Grief & feelings · Read a preview
When Someone We Love Goes Away
A picture book about grief, remembrance, and enduring love for young children and a trusted grown-up. Share the story, then leave room for a question, a memory, or a drawing at the child’s pace.
Inside the preview: The story opening, another story page, and an activity page.
Reader guide
- For
- Recommended ages 3–8
- How to use it
- Read with a parent or trusted grown-up
- This book
- Illustrated picture book
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Make space for a memory, at the child’s pace.
The preview pairs two story pages with A Picture I Can Draw, a space to draw a memory. Read with a parent or trusted grown-up, invite a response, and let the child decide what they want to say or draw. The simple language can support children ages 3–8, including older children who want a gentle way to begin talking about loss.
See the memory-drawing page ↗Take a look inside.
Read the opening, explore another story page, and look at an actual activity page. Open any page at full size for a closer look.
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Selected pages are shown in full. Preview pages may be nonconsecutive. Text and artwork © their respective authors and creators. All rights reserved.
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