Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement

All Hadley wants is for everything to go back to the way it used to be--back when she didn't have to share her mother with her stepfather and stepbrother. Back when she wasn't forced to live in a musty, decomposing house. Back when she had a life in the city with her friends.

As Hadley whiles away what's left of her summer, exploring the nearby woods and splitting her time between her strange, bug-obsessed neighbor Gabe and the nice old lady that lives above the garage, she begins to notice the house isn't just old and creaky. It's full of secrets, just like appearance of a...

Butterfly Wings is a book that was written following the loss of my father. During a time of great sadness and heartache, God's love, comfort, and peace began to flood my soul in those early days. Even in the midst of pain, there is beauty to be found.

I began having personal experiences with butterflies. They just started showing up, and boy, how often they came in those early months.

The butterflies provided such comfort and peace in ways that I cannot fully convey. I just know what they meant to me.

The beauty of those butterflies got me thinking of the...

Mom takes care of Ella every day. She helps her brush her teeth and get dressed, and takes her outside to play. But when Mom is overcome with illness, Ella is left feeling sad, angry, and helpless. She doesn't know how to deal with those emotions, but Dad helps her to call on the good memories of Mom to find happiness again. Children coping with loss and the grown-ups who love them will find comfort in this engaging and empathetic story. It's a great resource for parents and caregivers, teachers, therapists and social workers helping young people to understand grief over the death of a...

Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals and ideas that have never occurred to her before. While not all questions can be answered, when the day is over Norma is certain of one thing -- Uncle Frank would have enjoyed his funeral.

This sensitive and life-affirming story will lead young readers to ask their own questions about life, death and how we remember those who have gone before us.

Grandpa Visits From Heaven is a sweet and tender story about the close relationship between little Matt and his grandpa. When Matt's grandpa unexpectedly dies, Matt is very upset and wishes he had gotten a chance to say goodbye. God hears Matt's prayers and sends his grandpa back from Heaven so that he can say goodbye.

Through its beautiful illustrations Grandpa Visits From Heaven helps to explain death, spiritual bodies, heaven and afterlife visits. Grandpa Visits From Heaven was inspired by over 100 true stories of afterlife visits received by children...