
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep and The Scraps of the Heart Project announce the release of a children’s electronic book inspired through Drawings from the Heart, a program designed for children to express their grief through art. You can download this e-book for Amazon Kindle, which will work on Mac and Windows systems.
Written/Illustrated
Written by Nivea Castaneda, Veronica Droser, Kate Hoyt, Jeni Hunniecutt, Jessica Johnson, Ben Boyce, Emily Krebs and Melodee Sova.
Illustrated by Kate Hoyt
Nivea Castaneda, Veronica Droser, Kate Hoyt, Jeni Hunniecutt, Jessica Johnson, Ben Boyce, Emily Krebs and Melodee Sova are graduate students in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Denver. In collaboration with their professor Dr. Erin Willer, community partner Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, and its program Drawings From the Heart, the authors wrote and illustrated this book as part of a service-learning project for the course Visual Narratives of Women's Health.
Experiencing the death of a baby is challenging for both adults and children. As adults struggle to cope with their own grief, they are sometimes unsure what to do to help surviving children. Help Me Remember is a book that tells the tale of three children whose families have lost babies. The story highlights research-based struggles and coping methods that can be useful for young people and families struggling with the death of a baby.


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How to access on different devices:
Kindle/Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone, Android, and Windows 8 users:
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Purchase the book through your Amazon account
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Download the Kindle app through the app store on your device
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Open the Kindle app - you will be prompted to sign in to your Amazon account
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Once connected, Help Me Remember will appear in your library for downloading. Double-click to download, and read through the Kindle app.
Mac and non-Windows 8 PC users:
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Purchase the book through your Amazon account
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In your web browser, go to Kindle Cloud Reader (https://read.amazon.com/)
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Sign in to your Amazon account
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Once signed in, Help Me Remember will appear in your library. You can read the book through the Cloud Reader online, or right-click on the cover to download and pin the book. This will allow you to read the book through the Cloud Reader within your browser even when not connected to the internet.
storytelling and
artmaking
to
EMPOWER
families and
Educate
Communities
about baby loss