What should we say to children about death, mourning and suffering? When they ask about death, should we keep silent or change the topic? Here, we propose literature to introduce these very difficult themes in the classroom. Childhood tales, novels and poems can be used to broach this theme in a just yet simply way. One laughs, one cries, one mocks... but so sincerely! What book should one choose? How should it be presented? These important questions will be examined in this article.