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Easy-to-read text reveals that dying is hard work, for the old and especially the young, and how good it is that so many people help when a person dies, from medical staff to clergy and friends to family members.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Raschka, Christopher
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2007.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Death > Juvenile fiction. Terminally ill > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Easy-to-read text reveals that dying is hard work, for the old and especially the young, and how good it is that so many people help when a person dies, from medical staff to clergy and friends to family members.
Physical Description:	1 v. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:	9780375841460 0375841466 9780375942594 0375942599
Author Notes:	Chris Raschka was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania on March 6, 1959. He received a B.A. from St. Olaf College in 1981. Before becoming a full-time author, he was an art teacher in St. Croix, Virgin Islands and a freelance artist, cartoonist, and editorial illustrator. He is an author and illustrator of children's books including Yo! Yes?, Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, and Mysterious Thelonious. Hello, Goodbye Window won the Caldecott Medal in 2006 and A Ball for Daisy won the Caldecott Medal in 2012. (Bowker Author Biography)