The lonely tree by nicholas halliday6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() A few others were searchable on the internet or mentioned by friends (or even kindly bought for us by thoughtful friends), but as our picture book collection grew, I realised there are several that you wouldn’t necessarily know tackled this subject. I headed to our local children’s bookshop to ask them for books they would recommend and I came away with our first title on the subject, The Memory Tree (a couple of other titles were offered, but I’m an artwork snob to be honest). When my mum died, Audrey was three and a half and Rex just one year old. We definitely both feel that losing our parents before the age of 40 was too soon, but the real shame is the children no longer having any grandparents.īoth grandfathers passed away before the kids were born, but our mothers died having known both Rex and Audrey and I was keen to find stories that would in some way explain what happened or at least let them explore the concept of loss. ![]() Ted and I have lost a lot of loved ones and know that we will lose many more, because, hey that’s life (and death). I usually like some sort of alliteration or pun in blog post title, it but in this case, like some of my favourite books about loss and death, I thought I’d be more direct. ![]()
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