Books like A Ball for Daisy
By Chris Raschka
For the kid who can't sleep without one particular stuffed animal, this wordless story puts their exact heartbreak on the page — and shows it gets better. tender, quiet, emotionally honest, with a warm and hopeful close
A gentle picture of what heaven holds for dogs — endless fields to run in, fluffy clouds for sleeping, and biscuits no dog can resist.
A gentle picture book imagines Cat Heaven, where beloved cats run through fields of sweet grass, play with favorite toys, and are cared for by angels who rub their noses and ears.
A duckling too odd-looking for his own barnyard is mocked and driven off, then must survive hunters and harsh seasons alone before discovering what he truly is.
An elderly Plains Indian woman dies and journeys into the afterlife her people believe in, while her family carries out the customs of preparing her body and saying goodbye.
A sturdy little house in the countryside watches the seasons pass in peace, until the city grows up around her, block by block, until she's surrounded by traffic and towering buildings.
A wolf who has always lived alone atop a hill grows uneasy when a little wolf quietly settles beside him and won't leave — and slowly, warily, learns to let him stay.
A little boy named Dave loses his beloved stuffed dog, Dogger, and is heartbroken — until Dogger turns up at the school summer fair, with someone else buying him first.
During World War II, a young girl stays behind with her grandma when her mama leaves for Chicago to fill a wartime job, and the two wait together through winter for word that Mama is coming home.
A stuffed toy rabbit longs to become Real through the love of the boy who owns him, even as he grows shabbier and worn — until the fear of being thrown away threatens everything.
A lonely boy and a bluebird form an unlikely friendship, told entirely without words — until the bird risks everything to save him from harm.
