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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorI'll Always Love You
Hans Wilhelm · 31 pages
A child's sadness at the death of a beloved dog is tempered by the remembrance of saying to it every nignt, "I'll always love you."
Grandad's Island
Benji Davies · 32 pages
Children's picture book that uses a magical journey to an island to gently explore the theme of loss and grief, without explicitly mentioning death. The story follows a boy named Syd who visits his grandfather, only to find him in the attic, from where they travel to a colorful, wild island where Grandad decides to stay, leaving Syd to return home alone, comforted by the memory. While Grandad's ho
Snowflakes Fall
Patricia MacLachlan · 32 pages
Michael Rosen's Sad Book
Michael Rosen · 32 pages
A man tells about all the emotions that accompany his sadness over the death of his son, and how he tries to cope.
Duck, Death and the Tulip
Wolf Erlbruch · 38 pages
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
Tomie dePaola · 32 pages
An autobiographical picture book that gently introduces young readers to the concept of grief. Tommy, a young child who regularly visits his grandmother and great-grandmother one day finds that his great-grandmother is no longer there. He must then learn to say good-bye.
Cry, Heart, But Never Break
Glenn Ringtved
A beautiful, sensitive picture book about being able to say goodbye to those we love, while holding them in memory.
Bug in a Vacuum
Melanie Watt
A bug flies through an open door into a house, through a bathroom, across a kitchen and bedroom and into a living room ... where its entire life changes with the switch of a button. Sucked into the void of a vacuum bag, this one little bug moves through denial, bargaining, anger, despair and eventually acceptance -- the five stages of grief -- as it comes to terms with its fate. Will there be a li
Dog Heaven
Cynthia Rylant
God created Dog Heaven, a place where dogs can eat ice cream biscuits, sleep on fluffy clouds, and run through unending fields.
The Fox and the Star
Coralie Bickford-Smith · 64 pages
"The Fox and the Star is the story of a friendship between a lonely Fox and the Star who guides him through the frightfully dark forest. Illuminated by Star's rays, Fox forages for food, runs with the rabbits, and dances in the rain--until Star suddenly goes out and life changes, leaving Fox huddling for warmth in the unfamiliar dark. To find his missing Star, Fox must embark on a wondrous journey
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo · 228 pages
Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost...Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustl
The Old Woman Who Named Things
Cynthia Rylant, Kathryn Brown · 32 pages
An old woman who has outlived all her friends is reluctant to become too attached to the stray dog that visits her each day.
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Katherine Woods · 87 pages
A pilot forced to land in the Sahara meets a little prince. The wise and enchanting stories the prince tells of his own planet with its three volcanoes and a haughty flower are unforgettable. A strange and wonderful parable for all ages, with superb illustrations by the author.
The Story of Babar
Jean de Brunhoff · 56 pages
The Heart and the Bottle
Oliver Jeffers · 32 pages
After safeguarding her heart in a bottle hung around her neck, a girl finds the bottle growing heavier and her interest in things around her becoming smaller.
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
Susan Wojciechowski · 40 pages
The widow McDowell and her seven-year-old son Thomas ask the gruff Jonathan Toomey, the best wood-carver in the valley, to carve the figures for a Christmas creche.
Bird
Zetta Elliott
Bird, an artistic young African American boy, expresses himself through drawing as he struggles to understand his older brother's drug addiction and death, while a family friend, Uncle Son, provides guidance and understanding.
The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate · 336 pages
Having spent 27 years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.
The Red Pony
John Steinbeck · 120 pages
Tells story of a young boy and his life on his father's ranch. Ownership of a red pony teaches ten-year-old Jody about life and death.
The Snowman
Raymond Briggs · 32 pages
When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside.
Outside Over There
Maurice Sendak · 40 pages
With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's bride.
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
Judith Viorst
In an attempt to overcome his grief, a boy tries to think of the ten best things about his dead cat.