Name: The Red Pop Beads: Violet Dutcher: 9781601267245: Masthof: Books
Brand: Violet Dutcher
Price: 9.99 USD
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The Red Pop Beads

Violet Dutcher

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In this story, readers are invited into the world of two little girls who lived quite an ordinary life until one day when nothing was ever ordinary again. The story includes a memory of red pop beads that hold healing as the author survived the death of her sister when she was a small child. Watercolor illustrations by Maren Hange provide visual interpretation for the comforting text. This book will touch the hearts of children and adults. Highly recommended as a resource for processing the reality of loss and hope with elementary-aged children. (44pp. full-color illus. Masthof Press, 2021.)

A treasure!
What a tender and enchanting meditation on grief, hope, and healing. Beautifully written and illustrated! A soulful book - highly, highly recommended for any collection.

TOUCHING MEMOIR OF LOSS AND GRIEF TO HEALING
The Red Pop Beads is a beautifully written and touching memoir of Violet's simple childhood with her younger sister Rhoda…until “everything changed” the day three-year-old Rhoda died. Violet tries to understand where her sister is and why she's not coming home. The pop beads are put away.
Years later Violet and her little sister Lois find the red pop beads, a symbolism of their connection as sisters with Rhoda. Violet finds healing connecting the pop beads, each with a memory of Rhoda.

A Tender Resource for Mourning
THE RED POP BEADS—a poignant memoir of loss and childhood grief—is a tender resource for those mourning a sibling or others. In her subtle way, author Violet Dutcher shows readers that moving forward not only offers hope but helps us to grieve. With glimmers of our own mortality, THE RED POP BEADS provides a gentle introduction to a complicated topic.

A heart touching story of sisterly love
The Red pop beads is a story that touches the heart of anyone who has had a sister and knows the joy of that bond. It brings back memories of a much simpler life. It is also heart wrenching to follow the process of loss and recovery of Violet.
This is a great story for parents to share with their children especially if they are going through the loss of a loved one.

A Story of Unthinkable Childhood Loss
The Red Pop Beads features the true story of three- and six-year-old sisters, Violet and Rhoda, delighting in the simple, playful pleasures of childhood until “one day, everything changed.” Sunshine, red roses, green grass, and Dinger, the dog, no longer entice young Violet. Once again, everything changes. Dutcher beautifully merges themes of hope and healing in times of unthinkable loss. Through strikingly vibrant watercolors, illustrator Maren Tyedmers Hange poignantly conveys the emotion of the story. This book is particularly helpful for parents and educators nurturing young children through the experience of sibling loss when words are hard to find.

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