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Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Alex and his father are on a boys-only weekend when his father has a heart attack. Alex finds someone to call the ambulance, but his father dies on the way to hospital. His mother comes to get him and explains why his daddy can't come back.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Books Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Whether children are experiencing grief and loss for the first time or simply curious, it can be difficult to know how to talk to them about death. Using questions posed in a child's voice and answers that start simply and become more in-depth, this book allows adults to guide the conversation to a natural and reassuring conclusion. Additional questions at the back of the book allow for further discussion. Child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts designed...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
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...
10) Death is stupid
Author
Series
Publisher
The Feminist Press at City University of New York
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
""She's in a better place now," adults say again and again. Butmortality doesn't seem better, it seems stupid. This forthright exploration of grief and mourning recognizes the anger, confusion, and fear that we feel about death. Necessary, beautiful, and ultimately reassuring,Death Is Stupid is an invaluable tool for discussing death, but also the possibilities for celebrating life and love. The Ordinary Terrible Things Series shows children who navigate...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Leif is a leaf. A worried leaf. It is autumn, and Leif is afraid to fall. "All leaves fall in the fall," say the other leaves. But Leif is determined to find a different way down, and with his friend Laurel, he uses the resources around him to create a net, a kite, a parachute in hopes of softening his landing. The clock is ticking, the wind is blowing. What will happen when a gust of wind pulls Leif from his branch?"--publisher
Series
Publisher
Brigham Young University Production
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Cipher in the snow: A boy dies after getting off the school bus. When no cause of death can be found, an interested teacher investigates and finds that the boy lost his will to live after his parents divorced.
The gift: A young boy can't afford an expensive gift for his father so he decides to do the chores on Christmas morning.
The phone call: The frustrations and fears experienced by adolescents are humorously illustrated when a young man tries...
13) Ponette
Publisher
Distributed by Fox Lorber Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
Français
Description
Ponette is a sad little girl. She has survived a car crash that killed her mother and left her with a broken arm. Her father takes to live with an aunt, who has two children roughly her age, explaining to his tearful, disbelieving daughter that her mother is not coming back. Not understanding the finality of death in an adult way, Ponette wonders why if Jesus gets to rise from the dead, why can't her mother? Thrown into a new environment, however,...
15) Petite maman
Series
Criterion collection volume 1181
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Céline Sciamma's follow-up to Portrait of a Lady on Fire transcends time and space to weave a delicately emotional fable about grief, family, and connection across generations. In the wake of her grandmother's death, eight-year-old Nelly accompanies her distraught mother to her childhood home. There, Nelly's encounter with another young girl brings mother and daughter together in a way neither could have ever imagined. Evoking childhood's perpetual...
16) Dear Mr. G
Author
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A child forms a friendship with an elderly neighbor in a series of letters.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Declan O'Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was Dona Nobis Pacem, "Grant Us Peace." His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. but a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O'Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide them through such overwhelming...
18) Angel birthdays
Author
Publisher
Familius
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When Gracie and Jake's Grandma passes away, these children come up with a brilliant plan to help them grieve and celebrate their grandma's life--to host an Angel Birthday Party to celebrate their grandma's angel birthday. T
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