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Let's Talk About When Someone Dies

A Let’s Talk picture book to start conversations with children about death and bereavement
Series: Let's Talk
Brief Description
From Molly Potter, best-selling author of How Are You Feeling Today? and What's Worrying You?, comes a picture book for starting conversations with children about death, bereavement and what happens next. When someone dies, we can feel a whole host of different emotions, and explaining them... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$1899
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From best-selling author Molly Potter comes a picture book for starting conversations with young children about the tricky subject of death with sensitivity and honesty, from what death is to why people die. Let's Talk About When Someone Dies features engaging illustrations, gentle guidance and simple advice making it ideal for tackling the difficult topic of death and what happens next.

From best-selling author Molly Potter comes a picture book for starting conversations with young children about the tricky subject of death with sensitivity and honesty, from what death is to why people die. Let's Talk About When Someone Dies features engaging illustrations, gentle guidance and simple advice making it ideal for tackling the difficult topic of death and what happens next.

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From Molly Potter, best-selling author of How Are You Feeling Today? and What's Worrying You?, comes a picture book for starting conversations with children about death, bereavement and what happens next.

When someone dies, we can feel a whole host of different emotions, and explaining them to a child isn't so easy. This book uses clear, easy-to-understand language to answer complex questions about death and how a child might feel when someone dies. It covers all manner of tricky subjects with sensitivity and honesty, from what death is to why people die.

Each double page spread takes a child through how they might feel, what they might think and how they might behave. With engaging illustrations, gentle guidance and simple advice for parents and carers, Let's Talk About When Someone Dies fulfils an important but difficult need for starting conversations with children about death and bereavement, in an accessible and supportive way.

Let’s Talk books help you start meaningful conversations with your child. Written by an expert and covering topics like feelings, relationships, diversity, and mental health, these comforting picture books support healthy discussion right from the start.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781801994354

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Education

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Sarah Jennings

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 236.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 165g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Molly Potter taught for 11 years in middle schools as a class teacher, science and PSHE co-ordinator. She then worked for several years as an SRE (Sex and Relationships Education) Development Manager, delivering teacher training and supporting primary schools in the development of their SRE programme and policy and many other aspects of PSHE. Molly now works as a teacher in a short-stay school with children that have been or at risk from being excluded from mainstream schools – putting much of her PSHE expertise into practice.

Sarah Jennings has been illustrating children's books since graduating in 2013. At a young age she discovered a love of drawing and has been scribbling and sketching ever since. Sarah enjoys combining traditional and digital techniques to create her illustrations and particularly loves designing characters. She currently lives in London and works from her home studio in the company of her very cheeky three-legged cat.

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