Lauren T. Wilke Livres

Coming from personal experience, anytime trying to explain the loss of someone to a child can be challenging. This book explores the beginning of life, how it grows, and how when a life is lost there might be a different way to see it through the eyes of an Oak tree. My favorite Oak trees in this book tries to help explain the permanency of death but also stresses that life continues on. Memories and stories of a lost individual are very important in order to keep their spirit alive in the hearts of all generations to come. Any loss is unique for each individual and mourning that loss takes the time it needs.

This is an imaginative tale of a dancing Greenman that has been created by the shadows and sunbeams reflecting on a wood floor as sunlight passes through an Oak tree outside a window. The Greenman changes through all the seasons as the Oak tree changes. This book not only teaches about life throughout the year, but also brings into play a wonderful imagination. Many discussions about how our world changes will spontaneously start while reading each page.