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.

Daddy comforts and reassures a very young boy after Mommy dies.

Mike and his dog Corky plan to be best friends forever, so when Corky becomes sick and dies, Mike is angry about the broken promise.

"In this gorgeously illustrated, deeply moving picture book, a young girl learns about the practice of sitting shiva after her mother dies."--

Big Cat Pepper has always been part of the family, but after he grows very old and dies, the boy who loves him comes to understand his mother's reassurance that "his spirit is forever and can fly, fly, fly."

A fearful second grader in Concord, Massachusetts, learns about death when his grandfather's best friend passes away and he offers to accompany his grandfather to the funeral.

When Old Turtle dies and is taken back by the sea, his friends remember that he was a wonderful teacher and friend who made his world a better place.

Although devastated when his pet dog dies, a young boy goes trick-or-treating and receives a timely visit from an old friend during a scary encounter with graveyard skeletons. Sam doesn't feel like doing much after his dog Ella dies, but when he runs into a bunch of rowdy skeletons on Halloween, it's Ella who comes to his aid and together they put those skeletons in their place.