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All the Dear Little Animals order quantity
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NZ$ 17.00 each
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Author: Ulf Nilsson Illustrated by Eva Eriksson Translated by Julia Marshall
In Stock: 2
One day three children start a business called Funerals Ltd, to help all the poor dead animals in the world. One does the digging, one writes the poems, and the other — the littlest — cries.
Translated from the Swedish, this is another delightful title from Gecko Press, which sources the best of Europe’s picturebooks and publishes them for the New Zealand market.

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Badger's Parting Gifts order quantity
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NZ$ 15.00 each
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Author: Susan Varley
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The tale of a dependable, reliable and helpful badger who realises that his old age will soon lead to death. His friends learn to come to terms with his death in an enchanting tale. With full colour illustrations throughout.
Ages 3 to 7 years

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My Mum's Got Cancer order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
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Author: Lucy Blunt & Eloise Osborn (ill.)
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One quarter of the people diagnosed with cancer each year have children under 18 years. Upon diagnosis these parents always ask "What will I tell my children?".

This book is the essential resource for parents, the family, the child, the teacher and the school community to help normalise the treatment of cancer.
It is a picture book that provides information and practical advice, talking directly to the child and using open and charming illustrations which take away the fear and secrecy of cancer treatment.
Witten by a New Zealand author.

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Old Hu-Hu order quantity
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NZ$ 19.00 each
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Author: Kyle Mewburn Illustrated by Rachel Driscoll
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This book is a Finalist in the Picture Book Category, New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards 2010.

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 is a beautiful story of death and the celebration of life, with powerful, evocative illustrations by Rachel Driscoll.

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Fred order quantity
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NZ$ 19.99 each
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Author: Posy Simmonds
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Who really knows what goes on behind closed cat-flaps? The cat's out of the bag when Sophie and Nick discover their pet, Fred, has been leading a double life. By day he's the laziest cat in the world - but by night he's a singing superstar. . .

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Grandpa's Boat order quantity
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NZ$ 19.00 each
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Author: Michael Catchpool Illustrated by Sophy Williams
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Since Grandpa's illness and death, his family have left his boat, The Periwinkle, untouched and unused. But one day they decide to repair the boat in memory of Grandpa.
A moving story highlighting the power of happy memories to help come to terms with the loss of a loved one.

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Heaven: A poignant, heart-warming story for everyone who has every owned a pet order quantity
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NZ$ 19.99 each
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Author: Nicholas Allan
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Dill the dog knows his time is up so he packs his case and tells Lily, his owner, that he's off 'up there'. 'Can I come too?' asks Lily. 'Er... not yet,' replies Dill. While he is waiting for the angels to collect him, Dill explains to Lily what he thinks heaven is like: hundreds of lampposts to pee against, lots of whiffy things to smell and bones everywhere - with meat on them!
But Lily completely disagrees, she thinks heaven is quite different. Luckily, they agree to disagree just in time for a fond, and very poignant, last goodbye.

First published 1996.


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Absurdly funny .. The pictures are a treat ... A warm and moving account of parting. - Times Education Supplement

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I Don't Have an Uncle Phil Anymore order quantity
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NZ$ 29.99 each
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Author: Marjorie White Pellegrino
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In this moving story for children of all ages, a young boy gets the news that his adored Uncle Phil has died unexpectedly. Told through the eyes of the child, the story describes many traditions and social rituals associated with death, and addresses a wide range of feelings and questions. As his mother attempts to explain death to the boy, he finds his own uplifting way to grieve for Uncle Phil.

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If Nathan Were Here order quantity
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NZ$ 19.99 each
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Author: Mary Bahr
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Named a "Best Children's Book 2000" by the Association of Theological Booksellers, this gentle picture book explores the grief of a young boy whose best friend has died.

If Nathan were here, we would meet in our tree fort we would take the shortcut through the woods we would try to splash each other in the puddles.

In If Nathan Were Here, author Mary Bahr gently explores the grief of a young boy whose best friend has died. With the help of an understanding teacher, a kind neighbor, and an empathetic parent, the boy finds ways to give expression to his questions and sorrow and to reach out to someone else who needs him.

Mary Bahr's evocative text conveys a child's grief with honesty and sensitivity, while Karen Jerome's soft watercolors poignantly capture the tender nature of children's friendships.

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Mama's Going to Heaven Soon order quantity
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NZ$ 22.00 each
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Author: Kathe Martin Copeland
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A compassionate yet straightforward story to assist young children, ages 8-11, and their caregivers as they deal with an impending death of a parent. The bright, childlike artwork and simple, straightforward language offers readers a hopeful message. The book does not specify what is wrong with the mother, so it could apply to a number of situations or illnesses.

A back matter section offers caregivers additional tips on how to talk to children about a parent's death.

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Thank You, Grandpa order quantity
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NZ$ 29.99 each
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Author: Lynn Plourde Illustrated by Jason Cockcroft.
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This glowing picture book, by turns playful and poignant, portrays the tender relationship between a grandfather and granddaughter as they appreciate nature together over the years. They take their first walk in the woods when the little girl is barely old enough to toddle; their last when Grandfather can only shuffle along. Each walk brings a new discovery-a sneaky snake, flashing fireflies, teardrops on a spiderweb-and sometimes a lesson about saying good-bye. One day the girl walks alone, stronger because she learned from her grandfather how to be grateful for life's fleeting gifts.

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Tom's Story order quantity
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NZ$ 15.00 each
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Author: Mandy Hager & Ruth Paul
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Tom's father has died but with help and love from his family, he learns how to be happy again.

Honour Award winner in the 1996 AIM Children's Book Awards.

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Waterbugs and Dragonflies: Explaining death to young children order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
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Author: Doris Stickney
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How can we answer the many questions young children have about death?

Doris Stickney and her minister husband were looking for a meaningful way to explain to neighborhood children the death of a five-year-old friend -- an explanation that would satisfy not only the children but adult minds as well. While they were preparing for the child's memorial service, the fable of the water bug that changed into a dragonfly came to mind.

Water Bugs and Dragonflies tells the story of a small colony of water bugs living happily below the surface of a quiet pond. Every so often one of them climbs up a lily stalk and disappears from sight, never to return. Those left behind are faced with the mystery of figuring out what has become of them.

Revealing the "miracle that makes shiny dragonflies out of ugly bugs", this graceful story reminds us that God has given us the means of transforming our metaphorical selves into dragonflies capable ... more


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What's Happened to Baby? order quantity
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NZ$ 16.00 each
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Author: Skylight, SIDS Wellington, Sands (Wellington) and Ali Teo
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What’s Happened to Baby? is an inviting, sensitively written and colourfully illustrated picture book for children 3 – 7 years old, who have had a baby die in their family/whānau. It has been designed with the whole family/whānau in mind, and provides a helpful opportunity for parents and caregivers to talk with a young child about this difficult loss. It also features useful notes and information for adults at the back, to assist them in supporting their bereaved child. The text has been carefully designed to fit a wide range of bereavement situations, including miscarriage, stillbirth, cot death, and accidental or natural deaths of an infant or toddler. In this way it has been developed as a book that will be able to serve and support a large number of bereaved New Zealand families. The story is simple, giving young readers clear understanding and reassuring, comforting concepts to carry with them. It also offers ... more

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Willy's Grandpa order quantity
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NZ$ 18.99 each
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Author: Scott Tulloch
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Following the very successful Willy’s Dad and Willy’s Mum, comes the wonderful story of loss within a family of a beloved grandparent, and how Willy’s warm and wacky extended family copes, each in their own way, with the illness and death of Grandpa Pop.

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Beginnings and Endings With Lifetimes In Between order quantity
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Author: Bryan Mellonie Illustrated by Robert Ingpen
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Have you ever wondered why a butterfly lives for only a few weeks? Or why a tree lives for hundreds of year?
You may have been sad when someone in your family, or a favourite pet became sick and died.

There is a beginning and an ending to everything that is alive. In between is a lifetime. Dying is a much a part of living as being born.

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Death in a Nut order quantity
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Author: Eric Maddern
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When Jack meets Old Man Death coming towards his cottage, he realises at once what's up. "You're not taking my old mother!" he cries, and hits out at Death with his fists. With each punch, Death gets smaller and smaller, until Jack is able to squeeze him inside a hazelnut shell. He throws the nut far out to sea, and goes home...
Then the trouble begins: eggs won't break, the cockerel's head won't be wrung and the butcher confesses that he can't slaughter any livestock. What has Jack done?
How he discovers one of life's basic truths - that without Death there can be no Life - is delightfully retold by professional storyteller Eric Maddern, while Paul Hess' artwork gives a glorious comic lift to a thoughtful story.

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Gentle Willow order quantity
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NZ$ 23.00 each
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Author: Joyce C. Mills
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Written for children who may not survive their illness or for the children who know them, this tender and touching tale helps address feelings of disbelief, anger, and sadness, along with love and compassion.

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Goodbye Mog order quantity
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Author: Judith Kerr
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Mog keeps watch over the upset Thomas family, who miss her terribly, and she wonders how they will ever manage without her. Nothing happens for some time…then suddenly, one day, Mog sees a little kitten in the house. The kitten is frightened of everything – noise, newspapers, bags and being picked up. Mog thinks the kitten is very stupid.

But then Mog realises that the nervous kitten doesn’t know how to play and just needs ‘a little bit of help’. And so, Mog pushes the surprised kitten into Debbie’s lap, where it finds it actually likes being tickled and stroked.

The new family pet is settled in at last. But Debbie says she will always remember Mog.

'So I should hope,’ thinks Mog. And she flies up and up and up right into the sun.

First published 2002.

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Grandad order quantity
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NZ$ 17.00 each
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Author: Janet Pereira (illus Bruce Potter)
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Most children at some stage of their lives lose a close family member or friend.
This story tells a child's experience of a much-loved grandfather getting old, becoming unwell, and dying.
The story also shows that people celebrate death in different ways. The family's response to the death of their much-loved grandfather reflects the multi-cultural make-up of New Zealand.
Pakeha (European), Maori and Pacific Island traditions and beliefs are interwoven into the family's response.
The story creates an opportunity for adults and children to talk and think about death.
First published June 2006.

 
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