Cariad Lloyd, Tom Percival, Hachette, (32p) ISBN: 9781444970944. Picture Book, read 20/03/25, Hardback ★★★★☆
Where Did She Go?
I don’t know why but I have been sent quite a few picture books about loss and grief over the last couple of years.
This one from Cariad and Tom finds a young girl missing her Grandmother and wondering where she has gone.
She overhears people using a lot of different euphemisms for death and responds to each one as though it was literal.
This does result in some humorous situations and behaviours but each is handled well and sensitively, eventually the death of her Grandmother is explained to her properly and with compassion.
We are then given ways to remember the dead person positively and realise those memories will always be with us.
Beautifully written and illustrated with the right amount of funny.
I received this from Hachette in exchange for an honest review.
