Books/suggestions to help a five year old who's aunt is dying of cancer?

[WitBeyondMeasure]

I'm seeking suitable books/podcasts/websites/anything that will help me explain to my five year old that his aunt will die.

The last he knew of her condition was that she's had medicine to make her better but unfortunately it made her hair fall out. I bow regret saying this because it is now incurable and she has months if we're lucky.

I've told school we are going to tell him over October half term (so we can be with him and support him while he absorbs it) and they have the play therapist in place for when he goes back to school.

Knowing him, he's going to be ultra paranoid about every minor illness we all get and whether we will die. Are there any good resources out there that can help me explain without scaring the shit out of him?

Thanks for reading if you got this far x

A colleague has recently gone through this with a child a little older. She spoke to McMillan and they arranged for some age appropriate books to be sent out free of charge. My colleague said she found them really helpful to discuss the situation in an age appropriate way without using euphemisms or potentially confusing language.

Thank you for the advice. I will check the website out and contact them.

Do you have to say anything? At that age I would probably discuss it, lightly, after the event rather than before.

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@GreyPJs he is already picking up on something not being right. For a five year old he has a very old head on his shoulders. We haven't spoken about it with him yet but he is asking about her.
He deserves to say goodbye.

I have heard that ‘Duck, Death and the Tulip’ is very good for small children coping with grief. Author is Wolf something? Sorry to hear you are going through this.