Books like I Can't Believe They're Gone: A kid's grief book
By Karen Brough
For the child who's grieving and doesn't have the words yet, this book sits beside them instead of rushing them toward feeling better. Gentle, tender, quietly reassuring.
A four-year-old boy loves visiting his grandmother and great-grandmother, Nana Downstairs and Nana Upstairs, until one day his mother tells him Nana Upstairs won't be there anymore.
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 young beaver named Buckley carves small wooden boats and sends them out to sea, each one carrying a note to the father he's lost.
A quiet meditation on the everyday moments — love and loss, hope and joy, wonder and mystery — that thread through every single life, shown through glowing art and spare text.
An 80-year-old tortoise named Oliver has shared decades in the garden with his human, Ike, who is also 80 — but when Ike stops visiting, Oliver sets out across ten gardens to ask his mother why.
A little dog named Daisy loves her red ball more than anything — until another dog at the park accidentally pops it, leaving her heartbroken, in a wordless story told entirely through watercolor illustrations.
A girl named Mei Mei breaks her ama's favorite cup and, terrified of the consequences, lets the family cat take the blame — until the guilt becomes impossible to bear.
A young raccoon witnesses something terrible and tries to forget it, but worry, bad dreams, and anger follow — until a counselor named Ms. Maple helps him talk about what happened.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu shares his vision of God's dream for the world, where people hold hands, get angry and say sorry, and forgive — learning that everyone, no matter their nose size or skin shade, is family.
A young tiger can't read, write, draw, or speak, and his worried father watches for progress while his mother insists he just needs time to bloom in his own way.
