Everett Anderson has a difficult time coming to terms with his grief after his father s death. After her friend Peter is hit by a car, Betsy s parents and her teacher answer questions about dying, funerals, and burial. When the new baby they've been expecting isn't strong enough to be born, Molly and her family find different ways to express their feelings and comfort each other. When the child feels the cool, smooth fingers of his dead grandfather, he finally understands that Grandpa no longer lives in the house, which was his body. Morgan tries to sort out and understand her feelings when her family's excited preparations for a new baby end with unexpected tragedy.
Death is explained through the cycles of nature.
A boy s best friend, his dog Charlie, dies and his parents and friends help him through his grief. She gains comfort through making her mother a pillow, a gift from her heart. 1984 Beautiful illustrations complement this book about Badger s life and death. After he s gone his friends recall how special he was to each of them. Frightened, lonely, and afraid after her father is killed in an auto accident, Clare is helped through the grieving process by her mother and grandfather.