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2 Misses, and One Five Star Hit

Lulu Faces Loss & Finds Encouragement by Danica Thurber

Forever in Our Hearts by Kristina Andrade

Home in Heaven  by Stefan Waidelich

July 21, 2021 by NTE Leave a Comment

I don’t know about all you, my fellow Cannonballers, but I’m the go-to book person in most of my circles. I would be very upset if this were not true, in fact.  Especially when it comes to picture books, which are what I’m both most educated in and most passionate about. But this means, that a lot of times I get asked about “What are good books about X hard thing?” and – while I almost always have a few essential recommendations for every given […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: about grief, Children's Books, Danica Thurber, Death, dying, emotions, forever in our hearts, helping kids heal, home in heaven, Kristina Andrade, lulu faces loss and finds encouragement, Picture Books, Stefan Waidelich, too much jesus for me

NTE's CBR13 Review No:26 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: about grief, Children's Books, Danica Thurber, Death, dying, emotions, forever in our hearts, helping kids heal, home in heaven, Kristina Andrade, lulu faces loss and finds encouragement, Picture Books, Stefan Waidelich, too much jesus for me ·
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