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Death Is Stupid
Anastasia Higginbotham - Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Format: Print book
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"She's in a better place now," adults say again and again. But mortality doesn't seem better, it seems stupid. This forthright exploration of grief and mourning recognizes the anger, confusion, and fear that we feel about death. Necessary, beautiful, and ultimately reassuring,... |
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Always Remember
Cece Meng - Philomel Books
Format: Print book
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A lyrically told, beautifully illustrated book that brings comfort to children--and adults--who have lost someone they loveAfter Old Turtle swims his last swim and breathes his last breath, and the waves gently take him away, his friends lovingly remember how he impacted each and every... |
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What Happens When a Loved One Dies?: Our First Talk About Death
Jillian Roberts - Orca Books Publishers
Format: Print book
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Whether children are experiencing grief and loss for the first time or simply curious, it can be difficult to know how to talk to them about death. Using questions posed in a child's voice and answers that start simply and become more in-depth, this book allows adults to guide the conversation... |
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Summerlost
Ally Condie - Dutton Children's Books
Format: Print book
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A tender and compelling contemporary novel for young readers about facing loss and finding friendship, from Ally Condie, international bestselling author of the Matched series. "Kids are awesome. And they are diverse. There are children with different abilities and backgrounds and experiences,... |
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Always Remember
Cece Meng - Philomel Books
Format: Print book
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A lyrically told, beautifully illustrated book that brings comfort to children--and adults--who have lost someone they loveAfter Old Turtle swims his last swim and breathes his last breath, and the waves gently take him away, his friends lovingly remember how he impacted each and every... |
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The Goodbye Book
Todd Parr - Little
Format: Hardcover
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From bestselling author Todd Parr, a poignant and reassuring story about loss. |
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Summerlost
Ally Condie - Dutton Children's Books
Format: Print book
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A tender and compelling contemporary novel for young readers about facing loss and finding friendship, from Ally Condie, international bestselling author of the Matched series. "Kids are awesome. And they are diverse. There are children with different abilities and backgrounds and experiences,... |
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Ida, Always
Caron Levis - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book
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A beautiful, honest portrait of loss and deep friendship told through the story of two iconic polar bears.Gus lives in a big park in the middle of an even bigger city, and he spends his days with Ida. Ida is right there. Always. Then one sad day, Gus learns that Ida is very sick, and she isn't... |
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The Goodbye Book
Todd Parr - Little
Format: Hardcover
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From bestselling author Todd Parr, a poignant and reassuring story about loss. |
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Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss
Pat Schwiebert - Grief Watch
Format: Print book
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A modern-day fable, told in a richly illustrated children's book format, about a woman who has suffered a terrible loss. |
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Ida, Always
Caron Levis - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book
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A beautiful, honest portrait of loss and deep friendship told through the story of two iconic polar bears.Gus lives in a big park in the middle of an even bigger city, and he spends his days with Ida. Ida is right there. Always. Then one sad day, Gus learns that Ida is very sick, and she isn't... |
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Chester Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories (The Kissing Hand Series)
Audrey Penn - Tanglewood
Format: Hardcover
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Chester Raccoons good friend Skiddel Squirrel has had an accident and will not be returning - ever. Chester is upset that he wont get to play with his friend anymore. Mrs. Raccoon suggests that Chester and his friends create some memories of Skiddel, so that they will have good memories... |
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Lunas Red Hat: An Illustrated Storybook to Help Children Cope with Loss and Suicide
Emmi Smid - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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It is a beautiful spring day, and Luna is having a picnic in the park with her family, wearing her Mums red hat. Lunas Mum died one year ago and she still finds it difficult to understand why. She feels that it may have been her fault and worries that her Dad might leave her in the same... |
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Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss
Pat Schwiebert - Grief Watch
Format: Print book
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A modern-day fable, told in a richly illustrated children's book format, about a woman who has suffered a terrible loss. |
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Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
Bryan Mellonie - Bantam Books
Format: Paperback
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When the death of a relative, a friend, or a pet happens or is about to happen . . . how can we help a child to understand? Lifetimes is a moving book for children of all ages, even parents too. It lets us explain life and death in a sensitive, caring, beautiful way. Lifetimes... |
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Chester Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories (The Kissing Hand Series)
Audrey Penn - Tanglewood
Format: Hardcover
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Chester Raccoons good friend Skiddel Squirrel has had an accident and will not be returning - ever. Chester is upset that he wont get to play with his friend anymore. Mrs. Raccoon suggests that Chester and his friends create some memories of Skiddel, so that they will have good memories... |
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Lunas Red Hat: An Illustrated Storybook to Help Children Cope with Loss and Suicide
Emmi Smid - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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It is a beautiful spring day, and Luna is having a picnic in the park with her family, wearing her Mums red hat. Lunas Mum died one year ago and she still finds it difficult to understand why. She feels that it may have been her fault and worries that her Dad might leave her in the same... |
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Walk Two Moons
Sharon Creech - HarperTrophy
Format: Paperback
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In her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree... |
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Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
Bryan Mellonie - Bantam Books
Format: Paperback
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When the death of a relative, a friend, or a pet happens or is about to happen . . . how can we help a child to understand? Lifetimes is a moving book for children of all ages, even parents too. It lets us explain life and death in a sensitive, caring, beautiful way. Lifetimes... |
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The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee
Barry Jonsberg - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book
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Candice Phee isn't a typical twelve-year-old girl. She has more than her fair share of quirks, but she also has the very best of intentions and an unwavering determination to make sure everyone around her is happy - which is no easy feat when dealing with a pet fish with an identity crisis,... |
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The Thing About Jellyfish
Ali Benjamin - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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This stunning debut novel about grief and wonder was an instant New York Times bestseller and captured widespread critical acclaim, including selection as a 2015 National Book Award finalist! Oddlot Entertainment has acquired the screen rights to The Thing About Jellyfish, with... |
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Walk Two Moons
Sharon Creech - HarperTrophy
Format: Paperback
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In her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree... |
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The Way Home Looks Now
Wendy Wan-Long Shang - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Twelve-year-old Chinese American Peter Lee and his family always shared a passion for baseball, bonding over backlot games and the Pittsburgh Pirates. But when a devastating tragedy strikes, the family flies apart and Peter's mom becomes paralyzed by grief, drifting further and further... |
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The Thing About Jellyfish
Ali Benjamin - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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This stunning debut novel about grief and wonder was an instant New York Times bestseller and captured widespread critical acclaim, including selection as a 2015 National Book Award finalist! Oddlot Entertainment has acquired the screen rights to The Thing About Jellyfish, with... |
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The Way Home Looks Now
Wendy Wan-Long Shang - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Twelve-year-old Chinese American Peter Lee and his family always shared a passion for baseball, bonding over backlot games and the Pittsburgh Pirates. But when a devastating tragedy strikes, the family flies apart and Peter's mom becomes paralyzed by grief, drifting further and further... |
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I'll Always Love You
Hans Wilhelm - Crown
Format: Paperback
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Illus. in full color. "In this gentle, moving story, Elfie, a dachshund, and her special boy progress happily through life together. One morning Elfie does not wake up. The family grieves and buries her. The watercolor illustrations, tender and warm in color and mood, suit the simple... |
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I'll Always Love You
Hans Wilhelm - Crown
Format: Paperback
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Illus. in full color. "In this gentle, moving story, Elfie, a dachshund, and her special boy progress happily through life together. One morning Elfie does not wake up. The family grieves and buries her. The watercolor illustrations, tender and warm in color and mood, suit the simple... |
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Talking about Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child
Earl A Grollman - Beacon Press
Format: Book
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Why do people die? How do you explain the loss of a loved one to a child? This book is a compassionate guide for adults and children to read together, featuring a readalong story, answers to questions children ask about death, and a comprehensive list of resources and organizations that... |
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Dog Heaven
Cynthia Rylant - Blue Sky Press
Format: Book
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In Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant's classic bestseller, the author comforts readers young and old who have lost a dog. Recommended highly by pet lovers around the world, Dog Heaven not only comforts but also brings a tear to anyone who is devoted to a pet. From expansive fields where dogs... |
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Talking about Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child
Earl A Grollman - Beacon Press
Format: Book
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Why do people die? How do you explain the loss of a loved one to a child? This book is a compassionate guide for adults and children to read together, featuring a readalong story, answers to questions children ask about death, and a comprehensive list of resources and organizations that... |
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Cat Heaven
Cynthia Rylant - Blue Sky Press
Format: Book
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"The way to Cat Heaven is a field of sweet grass, where crickets and butterflies play!" With a gentle, playful rhyme, Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant explores all the ways our beloved cats enjoy Cat Heaven, as she did for dogs in the bestselling companion book, DOG HEAVEN. Her shining... |
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Dog Heaven
Cynthia Rylant - Blue Sky Press
Format: Book
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In Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant's classic bestseller, the author comforts readers young and old who have lost a dog. Recommended highly by pet lovers around the world, Dog Heaven not only comforts but also brings a tear to anyone who is devoted to a pet. From expansive fields where dogs... |
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Rudi's Pond
Eve Bunting - Clarion Books
Format: Book
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The young narrator's best friend, Rudi, is very sick, and it's hard for her to understand. When Rudi dies, the narrator and the other children in school help to build a pond by the big knobby oak to remember him by. A hummingbird feeder that Rudi made hangs by the pond, and one day a special... |
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Cat Heaven
Cynthia Rylant - Blue Sky Press
Format: Book
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"The way to Cat Heaven is a field of sweet grass, where crickets and butterflies play!" With a gentle, playful rhyme, Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant explores all the ways our beloved cats enjoy Cat Heaven, as she did for dogs in the bestselling companion book, DOG HEAVEN. Her shining... |
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Goodbye Mousie
Robie H. Harris - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Book
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When I woke up this morning, I tickled Mousie's tummy. But Mousie didn't wake up. When a child learns that his pet mouse has died, at first he can't believe it. "Mousie is NOT dead!" he insists. "He's just...very...very sleepy this morning." But it takes time for the young... |
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Rudi's Pond
Eve Bunting - Clarion Books
Format: Book
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The young narrator's best friend, Rudi, is very sick, and it's hard for her to understand. When Rudi dies, the narrator and the other children in school help to build a pond by the big knobby oak to remember him by. A hummingbird feeder that Rudi made hangs by the pond, and one day a special... |
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Goodbye Mousie
Robie H. Harris - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Book
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When I woke up this morning, I tickled Mousie's tummy. But Mousie didn't wake up. When a child learns that his pet mouse has died, at first he can't believe it. "Mousie is NOT dead!" he insists. "He's just...very...very sleepy this morning." But it takes time for the young... |
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Thank You, Grandpa
Lynn Plourde - Dutton Children's Books
Format: Book
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This glowing picture book, by turns playful and poignant, portrays the tender relationship between a grandfather and granddaughter as they appreciate nature together over the years. They take their first walk in the woods when the little girl is barely old enough to toddle; their last when... |
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A Grandparent
Nicola Edwards - Chrysalis Education
Format: Book
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The Saying Goodbye To series aims to help and support children going through the difficult and upsetting stages of bereavement by helping children to understand their feelings and the natural process of emotions of the loss of a loved one. |
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Thank You, Grandpa
Lynn Plourde - Dutton Children's Books
Format: Book
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This glowing picture book, by turns playful and poignant, portrays the tender relationship between a grandfather and granddaughter as they appreciate nature together over the years. They take their first walk in the woods when the little girl is barely old enough to toddle; their last when... |
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A Grandparent
Nicola Edwards - Chrysalis Education
Format: Book
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The Saying Goodbye To series aims to help and support children going through the difficult and upsetting stages of bereavement by helping children to understand their feelings and the natural process of emotions of the loss of a loved one. |
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Saying goodbye to Lulu
Corinne Demas - Little
Format: Hardcover
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A young girl and her lovable dog, Lulu, are the best of friends and do everything together. As Lulu ages and starts to slow down the girl shows her compassion by making Lulu comfortable in her bed and helping to feed her. When Lulu dies the caring, young girl must comes to terms with... |
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Saying goodbye to Lulu
Corinne Demas - Little
Format: Hardcover
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A young girl and her lovable dog, Lulu, are the best of friends and do everything together. As Lulu ages and starts to slow down the girl shows her compassion by making Lulu comfortable in her bed and helping to feed her. When Lulu dies the caring, young girl must comes to terms with... |
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I Remember Miss Perry
Pat Brisson - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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It's his first day at a new school, and Stevie is scared.Who will he talk to at lunchtime But his teacher says, "It is my fondest wish that you join me for lunch today, Stevie."And with that, a bad day becomes a good one. Miss Perry always has a new fondest wish - something new to read,... |
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And What Comes After a Thousand?
Anette Bley - Kane Miller Book Publ.
Format: Book
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This quiet, gentle, heartwarming book is meant to be shared a book first about love and friendship, and then about loss. |
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I Remember Miss Perry
Pat Brisson - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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It's his first day at a new school, and Stevie is scared.Who will he talk to at lunchtime But his teacher says, "It is my fondest wish that you join me for lunch today, Stevie."And with that, a bad day becomes a good one. Miss Perry always has a new fondest wish - something new to read,... |
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Umbrella Summer
Lisa Graff - Laura Geringer Books
Format: Print book
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Annie Richards knows there are a million things to look out for - bicycle accidents, food poisoning, chicken pox, smallpox, typhoid fever, runaway zoo animals, and poison oak. That's why being careful is so important, even if it does mean giving up some of her favorite things, like bike... |
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And What Comes After a Thousand?
Anette Bley - Kane Miller Book Publ.
Format: Book
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This quiet, gentle, heartwarming book is meant to be shared a book first about love and friendship, and then about loss. |
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Missing Mummy
Rebecca Cobb - MacMillan Childrens Books
Format: Paperback
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This title deals with the loss of a parent from a childs point of view. Perfectly pitched text and evocative artwork explore the many emotions a bereaved child may experience, from anger to guilt and from sadness to bewilderment. And importantly, the book also focuses on the positive, the recognition... |
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Umbrella Summer
Lisa Graff - Laura Geringer Books
Format: Print book
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Annie Richards knows there are a million things to look out for - bicycle accidents, food poisoning, chicken pox, smallpox, typhoid fever, runaway zoo animals, and poison oak. That's why being careful is so important, even if it does mean giving up some of her favorite things, like bike... |
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Sally Goes to Heaven
Stephen Huneck - Harry N Abrams Inc
Format: Book
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Sally Goes to Heaven is a wonderful, joyous book to help provide gentle insight into the natural cycle of life of a pet, or to share with young children who have recently experienced the loss of a beloved animal. In this book, Sally passes away and goes to heaven, where she lives... |
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Missing Mummy
Rebecca Cobb - MacMillan Childrens Books
Format: Paperback
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This title deals with the loss of a parent from a childs point of view. Perfectly pitched text and evocative artwork explore the many emotions a bereaved child may experience, from anger to guilt and from sadness to bewilderment. And importantly, the book also focuses on the positive, the recognition... |
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Sorry You're Lost
Matt Blackstone - Farrar
Format: Book
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When Denny "Donuts" Murphy's mother dies, he becomes the world's biggest class clown. But deep down, Donuts just wants a normal life -- one where his mom is still alive and where his dad doesn't sit in front of the TV all day. And so Donuts tries to get back into the groove by helping... |
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Sally Goes to Heaven
Stephen Huneck - Harry N Abrams Inc
Format: Book
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Sally Goes to Heaven is a wonderful, joyous book to help provide gentle insight into the natural cycle of life of a pet, or to share with young children who have recently experienced the loss of a beloved animal. In this book, Sally passes away and goes to heaven, where she lives... |
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Sorry You're Lost
Matt Blackstone - Farrar
Format: Book
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When Denny "Donuts" Murphy's mother dies, he becomes the world's biggest class clown. But deep down, Donuts just wants a normal life -- one where his mom is still alive and where his dad doesn't sit in front of the TV all day. And so Donuts tries to get back into the groove by helping... |
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Lost in the Sun
Lisa Graff - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of A Tangle of Knots and Absolutely Almost, a touching story about a boy who won't let one tragic accident define him. Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he had in fifth grade, when a freak accident... |
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Lost in the Sun
Lisa Graff - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of A Tangle of Knots and Absolutely Almost, a touching story about a boy who won't let one tragic accident define him. Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he had in fifth grade, when a freak accident... |
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