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Series
Publisher
Clavis Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Letting go and loss can be difficult to comprehend. Goodbye Balloon will help you understand these emotions and give you insights to deal with them. Where does a special balloon go when it slips out of your hands? You can't stop it, but you can wish it a beautiful journey, gliding past birds and soaring over mountains. Maybe your balloon will fly to someone else so that they can have a happy day. A beautifully illustrated picture book about learning...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's been a year--a year of missing Nina. A year of milestones--holidays, birthdays, everything without her. Leo feels like she should remember what happened that night. But all she knows is that she left the party and got into a car with Nina and Nina's boyfriend, East. East, who once promised Nina he'd watch out for her younger sister. East, who has been trying to keep that promise every day since. But East won't give Leo the one thing she wants--the...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Chloe Brooks's parents' wealth and place in society meant she had all she wanted, and friends everywhere she turned... until her father is arrested in the middle of the night, under investigation for fraud. Bankrupt, Chloe and her mom move into one of the rundown apartments they still own, just outside Lexington, Kentucky. Without her riches, Chloe loses her friends, her comfort, her confidence, and her sense of self. Her new neighbors, Clint, Sky,...
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
One morning, Valentina spots something strange: a monster selling cotton candy on her street. But Valentina isn't scared. This monster is friendly and has pink, fluffy fur--perfect for hugs. Valentina and Monster quickly become friends, but tragedy soon arrives. This story of loss and grief shows how to hold onto the love from others long after they are gone.
Author
Publisher
FriesenPress
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
If Grandma were here, what would you do together? Would you sing a song? Go on an amazing adventure? Or give each other a giant hug? See what special things grandmas and grandkids do together! This treasure chest of memories is a perfect way for kids and parents who miss their grandma to remember her kindness and her love.
Author
Language
English
Description
A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.
10) Rosie and Crayon
Author
Publisher
Peter Pauper Press Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Rosie and her pup, named Crayon, lead readers through the colorful seasons of growing up together and what it means to love...and then experience loss."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When the Bear's friend, the little bird, dies, Bear is inconsolable. Full of grief, he locks himself in his house and ventures out again only when the smell of spring grass blows in through his window. He meets a wildcat and finally feels understood. As the cat plays his violin, Bear remembers all the fun he had with the little bird. Now he can say goodbye to his friend, because he knows he'll always have his memories.
14) Grandad's island
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"At the bottom of Syd's garden, through the gate and past the tree, is Grandad's house. Syd can let himself in any time he likes. But one day when Syd comes to call, Grandad isn't in any of the usual places. He's in the attic, where he ushers Syd through a door, and the two of them journey to a wild, beautiful island awash in color where Grandad decides he will remain. So Syd hugs Grandad one last time and sets sail for home. Visiting Grandad's house...
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz SL
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A grandmother and her granddaughter explore together the secrets of nature and forge a bond that will live out forever. With Butterfly's Wings is a tender story about a girl who loses her beloved grandmother finds comfort in remembering her through what she learned from her.
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Language
English
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Description
Attending an elite prep school in Connecticut on a scholarship with his best friend (and secret love) science genius Delaney Doyle, sixteen-year-old Cash Pruitt, from a small town in East Tennessee, struggles with emotional pain and loss until his English teacher suggests writing poetry.
17) The poet's dog
Author
Language
English
Description
Teddy is a gifted dog. Raised in a cabin by a poet named Sylvan, he grew up listening to sonnets read aloud and the comforting clicking of a keyboard. Although Teddy understands words, Sylvan always told him there are only two kinds of people in the world who can hear Teddy speak: poets and children. Then one day Teddy learns that Sylvan was right. When Teddy finds Nickel and Flora trapped in a snowstorm, he tells them that he will bring them home...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Around the time that Freya loses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from everyone he has ever loved, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York City with a backpack, a desperate plan, and nothing left to lose. When a fateful accident draws these three strangers together, their secrets start to unravel as they begin to understand that the way out of their own loss might just lie in helpƯing the others out of theirs."--...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Told in simple but powerful prose, and illustrated by the author in a wash of brilliant watercolor, Tyler Clark Burke's Where Are You Now? is a beautiful small book about change, death and transformation. As the tenth anniversary of her mother's death approached, Tyler Clark Burke set about creating a picture book to share her mother's memory--and more poignantly, her death--with her two young children. The result is a picture book that communicates...
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