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Author
Series
Book of Lost Things volume 1
Language
English
Description
Taking refuge in fairy tales after the loss of his mother, twelve-year-old David finds himself violently propelled into an imaginary land in which the boundaries of fantasy and reality are disturbingly melded.
2) Ghosted
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Larry's got a few problems. In school, he's one of those kids who easily gets lost in the crowd. And Grimm, Larry's best friend in the whole world, has ghosted him. Literally. One minute Grimm was saving a cat in a tree during a lightning storm, and the next, he's pulling pranks on Larry in his new ghostly form. When the two best friends realize that there's something keeping Grimm tethered to their world, they decide that finishing their Totally...
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A young girl spends a long winter missing her grandmother who has recently passed away, but with time and the arrival of spring, she finds her own special way to remember Grandma.
4) Ponette
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Four-year-old Ponette loses her mother in a tragic automobile accident. Her father passes her along to an aunt and then to a boarding school. Believing that life cannot simply stop, Ponette continues to yearn for her mom. She speaks to her, she waits for her, she looks for her. Uncertainly but stubbornly, she tries to bring her mother back.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Colin has been anticipating further disasters, writing down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problems that is spiraling out of control, leaving Colin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and everyone...
14) Better place
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dylan just moved to a new house, with no friends, and a mother who doesn't have time for him. Luckily, he has his grandad. Together, they are Red Rocket and Kid Cosmo, who save the universe every day with the power of imagination! But one day, Dylan learns that his grandad is suddenly gone... to a "better place." Now, Kid Cosmo will have to save the day, all by himself.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the difficult issue of death for young children, and helps them to understand their loss and to come to terms with their feelings.
20) The goodbye boat
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Uses illustrations and simple text to present the phenomena of grief and loss and the concept that death is not the end.
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