III. AFFECTIVE DIMENSIONS OF DEATH: CHILDREN'S BOOKS, QUESTIONS, AND UNDERSTANDINGS.

BOOK evaluations; BEREAVEMENT; BOOKS; CHI-squared test; CHILD development; INTERVIEWING; PARENT-child relationships; CULTURAL pluralism; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS; WORLD Wide Web; ATTITUDES toward death; EDUCATIONAL attainment; PARENT attitudes

The article presents chapter III of the publication "Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development." Topics discussed include the affective dimensions of death, children's books about death, and on how death is being portrayed in books about death. It also explores the response of parents on the questions of their children about death.