Olive and Babyland

by Marchie Bracken & Illustrated by Jordan Nicole Kelley


Formats

Hardcover
$25.95
Softcover
$16.95
E-Book
$3.99
Hardcover
$25.95

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 11/16/2016

Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 8.5x11
Page Count : 34
ISBN : 9781480838901
Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 8.5x11
Page Count : 34
ISBN : 9781480838895
Format : E-Book
Dimensions : N/A
Page Count : 34
ISBN : 9781480838888

About the Book

When five-year-old Olive learns that Samantha’s grandmother has died, she goes to her daddy and asks what dying is. In order to answer her question, Olive’s daddy tells her a tale from when he was a little boy about a baby bird that had fallen out of its nest. The story of what happens next helps Olive understand that death is about love.

This children’s story seeks in a loving, ecumenical, and sensitive way to help children understand what death is.

“March Bracken has, again, articulated death in a manner that is light and natural. Discussions of death can be just as difficult with adults as with children. This story breathes its ‘love light’ onto a topic we find so challenging to approach. … I can absolutely see how this soft tale of a child and her father could positively impact those dealing with stages of dementia. The story is refreshing, brief and honest.”
—Tricia James, LCSW, hospice social worker

“In Olive and Babyland, March Bracken has written a tender and evocative tale of death and rebirth for children and their adults, a tale that explains death in gentle words and images that speak in ‘love light.’”
—Bertha Rogers, poet, master teaching artist, founding director of Bright Hill Press and Literary Center


About the Author

Marchie Bracken is a social worker and poet living in Chicago; she has also done hospice social work. She is a mother and a grandmother, and her sons and grandchildren inspire her writing.

Jordan Nicole Kelley is a young, free-spirited artist from Nashville, Tennessee. She enjoys all kinds of art, but her main focus is illustrations of people and animals from different locations. Currently she is attending college to become an illustrator.