Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together and, especially, in the garden but when his dog passes away Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope.

A polar bear grieves over the loss of his companion, based on the real-life Gus and Ida of New York's Central Park Zoo.

"When Bea's best friend, Henry, seems sad and stops talking to her, she gently tries to find out what is wrong"--Verso page.

Neighborhood children imaginatively stage funerals for dead bugs, but they experience real sadness following the death of a pet.

A rhyming story in which a child describes all of the ways Mama's presence can be felt--in dandelion seeds that float through the air and the sound of raindrops on leaves--even though she is not there like most mothers.

Sixth-grader Amalia learns many important life-lessons while spending Friday afternoons with her beloved grandmother, and the teaching goes on even after Abuelita's sudden death as Amalia finds a way to connect with relatives and a friend who has moved away.

Young Sarah's father helps her to learn about loss and hope when her favorite willow tree is cut down.