The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The gentle message holds particular validity for children and is conveyed in a tenderhearted manner. A good way of reminding people that when you lose someone, it is important to remember the good times we had with them.

The following day Badger's friends realise that he is not there and Fox discovers his note to them that says, 'Gone down the Long Tunnel. Afterall, as teachers, i think we should set an example that there is nothing wrong talking about sensitive issues but also important to be sensitive to other people's feelings. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. This may then help children to grasp and have a clearer understanding of the sensitive subject matter of death. This book is an excellent way to introduce the topic for the first time to young children, the story evokes positive thoughts about dealing with death.

As the last of the snow melts, so do his friends' sadness and whenever Badger's name is mentioned, someone always remembers another story that makes them all smile. The book uses euphemisms and direct language to refer to the badger dying, and gives some attention to Badger's preparations for death before focusing primarily on the community's rituals for healing.

One of the closing paragraphs says that "whenever Badger's name was mentioned, someone remembered another story that made them all smile. Despite being a picture book, Susan Varley's book can be used readily and freely in PSHE lessons to promote discussion of life and it's counterparts.I want to be better about teaching joyful things to my children, things they will carry in their memories down the decades to come.

Badgers Parting gifts, is about a lovely old badger who's about to die, he has lots of friends around him and begins to think about all they ways in which he can thank them just for being there for him. Badger realises he is getting old and he sees his friends playing on the hill and he wishes he could join them.

NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. In allowing themselves to remember their friend with positivity rather than sadness it helps them begin to move on, an excellent message for children. It is suitable for KS1 and lower KS2 classes and would be an excellent resource to use during circle-time.