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The Grief Monster

by Laurie Cowin

Giving grief a shape

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Giving grief a shape

A little boy encounters Grief as a monster during an ordinary morning at breakfast. As time passes, the creature changes: it feels lighter, grows smaller, and can be difficult to find. This picture-book premise gives an abstract, shifting experience a concrete form, tracing how a child’s relationship with loss may change without suggesting that grief simply disappears. Courage, kindness, love, and changing feelings are central to the story, which frames the monster as something that may eventually become a friend.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Families introducing young children to ideas of grief and loss
  • Children working through bereavement or other big feelings with a caregiver
  • Readers interested in stories that give emotions a visual, child-centered form

Themes

Grief and bereavementChanging emotionsLove and kindnessCoping with loss

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Book overview

Grief arrives like a monster-unexpected, strange, and a little scary. But with courage, kindness and love, one boy learns that even the biggest feelings can change, and they don't have to be scary forever.

 

One ordinary morning at breakfast, a little boy looks out the window and sees something he never expected-a monster named Grief. At first, Grief feels heavy. It never leaves. It lingers no matter where he goes.

 

But as time passes, the boy begins to notice that the grief monster grows lighter, smaller, and sometimes even hard to find. Slowly, he discovers that maybe Grief isn't so monstrous after all-and that it can even become a friend.

 

A gentle, hopeful story to help children and families navigate loss, big emotions and the ways love can carry us through.

 

Perfect for children coping with grief, loss or big feelings.

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