What is death? -- Let's talk -- What is grief? -- Making a memorial -- Remembering pets -- What happens to a dead body? -- At the funeral home -- What is a funeral? -- Where will I go? -- Aquamation and cremation -- All about ashes -- In the cemetery -- Going green -- Coffins, caskets, and shrouds -- Grave goods -- Step inside a mausoleum -- Ossuaries and catacombs -- Land, sea, and sky -- Designing death -- Transporting the dead -- Death festivals -- Food and drink -- Herbs and flowers -- The psychopomps -- Meet the mummies -- Corpse magic -- Necrotech.
Summary:
Death is an important part of life, and yet it is one of the hardest things to talk about--for adults as well as children. Historian and museum curator Sarah Chavez is determined to create a book that sparks wonder and curiosity about dying, instead of fear and shame. In this informative book, illustrated by Annika Le Large, children will marvel at the flowers different cultures use to represent death. They will find out about eco-friendly burials, learn how to wrap a mummy, and go beneath the streets of Paris to witness skull-lined catacombs! Readers will also ride a buffalo alongside Yama, the Hindu god of death, come face-to-face with the terracotta army a Chinese emperor built to escort him to the afterlife, and party in the streets to celebrate the Day of the Dead in Mexico.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.