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Children Also Grieve: Talking about Death and Healing

Linda Goldman - Jessica Kingsley Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

"Children Also Grieve" is an imaginative resource, fully illustrated with color photographs, that offers support and reassurance to children coming to terms with the loss of a close friend or relative and to adults who are supporting them through their bereavement. The combination...
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Desser the Best Ever Cat

Maggie Smith - Knopf Books for Young Readers; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

A heartwarming and cathartic book for anyone who has ever loved, and lost, a cat.This is the story of a cat, told by the little girl who loved him best.From his first plaintive mew to his last loving purr, Desser was an essential member of the family. And for the little girl, especially,...
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Emma's Question

Catherine Urdahl - Charlesbridge Publishing
Format: Paperback

Emma is a curious kid. She loves to ask questionsand she loves the silly answers that her grandmother always gives. But now Emma has a very important question, one that she is bursting to ask, one that scritches and scratches at the back of her throat. Her grandmother is sick and has to stay...
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The Grand Old Tree

Mary Newell Depalma - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

THE GIVING TREE for our time.Once there was a grand old tree, whose roots sank deep into the earth and whose arms reached high into the sky. Every spring the grand old tree flowered and bore cherries for the squirrels and birds that made their homes in her leafy branches. And every year,...
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Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs

Tomie dePaola - Putnam Juvenile; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

his wonderful generational story, a classic in its own right, celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary in a new, full-color edition, joining the other appealing picture books in which Tomie draws upon his childhood memories. In re-creating the art, Tomie says, ?Creating this art was as emotional...
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Sammy in the Sky

Barbara Walsh - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

A deeply affecting tale of love, loss, and remembrance-- told in clear-eyed prose by a top journalist and illustrated by a renowned American painter.Sammy, the best hound dog in the whole wide world, loves his girl and she loves him. When illness cuts Sammys life short, the girls family...
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Saying Goodbye to Lulu

Corinne Demas - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

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 her loss...
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The Tenth Good Thing About Barney

Judith Viorst - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Barney was a cat. He died last Friday. And everyone was sad. They did what most people do when a cat they like dies. They had a funeral. And then they tried to think of good things about him. They wanted to remember him as he was; and they thought about some other things, too. Whenever...
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Up in Heaven

Emma Chichester Clark - Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Format: Library Binding

Elderly Daisy can't keep up with Will any more, and then one day she wakes up to find herself in heaven! How marvellous - now she no longer feels tired or ill, and she can run as fast as she used to! But she worries about Will because he is so miserable, and so she sends him dreams...
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The Wishing Tree

Roseanne Thong - Shens Books
Format: Hardcover

Ming and his grandmother visit a wishing tree every Lunar New Year. As Ming grows from a little boy to a young man, the trees presence remains an important figure in his life. When he is forced to overcome a tragedy, he develops a new relationship with t
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Harry & Hopper

Margaret Wild - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

When Harrys beloved dog Hopper dies he has a hard time letting go as Harry sees Hopper still in his life Are Hoppers visits to Harry the boys imagination or is the dog truly leaving Harry gradually once he makes sure his boy will be all right Eyes will not stay dry as readers experience...
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Harry & Hopper

Margaret Wild - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

When Harrys beloved dog Hopper dies he has a hard time letting go as Harry sees Hopper still in his life Are Hoppers visits to Harry the boys imagination or is the dog truly leaving Harry gradually once he makes sure his boy will be all right Eyes will not stay dry as readers experience...
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The Goodbye Book

Todd Parr - Little
Format: Hardcover

From bestselling author Todd Parr, a poignant and reassuring story about loss.
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