A moving, lyrical picture book about a young girls love for her granddad and how she copes when he's gone, written by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho.
Death has been a source of grief and uncertainty for humanity throughout history, but it has also been the inspiration for a plethora of fascinating traditions.
Although it is 1969 and the end of a decade that has brought tremendous social change even in southweatern Ontario, 14-year-old Annie Ward has experienced little of "e;love, peace, and understanding.
Although it is 1969 and the end of a decade that has brought tremendous social change even in southweatern Ontario, 14-year-old Annie Ward has experienced little of "e;love, peace, and understanding.
Short-listed for the 2005 Snow Willow Award and for the 2006 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award Cole Fennety doesn't know it, but he is about to have the strangest summer of his life.
2005 White Pine Award - Shortlisted2004 IODE Violet Downey National Book Award - Shortlisted2004 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection There's one other thing I should mention right off, which is that I'm fourteen years old and dying.
Winner of the 2003 Ann Connor Brimer Award, short-listed for the 2004 White Pine Award Martin Emerson's family, friends, and even his therapist have trouble figuring him out.
The funny, touching story of an unlikely friendship from master storyteller Colin ThompsonGeorge lives with his grandmother and a big empty space where his mother and father should be.
Stairway to Heaven: Grandma Has Gone Home is a heartwarming, reflective, and reassuring story that chronicles one child's experience with the loss of a beloved grandparent.
When a beloved family pet passes, it is often difficult to explain to children why the dog, cat or other animal that was a part of the family is no longer there.
"e;At once bitingly funny and strikingly poignant, Lisa Super's powerful debut touches on grief, identity, and first love, the perfect read for fans of John Green, Mary H.
