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With the help and support of his family and friends, Little Tree learns to cope with his father's death by discovering what is really important in life, and that his father's memory will carry on. Julia, and a lovable cast of trees, offers a warm approach to the difficult subject of death and dying.
6) Dear Mr. G
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"A child forms a friendship with an elderly neighbor in a series of letters"--Provided by publisher.
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"Jack loves and misses his bus-driving grandfather. When Grandpa Nod died, Jack's mother said Jack was too young to go to the funeral. One day after school, Jack gets on the wrong bus. To his surprise, he discovers Grandpa Nod is in the driver's seat of the empty bus. By the end of the ride, Jack has had the chance to tell his grandfather how much he misses him"--
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Declan O'Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was Dona Nobis Pacem, "Grant Us Peace." His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. but a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O'Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide them through such overwhelming...
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After her grandfather's death, a young girl explores her Baba Bazorg's house. As the girl wanders through the house, almost idly, her Baba Bazorg's house stands in for the man himself, with each object she describes standing as a touchstone to a memory, and each memory serving as a window into the relationship between the child and her grandfather. As she looks through its rooms, the things she sees and the object she touches bring to life memories...