![]() ![]() ![]() You’ll find other children’s books about death here. The book gave me the idea of creating an “I Remember” book in memory of a loved one who died. The grandfather is shown smoking a pipe on one of the pages in the book, but everything else is simply beautiful, wholesome, and heartwarming. But now we will remember him together and neither of us will be so lonely as we would be if we had to remember him alone.” The last page is especially touching when Lewis says, “I miss him.” “So do I, Lew’s mother said. He and his mother share their memories of the loving grandfather. It’s a beautiful story by Charlotte Zolotow of a young boy who wakes up in the night missing his grandfather. (Note: To purchase the book, you’ll probably need to buy a used copy, which is available very inexpensively.) My Grandson Lew was an ALA Notable Children’s Book of 1974. One of my favorite children’s books about death was – and still is – My Grandson Lew. ![]() The books were very helpful when my children’s Great Grandma, my maternal grandmother, died on Mother’s Day one year and when their Grandpa Jack died. I wanted to be able to help my children cope if someone close to us died. When my children were little, I prepared a small section of our home library with children’s books about death. Sign up for the Living Montessori Now Newsletter & Get Monthly Subscriber Freebies!.More Than Ten Years’ Worth of Free Printables and Montessori-Inspired Activities.Montessori Homeschool Classroom and Materials. ![]()
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