This is an odd take on death and dying, probably because it is a Swedish translation.

This tells the story of some kids getting bored, and deciding to spend the day having funerals for all the animals they find. They baptise the ones they don't know the names for, so they have names on their crosses and then they say a few words.

They aren't really sad about it, because they don't know the animals, but they show them respect.





It is a little removed from the usual stories about death and dying in children's literature. There is no other emotion besides, here is something to do, although the youngest gets upset that this will happen to him one day.

And then the next day, they move on to something else.

Not sure if this is the best way to teach about death, but it certainly is different.

I found it a bit to odd for me.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.