Cry, Heart, But Never Break (Hardcover)

from Whisper1

Four little children live in a snug little house far north. And, as the story continues they are cared for by their kindly grandmother. Outside of the house is a scythe, letting the reader know that something is happening inside. And inside, are the four children who know that the man dressed in ...

from JudyCroome

The great appeal of this book begins with its title, which encapsulates all that is resilient about how we humans cope with the saddest of life's natural cycles: death. Written for children, the language and story is simple, but the emotions it arouses are not. Four years after my Dad died at the...

from AliceaP

I can't remember how I came to find out about today's book but I am certainly glad that I did. The book is Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved with illustrations by Charlotte Pardi. (It's translated from Dutch to English by Robert Moulthrop.) The premise is a simple one: Teaching childr...

from villemezbrown

I picked this up on a whim after I saw it mentioned here on Goodreads just to see how a picture book would deal with death head-on. If nothing else, you have to admire the courage of the creators. The result is gloomy, of course, but is not without some truth and some uncomfortable and unintentio...

from drmom62

A comforting book, however, only to the extent that we can comfort each other. There is no mention of God, immortality or the spirit after death. Only memories