Olive and Babyland

<p>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.</p><p>This children’s story seeks in a loving ecumenical and sensitive way to help children understand what death is.</p><p>“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.”<br />—Tricia James LCSW hospice social worker</p><p>“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.’”<br />—Bertha Rogers poet master teaching artist founding director of Bright Hill Press and Literary Center</p>