When a sick boy dies, his friends and classmates remember him by building a schoolyard pond in his memory.

A small boy enjoys his relationship with his grandmother and his great-grandmother, but he learns to face their inevitable death.

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

Since Jessie has never cared for her farmer husband's cat William, her difficult adjustment period after her husband's death makes William doubt if he is still welcome on the farm.

Told through the eyes of a young boy, the sober mood of the country after the Lincoln assassination is presented as he and many other mourners await to pay their respects to their fallen president as Lincoln's funeral train travels from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, IL in 1865.

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.

A boy grieves for his dead pet Mousie, helps to bury him, and begins to come to terms with his loss.

"When a pet dies, it can feel like you lost your best friend. What do you do? Whether you had a guinea pig, dog, cat, or fish, this story can help you through the tough times."--from cover, p. [4]

When they find a dead bird, a group of children bury it in the woods, sing a song to it, and put flowers on the grave.

After a tragedy a young boy discovers a connection between music and colors that helps guide him and gives him comfort in times of darkness.