Suitabook
Circles
Alex Latimer
CC BY 4.0Credits & Licence
Originally published by Book Dash. Writer: Alex Latimer. Illustrator: Patrick Latimer. Designer: Gordon Latimer. Editor: Diane Awerbuck.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; artwork unchanged. Suitabook’s AI guidance is a separate assessment.
Original Book on Book Dash: Circles (opens in a new tab)- Reading
- Pause at the death and let the child set the pace. You could acknowledge that it is sad or unpleasant, then look together at how the landscape changes before discussing the mother’s ideas about what we leave behind.
- Themes
- Death and renewal: The young vulture sees a buck die, then returns to see plants and other creatures using the place around its remains. The story acknowledges death as difficult and sad while also presenting it as part of a cycle that supports new life; it does not simply dismiss the young vulture’s distress.
- What we leave behind: The mother tells her son that bodies, lessons, love and memories are left behind, and says these are carried through children, family and friends. The closing exchange warmly presents love and remembered lessons as lasting legacies.
- Worth knowing
- Death is central: the buck collapses, and later its skeleton is shown among growing plants. The young vulture calls the sight horrible and says “Yuck”, so the subject is discussed directly rather than hidden.