The Best Bunny: The Adventures of Lil Shen (and her inspirational sidekick, Bunny Best), by Shenandoah Chefalo ($12.95, 2025, ages 3-10, 28pp PB, Chefalo Consulting, the first book of three)
Do you remember when you were just a child and your grandparent passed away? How you didn't know what to do during the funeral and when all those people came over to the house and stayed, talking? How lost you were?
What if your grandparent had left you a gift to unwrap at that time to remember her by?
That is exactly what happened to Lil Shen and it weakened the sadness, allowing her to remember her grandmother and all the good times. The gift was a little stuffed bunny Lil named Bunny Best, or Bunny B for short.
Accepting a death takes time but with her talking bunny Lil learns to do her best. It gets easier and eventually Lil feels OK.
This is a lovely book that should be given to every child. If they don't need it, it may help when a friend's relative dies. It is a sweet, realistic story that your child will remember and may just read and reread often - the illustrations and story are so comforting.
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