死亡是生命的必经阶段，是文学创作的一大主题。儿童文学作为文学的分支，与成人文学一样对这一主题进行了探索，同时由于受众的特殊性，具有自身鲜明的特点。 本文分为五部分，分别论述了对死亡主题的认知，探究其存在的可能性，具体表现与分类，叙述手法和特点，以及传达给我们的美学意义。 通过作品精读和比较的方法进行分析，以世界经典儿童文学作品为背景，以期寻找创作更多更好优秀儿童文学的作品可借鉴、传承的方法，希望能够为我国儿童文学作品中对死亡主题的认识和把握提供有益意见。

Death is a necessary stage of life, is a major theme of literary creation. Children's literature as a branch of literature, like adult literature on the subject has been explored, and because of the special nature of the audience, with its own distinctive features. This paper is divided into five parts, discusses the perception of death theme, exploring the possibility of its existence, the specific performance and classification, narrative and character, as well as to convey to our aesthetic sense. Intnsive works by comparing methods and analysis to the world of classic children's literature as the background to the creation of more and better work on finding outstanding children's literature to draw on, heritage, and I hope our country can provide literature on the theme of death in children understand and grasp provide useful advice.