Beautiful picture book depicting a young child on his grief journey, remembering his grandma. Gorgeous illustrations & simple text. Would recommend for ELSAs & pastoral support to use in schools.

3.5 Stars ✨

Children’s Fiction

That Day, is a book for small kids who may be dealing with loss and grief. A little boy is in a room with lots of people he doesn’t know and everyone seems to be in black and white. Told from the kid’s perspective, he’s wondering where his grandma is. He sees his grandpa just sitting in a chair looking lost. He decides to take a walk and clear his mind. As he walks outside, he begins to remember things he loved about his grandma and feels her presence all around in nature.

This was a short a simple book with very few words and bright illustrations. I think this would definitely be a good book for a child dealing with this type of loss. It helps them understand their emotions and to remember to focus on the memories of the person they may have lost.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this advanced copy of That Day, in exchange for an honest review.

This book had beautiful artwork. The colors are just mesmerizing! It's a very touching story that explores a child's experience of grief in a way that I think children would certainly understand. It's definitely one I will save to read to my son when we need to talk about this.

Thank you so much to the Publishers and NetGalley for allowing me to have access to this eARC! I hope to purchase a physical copy of this for my son's library.

A profound, sincere and relatable book on grief.
The approach and the young child characters’ reactions are appropriate.
I wish the narrative and the message were interwoven slightly more smoothly, but this is a minor criticism. 4.5 stars.

A beautiful book about a little boy dealing with the death of his grandmother. The illustrations are lovely, and very colourful and comforting for a young child. The ways the boy sees his grandmother all around him in nature would make such a wonderful starting point to have conversations about the subject with a child dealing with loss themselves.

Just a beautiful book about how a grandson going through the emotional and trying to remember his grandmother who has past away. Very lovely way to show how young children of potentially deal with grief. The illustrations are absolutely stunning. The colours are so vivid and everything flowed so nicely.

This is a beautiful book about exploring grief. The illustration is so good. I love all the colors used here, pretty like a rainbow but not too much.

Thank you, NetGalley and Pushkin Press for providing this eARC!

When I worked in a children’s room at our public library, we were often asked for books to share with young children about the topic of death. Not only is this a beautiful picture book filled with colorful illustrations, it is sure to get memories of a grandmother flowing through any reader’s mind. Highly recommended.

This is an exquisitely beautiful book sensitively exploring grief and the loss of a grandparent.

A little boy is confused as the house is full of people ; his grandfather sits alone .. the young boy goes out into the cold and snow and remembers his grandmother - sensorially thinking of her - capturing thoughts and images.

Pierre- Emmanuel Lyet’s illustrations are profoundly moving - the colour palette is magical and Sarah Ardizzone’s translation are pitch perfect

This is the perfect book for 3-7 year olds to explore grief and the loss of a loved one- a PSHE class book or one for a home discussion and understanding