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  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

A Tender Story About Grief, Healing, and Honoring Special Memories

This lyrical picture book offers a comforting way to talk about loss with children, encouraging them to find peace, understanding, and connection even when someone they love is no longer physically present. Through warm, reflective narration, this book gently guides young readers toward recognizing that memories can hold meaning, closeness, and hope.

Thoughtful scenes invite children to acknowledge the empty spaces left behind while exploring heartfelt ways to remember family members, friends, pets, and others who are absent. The story helps kids see that love continues in the moments they carry forward, and that remembrance can be a source of comfort as they process grief and healing.

Key Features

  • Supports Emotional Understanding: Helps children recognize and talk about feelings related to grief, absence, and remembrance.
  • Encourages Healthy Coping: Offers simple, nurturing ideas for honoring memories and creating new moments infused with love and connection.
  • Ideal for Read-Aloud and Discussion: Gentle language and expressive scenes make this a supportive choice for families, classrooms, and counseling settings.
  • Social-Emotional Learning Focus: Opens the door to meaningful conversations about empathy, healing, reflection, and celebrating the people or pets we miss.
  • Trusted Publisher: From Magination Press, the children’s imprint of the American Psychological Association, experts in child development and emotional well-being.
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978-1-4338-3126-3
$16.99
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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Picture Books
Category SEL: B Self-Management, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2020
Publisher Magination Press, American Psychological Association
Imprint Magination Press — American Psychological Association
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2025-01-01
Text Type Fiction
BISACS JUV039030, JUV015030, JUV039050
Dimensions 8 x 10
Features Original artwork, Reviewed, and Starred Reviews

Author: Amanda R. Hill

Illustrator: Joanne Lew-Vriethoff

Joanne Lew-Vriethoff is the acclaimed illustrator of many children’s books, including the bestselling updated edition of The Invisible String series written by Patrice Karst; Stacy McAnulty’s Beautiful and Brave; and I See You by Michael Genhart. She lives between Amsterdam and Malaysia.

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

“Death is a particularly difficult topic to discuss with children, but this book helps to broach the subject gently and with respect for young people’s sensibilities. . . . An excellent choice for children who are dealing with the loss of a loved one or just learning about death.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews

School Library Journal

“At a time when many kids are facing the loss of a loved one due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this title offers a reassuring take on the topic. . . . Reflecting the gentle tone of the book, the illustrations are soft and warm and are primarily in pastel colors. These show kids with a range skin tones engaging in various activities—playing the piano, picking flowers, reading, sitting at a beach, sledding. In most of the pictures, the kids are smiling as they appear to be remembering their lost loved one, creating a hopeful vibe.”—School Library Journal