Lifetimes by Bryan Mellonie

One of our all-time Olivia’s House favorites is Bryan Mellonie’s Lifetimes! In this gentle yet thoughtful children’s book, you can help explain to your child that every living being on earth has a lifetime. For a fruit fly, their lifetime is only one day. A tortoise could live for a hundred years. This book looks at life through beginnings, middles, and endings, and all the joy and love that comes along with the journey. This is an excellent first step to introduce the topic of death to your children, even if loss hasn’t touched their lives yet. We highly recommend!