Edwin this might be good for your children's book research. A list of three books that help children deal with death or abandonment. A good starting point for the type of language young children can follow and how allegories are used to describe more adult concepts.
10:30 Children's Book Review with John McIntyre
Mending Lucille by J.R. Poulter & Sarah Davis
Published by Lothian
ISBN 978-0-7336-2522-0
The Important Things by Peter Carnavas
New Frontier Publishing
ISBN 9781-9210-42287
The Bear and The Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto, illustrated by Komako Sakai
Published by Gecko Press
ISBN 978-1-877467-70-7
