Description
This heartwarming story of how Billy faces the death of his grandmother helps explain on a child’s level about loosing a loved one. Grief brings with it a broad variety of emotions, questions, and lessons, many of which can be difficult for a mature adult to cope with, let alone children. While the nature of this book is guided toward helping children grieve effectively, please welcome this as a tool to serve you, an adult, similarly. The principles apply the same to an adult as they do to a child. Children need opportunities to speak openly and transparently about how the death (or potential death) of a loved one makes them feel, while a trusted caregiver validates those feelings and helps them identify the origin of those emotions. On the inside back cover, you will find discussion prompts that correspond with the contents of each page of Billy Bear’s story.
About the Author
Caleb Potter is the Bereavement Coordinator for Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Kentucky and a pastor in Owensboro, Kentucky. His passion is to help those grieving the loss of a loved one; transforming a painful process into a healing journey. Caleb spends his free time working on his small family farm with his wife and four children. His love for the outdoors was instilled in him by his grandpa Elmer, who died when Caleb was six years old.
About the Illustrator
Stephanie Sauerheber graduated from the University of Southern Indiana in 2015 as an honors student, with a bachelor’s degree in theater technical design. Born in Henderson, Kentucky, she currently resides in Owensboro, Kentucky. Always having a love for art and illustration, this is her first published work. She is excited to team with Hospice and Pallia-tive Care of Western Kentucky to share this story, and hopes that The Car-ing Bears series will find its way into the hearts of families everywhere.
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