This awardwinning book explores the transformation of a water nymph into abeautiful dragonfly. Follow two insects Lea and Nym and the struggles Nymendures when ... » 

This awardwinning book explores the transformation of a water nymph into abeautiful dragonfly. Follow two insects Lea and Nym and the struggles Nymendures when her friend disappears from their underwater home. This is a tenderstory about loss and change written to help parents express their views aboutlife and death. Children may identify with Nym who grieves the loss of herfriend and find it easier to express their unique feelings about a loss afterhearing the story. Through a vision or dream Nym learns that Lea hastransformed into a beautiful dragonfly above the marsh. Someday Nym will seeher friend again in this new world. Parents and grandparents often interpretthis as a metaphor for heaven or as an analogy to life after death. The bookwhich includes the real lifecycle of the dragonfly may serve many purposessuch as comforting a grieving child or providing facts about dragonflies.Beautifully illustrated it is cherished by parents grandparents andteachers. «