Neighborhood children imaginatively stage funerals for dead bugs, but they experience real sadness following the death of a pet.

As Emma grieves the loss of her grandfather, she reflects on their shared love of birdwatching.

Although he is a very tough pirate, Boris von der Borch cries when his parrots dies.

A boy whose beloved dog has died, and a dog whose owner also died, find each other and slowly begin to trust one another.

An eight-year-old Creole boy on Galveston Island grieves the death of his cat Crabmeat, but when another lost cat leads him to a new friend he starts to heal.

Siobhán and her father continue to feel sad in the years following the death of Siobhán's mother, until Siobhán follows the advice of a mysterious woman.

Ming's wishes at the tree on Lunar New Year with his grandmother always seemed to come true, but one year the tree does not help, and he alone must make peace with the loss of his grandmother and the spirit of the tree.

The magic tree house is back with a message from Morgan le Fay telling Jack and Annie to seek out "The Gray Ghost" and listen to her story, and immediately they are whisked away to Nepal where they meet Tenzin, a climber who has recently lost his family, and who takes them up the mountain to meet a snow leopard and renew himself.