Kids picture books that make you tear up

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Stickman and Paper Dolls both by Julia Donaldson.

Also Bye Bye Baby by the Ahlbergs. Dear god! 😭

Peepo. With the baby and mum and dad in his raf uniform reflected in the mirror.

I bought and read Goodbye Mog when my dad died. I thought it would help my DC understand.

It did and it helped me too! But I can't even think about it without weeping...am tearing up as I type this

Giraffes can’t dance. I honestly used to tear up at the last page every time and my kids were baffled. I think it’s similar to ‘oh the places you’ll go’ in sentiment.

’Then he raised his head and looked up
At the moon and stars above.
“We all can dance,” he said,
“when we find music that we love.”

The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis

@Hernamewaslola1 - missed your post when I posted!

Someone mentioned Oliver Jeffers. Lost and Found? With the penguin?

'And so the boy and his friend went home together, talking of wonderful things all the way'.

Paper dolls. Every. Time.

Strong strong symbolism.

Incredible writing.

I used to love reading that to Nursery and Reception children at school. They used to join in in with 'and he never once said PLEASE'.

Oliver Jeffers The heart and the bottle. I just closed the book instead of reading the last pages. Could not cope, as that’s where my heart is

I couldn't get through Badger's Parting Gifts.

Love this book but can’t read it without crying!

I can't read "oh the places you'll go" without crying!

I hadn't read it before and one of my pupils brought it into class for me to read at the end of the day. So I merrily started reading and quickly realised that I wasn't going to be able to finish without crying in front of the class😩 so I said "oh dear, that's the bell about to ring, we will have to finish that another day " and put it in the child's bag🙈 I haven't read it again

Badgers Parting Gifts 😭

Love you forever 🥹🥹🥹

oh I absolutely love Peepo!!

And now I'm all teary! Hormonal as pg, after miscarriage so no wine for me!

Gorilla by Anthony Browne
So poignant
About a girl who loves gorillas, her mum isn't there, presume dead, her dad is busy and preoccupied and she is longing for his attention. She has a snowman style adventure where a gorilla fulfills the void.
Very sparingly written with lovely pictures.

💯

Old Henry.
Has anyone read this? I've never come across anyone who has.

Yes to Dogger and Ten little fingers and ten little toes.

The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers. I ended up hiding it so I didn't have to read it. It broke me.

No Matter What - Debi Gliori

It came in a book bug bag when DC1 was about 2, so 9 years ago. I was not prepared as I cheerily read it to her when we got home from the health visitor.

Sobs.

There must be others but that one gets me. And both DC know it because they make me read it occasionally.

I love 'Ten little fingers...' 🥰

"Not now Bernard". It's not the saddest of all the books, but all the children I've shared it with who have loved it the most have been the children with difficult home lives

Postpartum, hormonal me: i need something uplifting and joyful to get over the baby blues. Ooh, “The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey” that sounds nice.

me 10 minutes later: I [sob]… I [sob]I..can’t [sob]… I just [sob]… nooooo….

etc etc

learn from my mistake people.

DS3 loves this. But when he says penguin, it sounds like Kevin. So the penguin is now Kevin here.