A little boy wakes one morning, and quickly realises that something is wrong. His mother doesn’t seem to be in the mood to laugh. When he asks her why she is upset, she tells him that Diouke, the family’s super-cat, has gone. But the little boy doesn’t understand. Explanations quickly become farfetched… even his mother loses track of what she’s saying. She then tells him the truth: Diouke is dead. Her son’s reaction surprises her. With the candid wisdom of a child, he tells her in turn how he perceives their super-cat’s passing: he’s in their hearts.
Where is Diouke? is a humorous and sensitive book to explain death to children, reassuring readers big and small.
