Books like I'll Always Love You
By Hans Wilhelm
For families facing the loss of a pet, this book puts words to a grief that's hard to explain to a child, and hard for grownups to explain too. Tender, quiet, and bittersweet — a lump-in-the-throat kind of gentle.
A boy named Mike and his dog Corky make a Forever Plan to always be together — until one day Mike comes home from school and Corky isn't there anymore.
A boy named Riley and his family spend one whole day celebrating everything they love about their old dog, Jasper, because his cancer means they must soon say goodbye.
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.
A young girl and her dog Lulu are inseparable companions who play, explore, and read bedtime stories together — until Lulu grows old and weak, and the girl must face losing her.
A boy named Eli grows up on his grandparents' farm, learning to love the barn, the fields, and the river that surround him — then shares those same places with his baby sister, Sylvie.
Two children upset about being apart from their mother learn that everyone who loves each other is connected by an Invisible String made of love, one that stretches any distance and never breaks.
A gentle retelling of the Nativity story, set among barn animals who witness a quiet, extraordinary birth on a cold night.
On a quiet rainy morning while Papa and Luca sleep, a little girl follows her mama through their cinnamon-scented house, wanting to be wherever Mama is.
A gentle tour through nature at dusk, as mother animals — owl, fox, whale, and more — each tell their babies just how deep and boundless their love runs.
A boy tags along for a Friday night shift at the school where his dad works as a custodian, shooting baskets in the half-lit gym and sweeping the stage while the rest of the city sleeps.
A little girl flies with her family all the way to Holland to visit her grandparents, but somewhere along the journey, her beloved Knuffle Bunny goes missing again.
A parent shares a string of tender wishes for a child — to find wonder in flying birds, to know love as vast and constant as the moon loves the sky.
