Children’s books that make you cry

[BikeRunSki]

When DD (now 6) was younger I could never finish The Paper Dolls without shedding a tear.

Tonight, we’be just finished the Sophie series (Dick King-Smith). The last 2 or 3 chapters had me crying my eyes out. DD was “but Mummy, it’s only a book’”.

[bobdylannumber1]

Her mothers face by Roddy Doyle

[YolandiFuckinVisser]

Once there were Giants
Nothing
He's my brother
Dogger

[YolandiFuckinVisser]

Niffler is it the Machine Gunners?

[BiscayTrafalgarFitzroy]

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

[Touchacat]

Paper Dolls and Dogger here too.

[WhatWouldLeslieKnopeDo]

Horatio's bed

[loveisevol]

I cry at the last page of 'Guess how much I love you' every single time.

[Bumdishcloths]

We're All Wonders

Cried reading it to my baby

[Nifflerbowtruckle]

It could be. I've googled and some of it sounds familiar. I'm going to have to go look and see if I still have it. That always made me cry.
Harry Potter makes me cry when dumbledore and dobby dies.
The suitcase kid by Jacqueline Wilson does too

[CauliflowerBalti]

Lots of the longer books already mentioned - and The Heart and The Bottle and Tabby McTat.

Picture books shouldn’t make you cry.

[SpikeGilesSandwich]

When You Were Born makes me teary, I wanted my DS so desperately and still can't quite believe we finally got him.

Agree with previous posters about Goodbye Mog, so sad. Dogger is a rollercoaster of emotions but I've read it so many times now I'm immune.

[PastaSauceHoarder]

My Sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson - oh my god, every single time.

[blamethecat]

Giraffes can't dance
Oh the places you'll go.

[GrumbleBumble]

I love you little Monster. I must have read it dozens of times but I still year up every time.

[HarveySchlumpfenburger]

I came on to say ‘Paper Dolls’ but you lot have managed to list a whole other list of books I’d forgotten about.

Goodnight Mr Tom, Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe, No Matter What, A Monster Calls, Charlotte’s Webb

I don’t think anyone’s mentioned Chinese Cinderella yet.

[topsyandtimison]

When I'm a mummy like you

[purpleme12]

This just makes me want to read them all! They must have been good to make you cry and remember them

[Backingvocals]

We love Library Lion too.

I was sure I’d be able to read the Railway Children to the DCs. I know the scene off by heart after all so can probably power through it, I thought. OMG. The children thought I had lost my mind. In the book, after those words it doesn’t stop. The author carries on piling on the emotion until you just can’t take any more

[Pinklady301]

There was a book from my childhood that traumatised me! It was like Black Beauty but not that. It was about a horse in war times and going through No Mans Land and I think the horse died but my memory is hazy! Wish I could remember what it was called.

Dogger gets a vote from me too.

[LyannaStarktheWolfMaid]

Oh I had forgetten about Once their were Giants! Paper Dolls gets me every time. We love Mog, I’m avoiding the one where Mog dies, I don’t think I will be able to cope with that.

[purpleme12]

I love the film Railway Children but don't think I ever read the book? Isn't it one of those really old fashioned style writing ones though (if you know what I mean?)

[purpleme12]

Not read Mog dying although we've got the rest. Pretty sure I'd cry at that one!

[strawberrypenguin]

Oh and The Snowman and Snowman and the Snow Dog.
The Patchwork Cat always made me cry as a child too - not read it for years but suspect it still would. My mum refused to read it too me in the end.

[bluebell1981]

Currently...the paper dolls, guess how much I love you. I'm sure there'll be lots more as DC grow!

[CalmConfident]

An Australia one...Koala Lou