This lyrical picture book offers a comforting way to talk about loss with children, encouraging them to find peace, understanding, and connection even when someone they love is no longer physically present. Through warm, reflective narration, this book gently guides young readers toward recognizing that memories can hold meaning, closeness, and hope.

Thoughtful scenes invite children to acknowledge the empty spaces left behind while exploring heartfelt ways to remember family members, friends, pets, and others who are absent. The story helps kids see that love continues in the moments they carry forward, and that remembrance can be a source of comfort as they process grief and healing.

Key Features

Supports Emotional Understanding: Helps children recognize and talk about feelings related to grief, absence, and remembrance.
Encourages Healthy Coping: Offers simple, nurturing ideas for honoring memories and creating new moments infused with love and connection.
Ideal for Read-Aloud and Discussion: Gentle language and expressive scenes make this a supportive choice for families, classrooms, and counseling settings.
Social-Emotional Learning Focus: Opens the door to meaningful conversations about empathy, healing, reflection, and celebrating the people or pets we miss.
Trusted Publisher: From Magination Press, the children's imprint of the American Psychological Association, experts in child development and emotional well-being.

About the Author

Joanne Lew-Vriethoff is the acclaimed illustrator of many children's books. She loves quotes, reading, painting, and taking random photos of street art. Joanne lives between Amsterdam and Malaysia.

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