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1) Bear Island
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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,...
2) Rudi's pond
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a sick boy dies, his friends and classmates remember him by building a schoolyard pond in his memory.
3) The scar
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
Author
Series
Alvin Ho volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fearful second grader in Concord, Massachusetts, learns about death when his grandfather's best friend dies and he offers to accompany his grandfather to the funeral.
10) What's heaven?
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
After her great-grandmother's death, a young girl learns about heaven by asking her mother all kinds of questions.
12) Missing mommy
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Daddy comforts and reassures a very young boy after Mommy dies.
Author
Series
Sally the dog series volume 8
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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.
15) Old Coyote
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Realizing that he has come to the end of his days, Old Coyote recalls many of the good things about his life.
16) Bone dog
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Although devastated when his pet dog dies, a young boy goes trick-or-treating and receives a timely visit from an old friend during a scary encounter with graveyard skeletons.
18) That summer
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
26 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A family, including a child who is dying, sews together a quilt of its memories and love.
19) Always remember
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
20) Harry & Hopper
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
One day when Harry comes home from school, his faithful companion Hopper isn't there to greet him, in a touching story about the process of healing after losing a beloved pet.
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