title: Children's literature: the death experience.
abstract: Children learn about death and dying through a variety of social, psychologic, and intellectual experiences. A review of 25 children's books provides insight into themes, values, and beliefs children learn about death through reading.
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Bowden
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D002666:Psychology, Child