Someone Came Before You

Someone Came Before You
by Pat Schwiebert

Someone Came Before You
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Author: Pat Schwiebert
Editor: Grief Watch
Illustrator: Taylor Bills
Edition: Perfect Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-10
ISBN: 0972424156
Number of pages: 14
Publisher: Grief Watch

Book Reviews of Someone Came Before You

Book Review: Grateful this book exists...
Summary: 5 Stars

We bought this book a few weeks before the arrival of our second child. He is only a month old right now but I'm relieved that we purchased it in advance because I cried so much the first time I read it and I know that it will take a lot of practice reads on my part before my husband and I can read it to our living son. I'm sure, however, that no parent would read this to their child/children without reading it first themselves so I'm sure the advice to do some "practice" reads of your own is unnecessary.

I looked so many places for a book for our children that came after the death of our first child and could find only books geared toward children who lost younger siblings. I was grateful to find this one and relieved to see that, when it arrived at our home, it was well-written and seemed near perfect for our situation (given that it is the only book that I've been able to find for us I was afraid it might somehow let us down.)

Summary of Someone Came Before You

There are books for children to help them when the baby they are waiting for dies. And now there is a book for the child who comes after the one who died. It s a perfect gift just for them. It explains in a gentle way the parents desire for a child and the sadness that comes over them when that baby dies. It then shares how the parents, with the help of the baby, get to the point of wanting another child to come into their lives. The illustrator, Taylor Bills, who has an extraordinary gift of capturing feelings in his drawings that tell the story beyond words. Includes suggestions about keeping your baby s memory alive.

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