I can never recommend this book highly enough to you.I bought this for my advanced 3 year old who seeks to understand death, and who is also very close with my elderly father. I bought this to prepare.It was first suggested on a thread in a mother's forum by a licensed psychologist, and I'm glad it was. It will tell it to your child straight and simply -- no metaphors, no swirly language -- everything has a beginning, and an end, and there is living in between. It mentions how sometimes things and people get sick, but mostly they get better. Though sometimes they are too old or too sick to get better.There is nothing I can write to do this book the justice it deserves. It is an excellent read, absolutely appropriate for toddler and young kids, and as an adult, I actually find this to be one of my own favorite reads. If you're not in the business of sugar coating truth for your kids, this is the most beautiful and appropriate way to explain death to children. Not grief, but death itself.I highly recommend this book.