Death--Books+that+help

//The Day before Christmas// by Eve Bunting A young girl whose mother died four years ago goes with her grandfather to see the Nutcracker for the first time. She relives her mother's happy memory of that same tradition, and instead of being sad, they remember her and her favorite part of the ballet.

//Goodbye, Mousie// by

//The Purple Balloon// by Chris Raschka A book dedicated to young children who die based on the common image that terminally ill children create of a balloon, floating away.

//What is Goodbye// by Nikki Grimes A book of poems about a young boy whose best friend dies.