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15 Children's Books About Losing a Grandparent, Chosen for Gentle Conversations

Name: Grieving My Parents by Finishing My Mom's Children's Book
Uploaded: 2026-10-11T15:48:12+00:00
Description: Kelsey Lizee Cecil on losing both parents and publishing Rally Takes the Train, the children's book her mom always wanted to write.

The best children's books about losing grandparents use plain words, say clearly that the person died, and leave room for your own family's stories. We've gathered 15 real picture books, sorted by whether it was Grandma, Grandpa, or a grandparent who was sick or forgetting for a long time, each with a short note on the kind of kid it might suit.