Great idea to create this book for children dealing with loss. Some rhyming made it light. Stages of grief poster in illustration and text mention only two. But never explained these. Would have been nice to explain in kid-friendly terms. Lovely illustrations.

This is definitely a needed book. Navigating grief is so difficult in general but when you add trying to help your child do it, that’s even more difficult! Anything can help!

A beautiful book that honors the many feelings a child may have as they grieve the loss of a loved one. I especially enjoy the way it normalizes therapy for kids.

Thanks Netgalley for the advanced reader copy !

This book is very sweet and covers important subjects of death, grief and loss in an easy to understand format for children.

Each line rhymes which gives it a musical aspect.

The illustrations are adorable and show loved ones in spirit form watching over us.

The book explains then stages of grief and all sorts of emotions that may be experienced after the death of a loved one.

At the end there are some tools and guides on handling grief

This is a very heartfelt book about love and loss. The words and illustrations did an amazing job outlining all of the emotions that can be felt during grief. It also helped to make these emotions valid for young and old. I thought the illustrations were very moving and the story was helpful for anyone experiencing grief.

I thought this was a great book to use with children who have expierences loss. The pictures were heartfelt and beautiful. I loved that it addressed all the stages, including anger. Sometimes books just cover sadness.

What a great book! This is a good book with a great message. All kids should have access to read it. It should be on every shelf in every library.

This is a really sweet book about love and loss. I liked that this book really looks into acknowledging emotions and even using therapy as a way to deal with grief. This is a great book to use for parents to talk to children about acknowledging their feelings and how to work through them.

Thank you for a chance to read this lovely book.

Thus beautifully illustrated book handles grief with a delicate hand. It guides the reader through various feelings they likely feel in the grieving process with such care. It emphasizes that although it isn’t fair that they are gone, your loved one remains with you in your heart.

The sweetest book about love and loss. I enjoy how this book not only encourages the use of therapy for grief, but also acknowledges the emotions that come with losing a loved one. I could see this being a great introduction for parents to encourage their little one to express their feelings.

An incredible book to teach children how to deal with the loss of a loved one. It's filled with empathy. I would highly recommend this book to children handling grief. Really good illustrations.

This book is really needed for young children that has to deal a loved one’s death. The language used in the book to help kids express emotions that they may be feeling so that they can heal. The ghost illustrations were a little too much though. Kids can associate it with bad ghosts.

"They say grieving takes time. Soon I'll be alright. It's a mountain to clumb, but the future is bright".

A beautiful book for kids that's about a loved one's death, how to go through grief and possible situations that they can experience.

It's great that this book doesn't only show that grandpas and grandmas, for example, can die, but also someone young (like a father or a sibling) or a pet. Death entails grief and mourning (shorter, longer, deeper, more peaceful) no matter who's death it is nor how it happened, so these details are beautiful.

I also want to highlight the final notes for the kids' parents and loved ones about how to go through mourning with them, giving them tools to help them go through and understand every single feeling that they might feel during that process.

Beautiful book.

Always There: A Children's Book about Healing from Grief (Bilingual)
by Krystaelynne Sanders Diggs
This book is crafted to help children and families with grief. It shows a beautiful concept of the grief process allowing for the mixed emotion and the stages of grief. The child is shown in a loving way and allowed to feel how she feels, without having to explain. It also shows home and reality that we all loose someone from time to time, and that life still must go on.

I received an electronic ARC from BooksGoSocial through NetGalley.
Powerfully relatable book for children dealing with grief. Sanders Diggs takes readers lets her main character take readers through the wide variety of emotions involved when we lose someone close. I love the person's spirit who lingers close throughout in the illustrations. The story does not share who died so readers can write their own story over the top of this one. Don't miss the informative text for adults at the end. This is just as effective as the story itself.

From the illustrations, to the message this was an easy 5 stars. I think this would be beautiful for small children who are going through a loss. So cute!

A good SEL tool for school counselors, teachers, parents to help children cope with the process of grief, especially if they have never experience it before.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to early review this book.