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Picture books for children going through the death of a loved one or other loss.
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The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages
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Where Did My Sweet Grandma Go?: A Preschooler's Guide to Losing a Loved One
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Lauren Flake (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings
score: 400,
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The Great Big Ark in the Sky
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4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Dead Bird
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3.62 avg rating — 1,117 ratings
score: 391,
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Ida, Always
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Caron Levis (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 2,715 ratings
score: 391,
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The Invisible String
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Patrice Karst (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 3,956 ratings
score: 388,
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Charlie and Chocolate's Purrfect Prayer
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J. Suthern Hicks (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
score: 300,
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Where Did My Sweet Grandpa Go?: A Preschooler's Guide to Losing a Loved One
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4.94 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 297,
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Charlie and Chocolate's Furry Forgiveness
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J. Suthern Hicks (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 297,
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Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust
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4.15 avg rating — 7,724 ratings
score: 296,
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Cry, Heart, But Never Break
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4.40 avg rating — 3,511 ratings
score: 293,
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Big Cat, Little Cat
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Elisha Cooper (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 3,979 ratings
score: 292,
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Always Remember
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Cece Meng (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 512 ratings
score: 289,
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My Big, Dumb, Invisible Dragon
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4.39 avg rating — 259 ratings
score: 200,
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Where is Uncle Al?
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Eva Hibbs (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Still Mine
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4.19 avg rating — 104 ratings
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The Heart and the Bottle
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Oliver Jeffers (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 6,720 ratings
score: 197,
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Cat Heaven
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4.32 avg rating — 966 ratings
score: 194,
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Dog Heaven
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4.49 avg rating — 2,406 ratings
score: 192,
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The Rough Patch
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Brian Lies (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 3,068 ratings
score: 191,
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Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Life and Death to Children
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4.24 avg rating — 724 ratings
score: 184,
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Death Is Stupid
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4.50 avg rating — 731 ratings
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Across the meadow;
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4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 182,
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The Funeral
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Matt James (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 643 ratings
score: 163,
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Life and I: A Story About Death
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4.53 avg rating — 479 ratings
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Finn's Feather
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Rachel Noble (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 193 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Where Do We Go When We Die?
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3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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An Angel from Above - Un ángel desde arriba
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Ma. Alma González Pérez (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Goblin and the Empty Chair
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3.96 avg rating — 407 ratings
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The Flat Rabbit
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Bárður Oskarsson (Goodreads Author)
3.20 avg rating — 638 ratings
score: 100,
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Don't Drink the Pink
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B.C.R. Fegan (Goodreads Author)
4.59 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Goodbye Mog
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4.33 avg rating — 370 ratings
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Sky Sweeper
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3.85 avg rating — 75 ratings
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When Someone You Love...
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Jennifer Murphey Powers (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Evan and the Skygoats
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Vanessa Vassar (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Lovebird's Freedom
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The River Of Birds
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4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Dance Like a Leaf
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A.J. Irving (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 291 ratings
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1 person voted
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Samuel Shootingstar
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Fox: A Circle of Life Story
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Isabel Thomas (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 408 ratings
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Winter Holding Spring
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4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Remembering Sundays with Grandpa
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4.81 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The Secret Handshake
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Dear Star Baby
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Malcolm Newsome (Goodreads Author)
4.73 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Thomas and the Butterfly
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Grandpa's Scroll
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Ginger Park (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 75 ratings
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Little Bear and the Big Hole
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4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Bluebird
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3.92 avg rating — 2,832 ratings
score: 99,
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A Last Goodbye
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4.22 avg rating — 240 ratings
score: 99,
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When Someone Dies: A Book about Death for Kids who are Curious or who are Experiencing a Death
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Laura Camerona (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 99,
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Grandad Bill's Song
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Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 49 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Circles in the Sky
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4.39 avg rating — 385 ratings
score: 99,
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My Freedom Trip
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4.29 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Michael Rosen's Sad Book
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4.49 avg rating — 3,374 ratings
score: 98,
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Rabbityness
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3.95 avg rating — 573 ratings
score: 98,
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The Goodbye Book
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4.30 avg rating — 818 ratings
score: 98,
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The Forever Sky
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4.11 avg rating — 136 ratings
score: 98,
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Rudi's Pond
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4.11 avg rating — 126 ratings
score: 98,
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Love The Unbreakable Bond: Answered questions about death for children
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 98,
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The Building Boy
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Ross Montgomery (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 212 ratings
score: 97,
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Birdsong
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4.25 avg rating — 1,675 ratings
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The Memory String
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4.29 avg rating — 740 ratings
score: 97,
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Six Is So Much Less Than Seven
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4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Farewell, Grandpa Elephant: What Happens When a Loved One Dies?
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3.96 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Wings of the Morning
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Big Cat Pepper
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3.73 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The Last Dance
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4.17 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Saying Goodbye to Grandma
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3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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A Pillow for My Mom
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3.16 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Lob
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Linda Newbery (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 256 ratings
score: 94,
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Eight Days: A Story of Haiti
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3.98 avg rating — 348 ratings
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Grandpa
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Granpa
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John Burningham (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 279 ratings
score: 93,
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Lucia's Travel Bus: Chile (Global Kids Storybooks)
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4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings
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To Sail a Ship of Treasures
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Angel Catcher for Kids: A Journal to Help You Remember the Person You Love Who Died (Grief Books for Kids, Children's Grief Book, Coping Books for Kids)
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4.38 avg rating — 26 ratings
score: 92,
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My Henry
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4.10 avg rating — 60 ratings
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A Path of Stars
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Anne Sibley O'Brien (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Valerie and the Silver Pear
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3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Very Best of Friends
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4.19 avg rating — 105 ratings
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A Map into the World
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Kao Kalia Yang (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 1,383 ratings
score: 91,
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Poppy's Chair
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 91,
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The Day Tiger Rose Said Goodbye
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Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 348 ratings
score: 90,
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Remembering Grandad: Facing Up to Death
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Bimmi Finds a Cat
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A Time for Remembering
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Next Place
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Warren Hanson (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 747 ratings
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Goodbye, Mitch
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4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
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And Peter Said Goodbye
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The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
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4.27 avg rating — 1,446 ratings
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Rosie and Crayon
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Deborah Marcero (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 178 ratings
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Blackberries in the Dark
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3.65 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Waterbugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Children
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4.48 avg rating — 360 ratings
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Lovely Old Roly
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4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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When Grandpa Came to Stay
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Judith Caseley (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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My Angel Mama
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Under the Blackberries
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3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Nathaniel Talking
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3.80 avg rating — 79 ratings
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The Memory Tree
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Britta Teckentrup (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 763 ratings
score: 84,
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Dream Meadow
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2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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