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Katie Woo learns different ways to cope with the death of her dog.

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.

Mary, Remember, and Bartholomew are among the pilgrims who survive the harsh early years in America and see New Plymouth grow into a prosperous colony.

Although devastated when his pet dog dies, a young boy goes trick-or-treating and receives a timely visit from an old friend during a scary encounter with graveyard skeletons.

In this rhymed story Jinka rides a cloud to meet her grandpa in the sky and become heaven's queen.

After safeguarding her heart in a bottle hung around her neck, a girl finds the bottle growing heavier and her interest in things around her becoming smaller.

"Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals and ideas that have never occurred to her before. While not all questions can be answered, when the day is over Norma is certain of one thing: Uncle Frank would have enjoyed his funeral. This sensitive and life-affirming...

A cat whose kitten days are far behind her says goodbye to her human family, and the animals and places that have made her life special, before leaving this life behind.

When they find a dead bird, a group of children bury it in the woods, sing a song to it, and put flowers on the grave.