Children's Perceptions of Death: A Look at the Appropriateness of Selected Picture Books.

Delisle, Robert G.; McNamee, Abigail S. Woods

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ERIC Number: EJ243649

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981

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Children's Perceptions of Death: A Look at the Appropriateness of Selected Picture Books.

Delisle, Robert G.; McNamee, Abigail S. Woods

Death Education, v5 n1 p1-13 Spr 1981

A review of children's exposure to and perceptions of death suggests that adults might facilitate the development of children's understanding by selecting materials that present death in a manner appropriate to the children's level of perceptions and that encourage subsequent levels of perception. Six picture books are evaluated. (Author)

Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Literature, Death, Developmental Stages, Literature Reviews, Perception, Picture Books, Role Models, Social Cognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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