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So sorry to hear about the loss. My thoughts, strength to you, the family and the community as you all go through this.

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Thank you, Anerudh.

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Thank you for sharing something so personal, Sarah, and for using books to try to help others during the saddest and most difficult parts of life.

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A remarkable--and so important--list, Sarah! Thank you. Thought and insight.

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I randomly found Badger’s Parting Gifts at a book store this summer and at first I didn’t want it but then I realized how much I liked it and what a resource it could be. I read it to my kids a few times and then put it away for now. Might bring it out again later or wait until we experience/are talking about death.

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It's a lovely one for sure. I bought it for the reason stated in this issue -- we experienced a loss -- but I do think it's a nice, gentle one to have on hand even when you're not grieving, as a sweet story all on its own.

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Yes, what a terrible terrible thing to happen :(

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Thank you for this. I’m a father of twin 8 year olds and the tearjerker for me has been Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson - also about loss and memory.

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I’ve seen that one but have never read it and had no idea what it’s about — I’ll have to check it out.

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Please do. It’s a real gem

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What a great list - I always appreciate your recommendations. I stumbled upon Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolfgang Erlbruch some time ago in Germany and was blown away by its completely unsentimental representation of death. See more here: https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/05/04/duck-death-and-the-tulip-wolf-erlbruch/

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Thank you! I don’t know this one; I’ll check it out.

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I am so grateful for this list. Your email today, June 18, came into my mailbox about the same time I was saying to my husband, "I'm just full of so much grief." I have family issues concurrently with a grand baby, with a child, and with my parents at the moment and I'm living in a deli sandwich of grief. Reading through this full story gave me the cry I needed. You are a blessing. Thank you for blessing me.

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