Washoe County Library System

Describes how people feel about death, discussing what happens when someone dies, why people die, and how to cope with grief.

After a long life of chasing squirrels, licking ice cream cones, and loving his adoptive family, an old dog comes to the end of his days.

When Justin's older brother, Kyle, is killed in Afghanistan, Justin can't believe that his brother is really gone. Except there's one thing that Kyle left behind. Max is a highly trained military canine who has always protected his fellow soldiers. But when he loses his handler and best friend, Kyle, Max is traumatized and unable to remain in the service. He is sent home to America, where the only human he connects with is Justin, and he is soon adopted...

When his teacher, Miss Perry, is killed in a car accident, Stevie and his elementary school classmates take turns sharing memories of her, especially her fondest wish for each day.

When a young boy finds his old dog dead one morning, he spends the rest of the day thinking about all the good times they had together.

In this moving story of love and loss, Milo, a grieving young boy, remembers his Grandpa through birdwatching—a hobby they shared—and knows that he is soaring in the skies above, watching over him.

Amada and her family build a chicken coop, hoping that her grandmother, visiting from Mexico, will enjoy raising the chickens and be distracted from her grief at Grandfather's death.

Buckley and his mother cope with the loss of their father/husband by sending small wooden boats, built by Buckley, off into the ocean.

"This gorgeously illustrated picture book tells the story of a young Japanese boy who loses his dad in a tsunami."--

Ming's wishes at the tree on Lunar New Year with his grandmother always seemed to come true, but one year the tree does not help, and he alone must make peace with the loss of his grandmother and the spirit of the tree.