Pushing Up the Daisies. All about Death – a colourful book for curious children
Non-Fiction Children
In the midst of life
Children are naturally unselfconscious about death. They want to know everything about it. What does dying feel like? What happens to the body? How does a crematorium work and what exactly does an undertaker do? Before, after, and in between: ‘Pushing up the Daisies’ takes a comprehensive look at everything that happens around someone’s death. Factual and warm-hearted, with a wonderful mix of deep solemnity and tension-relieving wit, it presents exciting rituals, curious deaths, the experiences of a cemetery gardener, the grief of animals and much more.
Following their popular books on sexuality and the body, Katharina von der Gathen and Anke Kuhl turn to another existential theme.
- Comforting, eye-opening and bursting with life
- Uniquely comprehensive: the children’s book that tells you everything about death
- A new book from the seasoned duo Katharina von der Gathen & Anke Kuhl
Katharina von der Gathen was born in 1972. She studied special needs education and developed an interest in sex education as a student. Gathen works with children and adolescents from a wide range of educational backgrounds. She lives in Bonn with her husband and four children.
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Anke Kuhl, born in 1970, studied illustration and has been a freelance illustrator since 1998. She lives in Frankfurt with her family.
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In the midst of life
Children are naturally unselfconscious about death. They want to know everything about it. What does dying feel like? What happens to the body? How does a crematorium work and what exactly does an undertaker do? Before, after, and in between: ‘Pushing up the Daisies’ takes a comprehensive look at everything that happens around someone’s death. Factual and warm-hearted, with a wonderful mix of deep solemnity and tension-relieving wit, it presents exciting rituals, curious deaths, the experiences of a cemetery gardener, the grief of animals and much more.
Following their popular books on sexuality and the body, Katharina von der Gathen and Anke Kuhl turn to another existential theme.
- Comforting, eye-opening and bursting with life
- Uniquely comprehensive: the children’s book that tells you everything about death
- A new book from the seasoned duo Katharina von der Gathen & Anke Kuhl