Books to explain death to a nearly 3 year old...any recommendations?

[Clayhead]

I know this has been covered before but I can't seem to find any old threads on it. My dd is nearly 3 and we have just had a family member die. I want to get her a simple book to try and help her understand what's going on, any ideas gratefully appreciated!

What about Goodbye Mog by Judith Kerr? It's the death of a cat, but it explains beautifully and sympathetically.

I haven't read it but Goodbye Mog I think is about the death of Mog the cat, from the Mog series.

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Synopsis
New cover reissue of this story about everyone's favourite family cat, Mog Mog was tired. She was dead tired...Mog thought, 'I want to sleep for ever.' And so she did. But a little bit of her stayed awake to see what would happen next. Mog keeps watch over the upset Thomas family, who miss her terribly, and she wonders how they will ever manage without her. Nothing happens for some time...then suddenly, one day, Mog sees a little kitten in the house. The kitten is frightened of everything -- noise, newspapers, bags and being picked up. Mog thinks the kitten is very stupid. But then Mog realises that the nervous kitten doesn't know how to play and just needs 'a little bit of help'. And so, Mog pushes the surprised kitten into Debbie's lap, where it finds it actually likes being tickled and stroked. The new family pet is settled in at last. But Debbie says she will always remember Mog. 'So I should hope,' thinks Mog. And she flies up and up and up right into the sun.

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Badgers Parting Gifts. Sorry, I can't remember who wrote it but I found it really useful.

Thanks for the recommendations.

Cadbury, this one?

I would also say Badgers parting gifts. I can't remember whe whole story but remember using it once with a Year 1 class I was teaching when someone had a gran who had died.

The Word Pool recommends several titles about grief and also links to other pages for death of a grandparent/pet. (The pet page includes Goodbye Mog.)

Lifetimes (further down on your Badger's Parting Gifts link, Clayhead) sounds as if it might be helpful too.

I hope the rest of you are coping with your loss