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Everett anderson's goodbye

Clifton, Lucille

After his father's death, Everett learns how to accept this loss. The young boy suffers through the five stages of grief to learn that even when someone you love dies, your love for them does not die.

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coping, death, family, learning, loss, memory, parents, sadness, stress management

Moving

Watson, Wendy

Mom and dad move to a new house, but Muffin does not want to move. She eventually decides to try out her new house and finds that it is okay -- even though she and her parents will miss their old house.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, loss, moving, parents, shelter, verbal communication

Nana upstairs and nana downstairs

dePaola, Tomie

Tommy loves both Nana Downstairs because she is always in the kitchen and a great-grandma, Nana Upstairs, because she is always in bed. Both of them eventually die, and Tommy grows up and learns how to deal with death.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, death, feelings, food, friendship, grief, loss, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

Ira says goodbye

Waber, Bernard

Ira has to deal with the difficult situation of saying goodbye when Ira's best friend moves away. This proves to be just as difficult for others as it is for Ira. They learn they can still be friends even if they live an hour apart.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, feelings, friendship, loneliness, loss, moving, nonverbal communication, stress management, verbal communication

Losing uncle tim

Jordan, Mary Kate

A little boy tells a story of how he watches his Uncle Tim, who he looks up to and likes to spend time with, die of AIDS. He learns about death and funerals and inherits some of his favorite toys of his uncle's.

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change, coping, death, diseases, family, illness, loss, stress management, toys, verbal communication

Fox song

Bruchac, Joseph

Jamie remembers her grandmother and all the things that they did together. These memories help Jamie deal with the loss of her grandmother.

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change, coping, critical thinking, death, family, grandparents, loss, love, memories, multicultural, native american, traditions

Finding a job for daddy

Maslac, Evelyn Hughes

Things are harder and different since Laura's dad lost his job. Laura wants to help so she pretends to put a want ad in the newspaper, then interviews him for a job. Laura knows that her dad still has to find a real job, but she wants her dad to be a dad forever.

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careers, communication, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, helping, loss, parents, pretend, verbal communication, work

Saying goodbye to grandma

Thomas, Jane Resh

Suzie's grandma died so Suzie goes with her family to her grandparents' house for the funeral. The family experiences many emotions in different ways when dealing with her death.

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acceptance, change, coping, critical thinking, empathy, family, feelings, grandparents, loneliness, loss, love, nonverbal communication, sadness, self esteem, verbal communication

Grandma without me

Vigna, Judith

Despite his parents divorce, a young boy figures out how to stay in touch with his grandmother.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, correspondence, critical thinking, decision making, divorce, family, grandparents, loss, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, problem solving, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Badger's parting gifts

Varley, Susan

When Badger dies, the rest of the animals are very sad. It is not until they remember all of the good times with Badger that they get over their sadness.

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animals, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, death, decision making, feelings, goal setting, loss, memories, nonverbal communication, presents, sadness, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Apple tree christmas

Noble, Trinka Hakes

A horrible snowstorm takes down a family's apple tree. Katrina misses her favorite climbing tree where she used to draw. For Christmas, her father makes her a drawing table out of the branches of the apple tree.

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christmas, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, grief, happiness, holidays, loss, nature, parents, plants, snow, weather

My prairie christmas

Harvey, Brett

Christmas is a very special time for Elenore. This is her first Christmas on the prairie, and she doesn't think it will be as good as it was in Maine. But it ends up being better than ever, because her family pulls together to make everything work out.

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celebration, change, christmas, coping, critical thinking, family, feelings, giving, happiness, holidays, loss, moving, parents, pioneers, sadness, seasons, self esteem, siblings, stars, stress management, verbal communication, winter

Mousekin's christmas eve

Miller, Edna

Mousekin is startled one night to find that the warm home he once inhabited is now empty. He sets out in the snow in search of a new home. Mousekin is delighted when he finds a warm home with a Christmas tree and plenty of food.

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animals, change, christmas, courage, critical thinking, goal setting, holidays, loss, mouse, problem solving, shelter, snow, stress management, survival, worry

Fire diary

Rosenblatt, Lily

A young girl loses everything she has in a fire. In her diary, she works through her feelings of loss and pain. She also plans strategies to escape fires in the future.

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change, fear, feelings, fire, goal setting, grief, loss, memories, prevention, sadness

I'm not moving, mama!

Carlstrom, Nancy White

A young boy is apprehensive about moving to another house. The boy is willing to let his mother take all of his things, but he is not willing to go. She reminds him that at his new home he will have many new things and special places, but more importantly, the family will be together.

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change, decision making, differences, family, feelings, loss, memories, moving, parents, sadness, stress management, toys

Grandpa's slide show

Gould, Deborah

Sam and Douglas love visiting their grandparents. When they are at their grandparents house, they always watch old slides. However, this is interrupted for a while when their Grandfather dies and they learn to deal with death.

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change, critical thinking, death, family, grandparents, loss, love, memories, sadness, self esteem, stress management

Mary ann

James, Betsy

A moving of a best friend is sad for a young girl. She befriends a praying mantis and names it after her best friend. She must cope with the death of the mantis and the surprise at the end.

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celebration, change, critical thinking, death, friendship, insects, loneliness, loss, moving, praying mantis, surprises, verbal communication

Saying goodbye to daddy

Vigna, Judith

A young girl copes with the death of her father. Her mother and grandfather help her through the painful grieving after the car accident.

One morning in Maine

McCloskey, Robert

Sal, Jane and their father go to the beach to search for clams. During the day, Sal loses her tooth in the mud. She does not cry because she knows that when you lose your teeth you are starting to grow up. They take a boat trip to a nearby island to celebrate with ice cream cones.

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assertiveness, beach, bodies of water, change, critical thinking, decision making, discovery, family, fish, food, goal setting, growing up, island, loss, nutrition, ocean, responsibilities, self esteem, teeth, transportation

Mommy and me by ourselves again!

Vigna, Judith

Disappointed when her mother's ex-boyfriend forgets her birthday, Amy is comforted by her family when they give her a surprise birthday party and a special gift.

Helen the fish

Kroll, Virginia

Hannah's big brother gets her a goldfish for her third birthday. Hannah takes great care of her and names her Helen. Three years later, Helen dies. As time goes by, Hannah's hurt goes away.

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birthday, change, coping, death, family, feelings, fish, loss, pets, sadness, siblings

Owl babies (Bebes chouettes)

Waddell, Martin

Three young owls become aware of the horror of being alone and learns to cope with the problem differently.

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baby, birds, change, coping, family, feelings, identification, individuality, loneliness, loss, love, nonverbal communication, owl, parents, stress management, uniqueness, verbal communication, worry

Cricket boy

Ziner, Feenie

Hu Sing's father is asked to come to the emperor's palace to fight his champion cricket against the emperor's own champion. In trying to protect the cricket, Hu Sing accidentally kills it, and then kills himself, until he has a strange dream.

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assertiveness, beliefs, chinese, competition, conflict resolution, cricket, death, decision making, dreams, family, grandparents, grief, insects, loss, multicultural, parents, respect, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication, vision

Father's rubber shoes

Yeo, Yumi

Yungsu's family moves from Korea to America. When Yungsu goes into his new town and sees children playing, he missed his friends from Korea. Yungsu tells his mother that he wants to go back to Korea, but his father explains that their life will be better in America.

Waiting to sing

Kaplan, Howard

A young boy loves playing the piano but especially listening to his father play while his mother sings along. The boy's mother also listens to him play. Shortly after the boy, his sister, and his father come back from a vacation at the beach, the mother dies. Playing the piano helps the young boy and his father cope with their loss.

Molly's rosebush

Cohn, Janice

A young girl deals with the loss of her newborn sibling. After spending time with her grandmother, she is better able to understand death.

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baby, death, family, feelings, grandparents, grief, loss, love, miscarriage, parents, sadness, siblings

Elizabeti's doll

Stuve-Boden, Stephanie

After the arrival of her new baby brother, Elizabeti, from Tanzania, sees her mother care for him and she decides she wants a doll to care for herself. She does everything her mother does to her 'doll' and also faces the problem of losing her. Elizabeti also teaches the reader a little about her culture.

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baby, caring, dolls, family, feelings, language, loss, love, multicultural, responsibilities, rocks, sadness, siblings

The sleeping lady

Dixon, Ann

Nekatla and Susitha are a young couple preparing to wed. THe wedding is put on hold when war breaks out, and Nekatla must travel to another village to try to restore peace. Susitha waits on a grassy hill for Nekatla to return, and she falls asleep. Nekatla is killed in war, and Susitha never awakens and is now known as the sleeping lady.

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adventures, anger, author's note, bravery, celebration, communication, conflict resolution, culture, death, decision making, dreams, fable, feelings, happiness, history, hope, loss, love, nonverbal communication, relationship, sleep, snow, teamwork, verbal communication, violence, war, weather, wedding, worry

Daddy's roommate

Willhoite, M.

A young boy learns that a family divorce can be a tragic event. When his father moves in with another man, the boy learns that the two grown men are gay. Finally the boy learns to love each of them even though he feels uncomfortable at times.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, divorce, goal setting, homosexuality, loss, love, peer resistance, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Fly high, fly low

Freeman, Don

Sid and Marge, a pigeon and a dove, choose to live and settle down in an old city sign. One day, when Sid is gone and Marge is left behind, the sign is demolished.

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asian, birds, dove, family, loss, peer resistance, pigeon, shelter

Dear daddy

Schindel, John

Jesse really wants to visit his father who lives far away. Jesse and his dad write letters back and forth to pass the time until Jesse can visit in the summer.

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art, careers, change, coping, correspondence, family, feelings, happiness, loss, love, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, telephone, transportation, travel, verbal communication, zoo

Dream wolf

Goble, Paul

This Native American story describes some boys who are alone in the wild at night. They meet a wolf who has close kinship to a tribe until the white men drives the wolves away. The boys bring the wolves back.

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animals, birds, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deer, feelings, happiness, loss, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, rabbit, reunion, river, wolf

Tiger flowers

Quinlan, Patricia

Joel's uncle, Michael, dies of AIDS. Joel remembers the fun times he and Michael spent together. These happy memories help to comfort Joel.

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aids, animals, coping, death, family, feelings, fun, happiness, illness, loss, memories, sadness, stress management, tiger, verbal communication

Inatuk's friend

Morrow, Suzanne Stark

Because it is winter and no seals can be found, Inatuk and the people in his village are going hungry. In order to survive, Inatuk's family must move into the city where his father can work. Inatuk has a hard time because he must leave his best friend.

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animals, change, coping, family, friendship, hunger, loss, moving, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, parents, rabbit, seal, siblings, stress management

Judge rabbit and the tree spirit: A tale from cambodia

Spagnoli, Cathy

A newly married couple is separated when the husband is called to war. An evil tree spirit sees how sad the man is and decides to take his place. The spirit takes the form of the man and lives with his wife. The man returns from the war to find the spirit.

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animals, cambodian, critical thinking, feelings, loss, marriage, multicultural, rabbit, sadness, separation, war, wedding

Good-bye, sammy

Murrow, Lisa Ketchum

A child takes his stuffed bunny on a trip. The bunny becomes lost, so the child makes friends with a new bunny.

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animals, change, loss, lost, rabbit, travel

Lost

Johnson, Paul Brett//Lewis, Celeste

A little girl loses her dog Flag in the desert. She and her dad search for a month, but there is no sign of Flag. One day, when the girl returns home from school, she notices an old truck in her driveway. A man found Flag and brought him home!

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animals, assertiveness, celebration, critical thinking, decision making, desert, dog, faith, family, feelings, goal setting, hope, loss, love, nonverbal communication, parents, pets, sadness

The gingerbread boy

Galdone, Paul

In desire for a boy of their own, a couple bakes a gingerbread boy. The gingerbread boy comes to life, and runs for freedom while being chased by hungry people. A fox, who outsmarts the boy, ends up with a tasty snack.

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animals, assertiveness, death, decision making, family, fantasy, fear, feelings, food, fox, hunger, loss, nutrition, parents

Henny penny

Galdone, Paul

An acorn falls on Henny Penny's head and she thinks the sky is falling. She goes to tell the king, and a few of her friends go with her. A fox lures them into his cave and eats up Henny Penny and her friends.

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animals, birds, conflict resolution, death, fear, feelings, food, fox, friendship, loss, misunderstanding, royalty, shelter, sly

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

Taback, Simms

There once was a lady who ate so much that it got her into trouble. She eats everything from a fly to a horse. In the end her body cannot take the horse and she dies. The moral of the story is stop at the cow and don't eat the horse.

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animals, art, author's note, birds, cat, classification, cow, death, dog, fly, horse, humor, insects, loss, rhyme, spider

My friend gorilla

Morozumi, Atsuko

Daddy brings home a nice and helpful gorilla from the zoo. The gorilla stayed until someone said he used to live in Africa. The gorilla was brought back to Africa, and even though he is missed, he is happy there.

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africa, animals, feelings, friendship, gorilla, loss, unselfish, zoo

Better with two

Joosse, Barbara M.

An old lady, and her dog have a regular routine everyday. And when Laura, the girl next door sees Mrs. Brady alone instead of with Max she wonders why. When Laura finds out Max died, she finds comfort in her mom and then consoles Mrs. Brady, because two is better than one.

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animals, change, coping, death, dog, family, feelings, friendship, loss, neighbors, nonverbal communication, parents, pets, sadness

The party

Reid, Barbara

Two sisters leave their friends to go to a family birthday party. When the girls get to the party, they play games with lots of children and eat lots of good food and birthday cake. They have so much fun at the party that they don't want to leave!

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affection, animals, balloon, bedtime, birthday, body parts, car, celebration, crowd, dog, exercise, family, food, games, grandparents, gymnastics, injury, loss, love, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, party, rhyme, rhythm, running, siblings, singing, song, sport, teeth, transportation, verbal communication

Bizzy bones and the lost quilt

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

Bizzy loses his favorite quilt. He cannot sleep and is very sad. Some other mice find it with a hole in it. They help Bizzy repair it and Bizzy makes new friends.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, cooperation, decision making, friendship, goal setting, helping, loneliness, loss, mouse, quilt, sadness, sleep, teamwork

Nate the great and the boring beach bag

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Nate the Great is at the beach when Oliver, the pest, loses his beach bag. With the help of his dog, Sludge, and information from other children on the beach, Nate successfully solves the case of the missing bag.

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animals, assertiveness, beach, conflict resolution, cooperation, coping, critical thinking, decision making, dog, friendship, goal setting, loss, mystery, problem solving

Toddlecreek post office

Shulevitz, Uri

The village of Toddlecreek is very small, but it has a post office that is the heart of the village. A postal inspector comes and decides to close the post office. After this, the village is never the same.

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animals, community, dog, feelings, friendship, loss, sadness, storytelling, verbal communication

Iris and walter

Guest, Elissa Haden

Iris is disappointed when her family moves to the country. There are no other children to play with and it is very boring for her. No one can seem to cheer Iris up, and then Grandpa comes along. He asks her to take a walk down the road. Will this walk help Iris find what she has been missing?

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animals, boredom, change, climbing, dancing, disappointment, discovery, exercise, family, friendship, fun, grandparents, gymnastics, happiness, insecurity, loss, moving, music, parents, play, sharing, skating, stress management, walking, wilderness

Fred

Simmonds, Posy

The night that Sophie and Nick bury their beloved cat, they find all of his cat friends outside. They find out their cat was famous and the other cats wanted to have a party to say goodbye.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, change, coping, death, friendship, loss, nonverbal communication, party, pets, self esteem

Smoky night

Bunting, Eve

A riot breaks out in a young boys neighborhood which leads to his apartment building catching on fire. This tragedy brings together people from different backgrounds when they share in the trauma of both losing their cats and having their homes taken over by fire.

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animals, cat, community, conflict, conflict resolution, death, destruction, fire, forgiveness, loss

Dusty

Malone, Nola Langner

Dusty, a cat, and a little girl form a friendship. Dusty grows up and soon must leave. The girl tries to cope with her loss.

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animals, cat, change, coping, feelings, friendship, growing up, hunger, loss, nonverbal communication, pets, rain, sadness, sleep, stress management, weather

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