![]() ![]() Two of the kids wear fanciful costumes - butterfly wings and a fox mask and tail - and all are smiling as they sing and pick flowers to decorate the grave. Four kids find a dead bird, and the text throughout is as straightforward and unflinching as the first line: "The bird was dead when the children found it." The frank specificity about death can spark family discussion: "And even as they held it, it began to get cold, and the limp bird body grew stiff, so they couldn't bend its legs and the head didn't flop when they moved it." In this new edition, the text is balanced by life-affirming, even joyful art. It's a reissue of a text originally published in 1938, given fresh life with beautiful new illustrations by 2016 Caldecott Honoree Christian Robinson ( Last Stop on Market Street). Parents need to know that The Dead Bird, by Margaret Wise Brown ( Goodnight, Moon and The Runaway Bunny), is a quiet meditation on death and the healing power of ritual. The children realize the bird will never fly again.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Though the bird is still warm, its heart stops beating. ![]() ![]() ![]() No violence per se, but the book deals frankly with death. ![]()
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