This lyrical heartful story provides consent and gently encourage readers to move to a place of peace and acceptance despite the absence.  

Loss becomes remembrance in this book that offers tender ways to pay tribute to, and meaningfully incorporate, a loved one’s lost presence into present and future life experiences. Be it departed friends, family, pets, and more, memories can carry us beyond the precious moments we have together to keep the ones we loved before in mind forever.

Throughout the book the omnipresent narrator encourages thoughtful reflection on the empty spaces left by the loss. The gentle scenes portrayed inspire recovery from sadness and honor those who are absent. 

Amanda Rawson Hillco-runs a newsletter called Middle Grade at Heart, which is a book club kit with a new middle-grade book each month. Her debut middle-grade book was published in Fall 2018. She lives in Atwater, California. Visit amandarawsonhill.com andfollow on Twitter @amandarhill32_ and Instagram @amandahillauthor.

Joanne Lew-Vriethoff is an award-winning illustrator who received her BA in Illustration from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. She illustrates for picture books, middle grade novels, early readers, and educational books. She lives in
Amsterdam. Visit joannelewvriethoff.com, follow on Facebook @joannelewvriethoffillustrator, Twitter @jlewvriethoff, and Instagram @joannelewviethoff.