Poppy's Chair

by Karen Hesse

Book Overview

Leah visits her grandparents every summer, but this year is different. Her grandfather has passed away. Leah and Gramm do the things they always do, but Leah doesn't talk about Poppy - she can't even... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439161304
• ISBN13: 9780439161305
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.6" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Sensitive look at children's fears about death

In this picture book Hesse explores death from a children's perspective. When Leah goes to visit her grandparents for the first time since her grandfather's death she feels incredibly sad without him. Gramma and Leah do their traditional things together but it is different without Poppy. Finally Leah and Gramma talk about it and she admits her fears about Gramma dying too. Leah learns from her grandmother that she can still live happily without Poppy and Leah falls asleep in Gramm's bed, with Gramm on one side of her and a picture of Poppy looking down on her from the other. This story is clear about loss and healing from losses and may help children understand their own grief.

Poppy's Chair

its a great book to read although it's a heavy book,meaning it;s very depressing but fun to read I recomend any of Karen hesse books becuase shes a great Auther and my favorite auther also