Rose on May 25, 2024

Explaining death to children is no easy task. This picture book is clearly meant to supply the starts of conversations, rather than explaining everything once and for all. No wonder this book offers so many prompts to readers. Let me quote, or paraphrase, some of these to give you the flavor of this......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on November 13, 2023

This book was exactly what I was looking for a few months ago for a child with a terminally ill parent and I could not find anything like it at that time. I am so grateful this came out; it was a really helpful conversation guide for my nephew and his mom. He is 7, a little older than the target age......more