I Remember Mommy's Smile

by Dina Baker, Rachel Nagelberg (Illustrator)

Overview

Sometimes it can be difficult to know how to talk with a child about the illness or death of a parent. I Remember Mommy’s Smile offers parents and other caregivers an opportunity to open the door to dialogue. It also shows children that they are not alone or strange; others have gone through this type of sadness and loss, and they have ended up okay. As author Dina Wolfman Baker understands from her own experience, knowing you’re not alone can mean a great deal. These are her memoirs…written from her child self to other children, with the sensitivity, honesty and directness that can only come from having been there.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012466754
Publisher:	Baker's Dozen Press
Publication date:	04/30/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	45
File size:	10 MB
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

At age 11, Dina Wolfman Baker lost her mother to cancer after a 2-1/2 year illness. While she still feels the sadness of her mother’s death, she also recognizes all she gained from her brief time with her mother in her life. It is Dina’s mission to make the most of what her mother gave her. Dina drew from her own experience to write this book with the hope of helping other children who are coping with similar situations. Dina runs Baker’s Dozen Press® and has also written and published Creative License: Summer Sermons on Torah and Living in Community. She and her husband Brad are empty-nesters living in suburban Philadelphia with their cat, Leo.

Rachel Nagelberg is a writer who primarily concentrates on fiction and is in the process of receiving her MFA in Creative Writing at University of San Francisco. Her work has been published in Pif Magazine, Up the Staircase Quarterly and Collision Magazine. Formerly active as a fine artist, Rachel illustrated Dina's story just before beginning her undergraduate work at University of Pittsburgh. Rachel considers herself a native of both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Editorial Reviews

From Nini Engel, Ed.M., School Psychologist:
This book is a valuable addition for the therapist, guidance counselor, school psychologist, and anyone working or living with grieving children. In simple, moving language, Dina Wolfman Baker provides a comforting yet honest view of a young child experiencing the death of a parent from illness.

Nini Engel