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Where Do They Go? | Julia Alvarez

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Bestselling novelist (How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents) and children's (The Tia Lola Stories) author Julia Alvarez's new picture book is a beautifully crafted poem for children that gently addresses the emotional side of death. The book asks, "When somebody dies, where do they go? / Do they go where the wind goes when it blows? ... Do they wink back at me when I wish on a star? Do they whisper, 'You're perfect, just as you are'? ..." Illustrated by Vermont woodcut artist, Sabra Field, Where Do They Go? is a beautiful and comforting meditation on death, asking questions young readers might have about what happens to those they love after they die. From the eBook edition.

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Where Do They Go? | Julia Alvarez

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Where do people go when they die? I loved this because it doesn‘t attempt to answer the unanswerable. It simply asks. It is not religious, but leaves that possibility open, and non-religious people will appreciate that it pushes no agenda. It just voices the questions. The text is simple and appropriate for the youngest readers, and the art is evocative.

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Where Do They Go? | Julia Alvarez

I find them each day in surprising new places: in the soft falling rain, in the smiles on faces, in the sun as it sets when the long day is done, in the waves as they roll on the sea on and on. Sometimes wry briefly, I catch just a glance in the hills' The quiet stillness, in a storm's dark advance. #ReadersUnite

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