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Overview
In this compassionately written book, the TV and radio personalities known as the God Squad offer guidance to kids for coping with all kinds of loss: from losing a toy or a game to losing a friend, a pet, or a parent. Each chapter emphasizes the opportunities for personal and spiratual growth that life's hardships can reveal. Blending cheerful common sense and profound sensitivity, their insights — drawn from years of counseling experience as clerics — speak to all ages and religious traditions. Excerpts from children's literarture and other favorite texts extend the healing process in prose and verse.Describes different kinds of losses--losing possessions, competitions, health, trust, and the permanent loss because of death--and discusses how to handle these situations.
Editorials
Children's Literature -
A useful self-help book is a real find, and one just for kids-what a concept! And good from both Christian and Jewish points of view. Neither Christianity nor Judaism is vital to using the concepts found here; Gellman and Hartman bring wisdom and insight to the very real problems that children of any age face. For any child to admit that he/she feels lost and needs help is a major step towards maturity. And this book, that tells you how to help yourself, is terrific. No matter what's been lost-friend, health, parent, temper-all are covered here. Written in a plain, straightforward style that neither talks down to kids or expects too much knowledge from them, it's totally enjoyable.School Library Journal
Gr 5-8The first part of this book, Lost, but Not Gone Forever, covers issues such as losing possessions, losing at sports, losing siblings when they move away from home, losing a parent in a divorce, losing a limb, and losing confidence. The second section covers death and grieving. The authors, a rabbi and a priest, obviously have a lot of experience in dealing with grief. Unfortunately, they have adopted a cloying, condescending tone that seems certain to get in the way of their message. For example, in the chapter on losing a friend, they write: The first way to lose a friend is if a witch casts an evil spell andzap!turns your friend into a frog. Given the seriousness of the subject matter, it seems unnecessary to rely on this kind of cuteness. Elizabeth Weitzmans Lets Talk about When a Parent Dies (Rosen, 1996) and Marilyn Gootmans When a Friend Dies (Free Spirit, 1994) are more worthwhile choices.David N. Pauli, Portland Jewish Academy, OR Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.Book Details
Published
April 1, 1999
Publisher
New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1999.
Pages
176
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780688157524