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Sad books for children

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Gogos · 10/02/2019 12:43

Hi there

Does anyone have a view about children (younger than teens, i.e. 8 to 12 year olds) reading books with very sad subject matter? I recently bought a book for my 9 and 7 year olds, and it involved the brother of the main character dying. I was in buckets of tears reading that part, and my children were saddened by it too.

They were of course over it in no time, but they did ask me not to get them sad books again. Would any child that age enjoy reading a book with sad content? There seem to be plenty of such books around.

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DawnMumsnet · 19/02/2019 15:59

I feel the same as Confusedbeetle - that it's useful, important even, for children to explore the concepts of sadness and grief; whether that's before life has dealt them any major blows or as a way of coping with them, books can help with the conversation.

And actually, some children do enjoy them - is enjoy the right word? My DD, for one. Always loved Goodbye Mog (Judith Kerr), even though it made her (us!) cry. And we both wept buckets over Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons - probably read it when she was about 10. Heart-achingly sad, brilliant book.

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