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| | Whats Heaven |  | Author: Maria Shriver
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  68 reviews
Sales Rank: 2267963
Media: Hardcover
ISBN: 0439161460
EAN: 9780439161466
ASIN: 0439161460
Publication Date: January 1, 1999
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Amazon.com Review
Borne from actual questions asked by her own daughters, journalist Maria Shriver's What's Heaven? is a gentle narrative following the conversations that pass between a mother and a young daughter in the days immediately following the death of the child's special great-grandmother. Initially, young Kate's concern is with the obvious change in her mother. Quickly, one question leads to another. Kate asked, "Mommy, why are you so sad?" Her mom looked at her and said, "My grandma, your great-grandma, has died and gone to Heaven." Kate thought about this for a moment. "Then she asked, "Heaven? What's Heaven?" Shriver, who was raised Catholic, delivers a simple, traditional definition of Heaven that is rich in imagery but never overembroidered . Heaven, she writes, "is a beautiful place up in the sky, where no one is sick, where no one is mean or unhappy. It's a place beyond the moon, the stars, and the clouds.... Heaven isn't a place you can see.... It's somewhere you believe in." As the funeral approaches and Kate's questions become more pragmatic ("How will she breathe in the box?... Why did Great-grandma look so different?") her mother slowly and clearly introduces the concept of body versus soul, explaining that Great-grandma's best and brightest traits will live on forever in the people she loved. It's hard for Kate to grasp, but by book's end, when she's calling up into the sky to her Great-grandma, it is clear Kate understands. "I know you are up there, and if you can hear me, I want you to know that even though you are no longer here, your spirit will always be alive in me." Generously illustrated with Sandra Speidel's full-size pastel drawings of the characters, the sky, angels, and family photographs, this is a book that can comfortably be read in one sitting. Not that it will only be read once: it's got instant-classic written all over it. (Ages 5 and older) --Jean Lenihan
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What's Heaven is the story of Kate, a little girl whose great-grandma has just died. She seeks answers, and her mother helps her learn about Heaven. The many questions in this book--childlike and thought-provoking--are real, coming from Maria Shriver's own children, nieces and nephews when her grandmother Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy passed away. With loving, cinfident, and ultimately uplifting answers, Shriver taught her family, and will teach yours, how to come together, feel closer to each other, and feel peace.
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 Amazing January 5, 2009
I read this to my 5 year old and it was amazing. This book answered every question she had. It was so helpful to me and my husband as it was a great guide for us. To use the right words for her to understand. I highly recommend this book! If you believe in GOD and you want your child to understand death in way that is both positive and real, then this is the book for you!
 conversation piece June 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book to read to my grandchildren so that we could discuss the passing of my husband, their grandfather.
 Not impressed. June 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the story of a young girl who questions death and the hereafter, following the passing of her grandmother. While the questions are important, the story isn't very well-written, and the conversations aren't very realistic, in my opinion. I believe that, if the book were written by an unknown writer, instead of by a Kennedy, it would still be in an editor's slush pile; possibly even in their garbage can. The book's illustrations are beautifully rendered pastels, each of them including various shades of blue, invoking heavenly feelings appropriate to the title. While death is a difficult subject for any child to deal with, I found this book to offer overly simplistic answers to complicated emotional questions. I wouldn't recommend it for a child who is seeking answers about death, or who is dealing with grief.
heaven for a child May 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It was ok but I was looking for a little more honest book with more knowledge on God for a child. The pictures were beautiful.
Great for talking with children about death April 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Easy for young children to understand and helps explain the death of a family member or pet.
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