Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch
$19.99 NZD
Category: Paperback Picture Books
In a curiously heart-warming and elegantly illustrated story, a duck strikes up an unlikely friendship with Death. Duck and Death play together and discuss big questions. Death, dressed in a dressing gown and slippers, is sympathetic and kind and will be duck’s companion until the end. “I’m cold,” she ...Show more
Farewell, Anahera by Vanessa Hatley-Owen;
$19.99 NZD
Category: Death and Grieving
This is a beautiful, comforting and uplifting story for anyone who has lost someone that they love. From far away Hawaiki called to her. Turning her face to the sun, she was ready for her next adventure. In the distance, across the shining sea smiling faces of her ancestors were ready for her, their han ...Show more
Finn's Feather by Rachel Noble
$12.00 NZD
$20.00 (40% off)
Category: Death and Grieving
Finn knows his brother is gone. But he also knows that Hamish sent the beautiful white feather on his doorstep.Finn runs to show his mother the feather from Hamish, but she only gives him a big hug. In school, Finn's teacher responds similarly. Why isn't anyone as excited as he is? Finn sits quietly, cr ...Show more
Fox - A Story of Life and Death by Isabel Thomas; Daniel Egnéus (Illustrator)
$29.99 NZD
Category: Death and Grieving
In the frost-covered forest of early spring, fox is on a mission to find food for her three cubs. As they grow, she teaches them how to survive in the wild. Until one day, fox dies. Her body goes back to earth and grass and air, nourishing the world around her and bringing the forest to life. Death is n ...Show more
Hazel and the Snails by Nan Blanchard
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds
Six-year-old Hazel tends her colony of shoebox snails while observing, with varying degrees of understanding, her father's illness and final decline. Nan Blanchard's assured eye is a rare quality in a new writer; seldom has the world of a young child been so delicately or acutely observed. Impending los ...Show more
How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow
$22.99 NZD
Category: Death and Grieving
'A BOOK AS FIERCE, TENDER, AND RARE AS ITS APTLY NAMED HEROINE, TIGER.'-- Meg Leder, author of Letting Go of Gravity It's the brightest day of summer and it's dark outside. It's dark in your house, dark in your room, and dark in your heart. You feel like the darkness is going to split you apart.Here is ...Show more
Huhu Koroheke (Old Hu-Hu Maori) by Kyle Mewburn (tr to Maori Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira)
$18.99 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
Everyone loved Old Hu-Hu. But nobody loved him quite as much as little Hu-Hu-Tu. Old Hu-Hu is a thoughtful tale of young Hu-Hu-Tu's search for understanding of what has happened to his beloved Old Hu-Hu, who flew all the way to the moon (or so they said), then fell down dead. Sensitively written, this i ...Show more
I Wish I Could Hold Your Hand A Child's Guide to Grief and Loss by Pat Palmer; Dianne O. Burke (Illustrator)
$17.99 NZD
Category: Death and Grieving
A best friend has moved away...Dad no longer lives with the family... A favorite relative or pet has died. This warm and comforting book gently helps the grieving child identify his or her feelings--from denial and anger to guilt and sadness--and learn to accept and deal with them. Expressive illustrati ...Show more
If All the World Were... by Joseph Coelho
$14.99 NZD
Category: Death and Grieving
A moving, poetic picture book about a young girl's love for her granddad and how she copes when his grandad dies, written by poet and playwright Joe Coelho. This powerful and ultimately uplifting text is the ideal way to introduce children to the concept of death and dying, particularly those who have l ...Show more
Milly, Molly and Jimmy's Seeds by Gill Pittar
$8.94 NZD
$14.90 (40% off)
Category: Death and Grieving | Series: Milly and Molly
An unexpected surprise helps Milly and Molly cope with the loss of a friend.
Mum's Jumper by Jayde Perkin
$33.99 NZD
Category: Death and Grieving
If Mum has gone, how do you carry on? Missing her feels like a dark cloud that follows you around, or like swimming to a shore that never comes any nearer. But memories are like a jumper that you can cuddle and wear. And Mum's Jumper might be a way to keep her close. ...Show more
My Big Fantastic Family by Adam Guillain & Charlotte Guillain
$27.99 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
A funny and moving story about how a little girl copes with change after her parents separate.