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1) Bear Island
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English
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Louise and her family are sad over the loss of their beloved dog, Charlie. "Life will not be the same," Louise says, as she visits a little island that Charlie loved. But on a visit to the island after Charlie's death, something strange happens: She meets a bear. At first, she's afraid, but soon she realizes that the bear is sad, too. As Louise visits more often, she realizes that getting over loss takes time. And just when she starts to feel better,...
4) Lasting love
Author
Publisher
Rodale Kids, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What happens when someone you love gets very, very sick? In this story, when a young child's mother gets sick, a magical creature appears. It grows and grows, just like a mother's love. Even as her illness takes a turn for the worse and the child faces tragedy, he can see the creature will always be there. Forever and ever. Terminal illness and its effect on a loved one is a hard thing for anyone to understand, especially a child. Written by a parent...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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After her grandfather's death, a young girl explores her Baba Bazorg's house. As the girl wanders through the house, almost idly, her Baba Bazorg's house stands in for the man himself, with each object she describes standing as a touchstone to a memory, and each memory serving as a window into the relationship between the child and her grandfather. As she looks through its rooms, the things she sees and the object she touches bring to life memories...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Once, in a tiny village in India, there was a young boy who loved to paint. He lived with his grandfather, who taught him to paint with his fingers, to make paints from marigolds and brushes made from jasmine flowers. Sometimes, the village children would watch them painting together, and the boy's grandfather would invite them to join in. They didn't have much, but they had each other. After his grandfather dies, the boy notices a little box wrapped...
Author
Series
Sally the dog series volume 8
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A beloved dog dies and goes to heaven where she lives happily and helps to find her family on earth a new pet.
11) Grandma's gloves
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When her grandmother, a devoted gardener, dies, a little girl inherits her gardening gloves and feels closer to her memory.
13) Always remember
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When Old Turtle dies and is taken back by the sea, his friends remember that he was a wonderful teacher and friend who made his world a better place.
15) An ordinary day
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An ordinary day in an ordinary neighborhood turns out to be extraordinary in this story about new life, death, and family"--
17) The scar
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When his mother dies, a little boy is angry at his loss but does everything he can to hold onto the memory of her scent, her voice, and the special things she did for him, even as he tries to help his father and grandmother cope.
18) Sammy in the sky
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A little girl tells about her special pet, Sammy, "the best hound dog in the whole world," and how, after he becomes sick and dies, she comes to know the truth of her mother's words, that Sammy's spirit is everywhere.
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