Death, Grief, Bereavement

57 records found. Displaying 1 - 24.

Spring 2025

Abuela's Letter

Abuela's Letter is a beautiful story that addresses loss and grief within a Latin family where a young girl is challenged by the death of her grandmother and discovers letter-writing as a way Read More →

  • Copyright: 2025

AfterMath

"This book is a gift to the culture." —Amy Schumer, writer, actor, and activist After her brother's death from a congenital heart defect, twelve-year-old Lucy is not prepared to be the new… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021
4 titles

A Helping Hand — Hardcover Set

From the Series A Helping Hand

This series provides a picture book approach to personal, social, health, and economic issues that will help children understand and cope with upsetting situations they might face. Bullying,… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2022
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $111.96
  • Your Price: $83.97
  • 4 titles
Cover: All the Dear Little Animals
Starred Review & Award Count 3 2

All the Dear Little Animals

"One summer's day we started a business called Funerals Ltd., to help all the poor dead animals in the world. Esther did the digging, I wrote the poems, and Esther's little brother, Puttie,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 550
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: All the Pieces: When a Loved One Dies from Substance Use
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

All the Pieces: When a Loved One Dies from Substance Use

Often, children who lose a loved one to overdose are not truthfully told what happened to the person who died because of the stigma associated with this type of death. They often assume that Read More →

  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: A Map into the World
Starred Review & Award Count 2 4

A Map into the World

"Filled with wonder and sorrow and happiness." —Alison McGhee, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Someday A heartfelt story of a young girl seeking beauty and connection in a busy… Read More →

  • Lexile: 560
  • ATOS: 3.7
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2019

A Map into the World (Chinese Edition)

"Filled with wonder and sorrow and happiness." —Alison McGhee, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Someday A heartfelt story of a young girl seeking beauty and connection in a busy world, Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: A Pocketful of Stars
Starred Review & Award Count 1 2

A Pocketful of Stars

Safiya and her mother have never seen eye to eye. Her mother doesn't understand Safiya's love of gaming, and shy Safiya doesn't think she has anything in common with her vibrant, sometimes… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity

He believes in science, but only magic can help his mom. Twelve-year-old Finn is used to people in his family disappearing. His twin sister, Faith, drowned when they were three years old. A… Read More →

  • Lexile: 630
  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2019
Cover: Auma's Long Run
Starred Review & Award Count 3 2

Auma's Long Run

Auma loves to run. In her small Kenyan village, she's a track star with big dreams. A track scholarship could allow her to attend high school and maybe even become a doctor. But a strange new Read More →

  • Lexile: 740
  • ATOS: 5.1
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017
Spring 2025

Baking Up Love

Esther and her mom are supposed to bake cupcakes after school this afternoon for tomorrow's Literacy Feast. But when Esther arrives home, her mom is still at work, and she finds Grandpa… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2025
Spring 2025

Ben's Flying Flowers

I'm never drawing happy pictures again. Day after day Emily draws pictures of dark clouds with rain and houses with tiny windows and doors. She misses Ben so much. When Emily loses her… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2012

Blackberry Stew

Hope is sad and angry that her Grandpa Jack has passed away. As she and Aunt Poogee sit on the porch sharing memories of the special times they shared with Grandpa Jack, Hope learns one of… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.8
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2005

Bo and the Spooky House

From the Series Bo at the Buzz (Read Woke ™ Chapter Books)

What happens when Bo's friends dare him to ring the doorbell of the spooky house in their neighborhood? Follow along as Bo learns about treating members of the community with kindness and… Read More →

  • Lexile: 500
  • ATOS: 2.7
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023
10 titles

Bo at the Buzz (Read Woke ™ Chapter Books) — Hardcover Set

From the Series Bo at the Buzz (Read Woke ™ Chapter Books)

Bo’s life is always buzzing. And not just because he lives upstairs from The Buzz, a barbershop. Young readers will love following Bo’s daily life and adventures in these early chapter books. Read More →

  • Copyright: 2025
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $293.20
  • Your Price: $219.90
  • 10 titles
Fall 2024 6 titles

Bo en The Buzz (Bo at the Buzz) (Read Woke ™ Books en español) — Hardcover Set

From the Series Bo en The Buzz (Bo at the Buzz) (Read Woke ™ Books en español)

La vida de Bo es siempre agitada. Y no solo porque su casa está encima de The Buzz, una barbería en continuo movimiento. A los jóvenes lectores les encantará acompañar a Bo en su vida… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2025
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $175.92
  • Your Price: $131.94
  • 6 titles
Fall 2024

Bo y la casa escalofriante (Bo and the Spooky House)

From the Series Bo en The Buzz (Bo at the Buzz) (Read Woke ™ Books en español)

¿Qué sucede cuando los amigos de Bo lo desafían a tocar el timbre de la casa escalofriante del vecindario? Acompaña a Bo mientras aprende a tratar a las personas de la comunidad con… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: Can You Whistle, Johanna?
Starred Review & Award Count 1 2

Can You Whistle, Johanna?

Why doesn't Berra have a grandfather? And how can he get one? Ulf suggests that there are plenty of old men at the retirement home. Berra and Ulf go there together to find one—ideally one who Read More →

  • Lexile: 640
  • ATOS: 3.4
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021

Daim Ntawv Qhia Mus Rau Hauv Lub Ntiaj Teb (A Map into the World)

"Tsuas muaj kev xav tsis thoob thiab kev tu siab thiab kev zoo siab tas mus li xwb."—Alison McGhee, #1 New York Times tus neeg sau phau ntawv Someday uas tau muag zoo tshaj plaws Zaj dab neeg Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2021

Duck, Death and the Tulip

From award-winning author and illustrator, Wolf Erlbruch, comes one of the world's best children's books about grief and loss. Voted one of the 100 greatest children's books of all time by… Read More →

  • ATOS: 2.6
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2011

Empty Net

From the Series Lorimer Sports Stories

Fourteen-year-old Madeline Snow is the star goalie and captain of her girls rep hockey team. When her father moves the family to a small town, she feels like she's losing a lot. Maddie is… Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2018
Spring 2025

Evie and Rhino

A young girl with a tragic past and a rhinoceros facing life in captivity form an unlikely and magical bond after a fateful storm and a shipwreck bring them together. On a stormy night off… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: Family
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Family

In this heartwarming sequel to the highly acclaimed Hope, Aunt Poogee and Hope return with their delightful, multiculutural family for a special dinner at Aunt Poogee's farm. The whole… Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • ATOS: 2.9
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2001

Finding Day's Bottom

After eleven-year-old Jane-Ery loses her father in a sawmill accident, Grandpap comes down from Salter’s Mountain to live with her and her mother. To Jane-Ery’s surprise, Grandpap’s funny… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.8
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2006