Dear Zoe,
Iım afraid I donıt know any books on this topic, but would love to hear if
others do, as Iıve been asked this question quite a few times before.
Zonnige groeten,
Greet
PS Your feature for FCBG is fantastic. Last night I ordered over 10 books
from Libraries West. Will have another look at the list with Ilias and
Jacob tonight. Such a treasure! Thanks so much for putting it together.
On 02/11/16 12:23, "Zoe Toft" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I'm currently spending time thinking about a marvellous new book 'Are
>You an Echo? The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko' written and translated by
>David Jacobson, Sally Ito and Michiko Tsuboi, illustrated by Toshikado
>Hajiri, a biography of a poet. The poet committed suicide and this fact
>is included in her biography (though very delicately handled).
>
>I'd be most grateful if list members could alert me to other picture
>books / illustrated books which include mention of suicide. I'm *not*
>after books about death in general, but rather, very specifically
>looking for other picture books which allude to (or explicitly
>reference) suicide.
>
>Any language, translated or not - all would be interesting to know about.
>
>Thank you in anticipation,
>
>
>Zoe
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