Central Kansas Library System

Pa Lia and her classmates share memories of Stinky Stern, the second-grade bully.

As Emma grieves the loss of her grandfather, she reflects on their shared love of birdwatching.

A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.

A young girl and her lovable dog, Lulu, are the best of friends and do everything together. As Lulu ages and starts to slow down the girl shows her compassion by making Lulu comfortable in her bed and helping to feed her. When Lulu dies the caring, young girl must come to terms with her loss and find a way to say goodbye.

Daddy comforts and reassures a very young boy after Mommy dies.

When her grandmother, a devoted gardener, dies, a little girl inherits her gardening gloves and feels closer to her memory.

A blind boy tells of his warm relationship with his grandmother and the gift she left for him after her death.

A child's sadness at the death of a beloved dog is tempered by the remembrance of saying to it every nignt, "I'll always love you."

Sister Bear loves taking care of her pet goldfish, Goldie. Sister feeds Goldie every morning and evening, cleans out her tank, and even gets her a beautiful fishbowl castle! But when Papa and Mama find Goldie floating belly-up in her tank, they worry about how Sister will feel. How will the Bear family cope with the loss of Goldie, the best goldfish in the world?

A boy asks others how they felt when his grandfather died and then shares his own feelings.