I hope this book will help other children understand that they are not alone in their feelings of grief, and that grieving is a normal and necessary process. Although this book is directed mainly to sibling bereavement, these feelings are common for any loss of an important person in the child's life. Parents are encouraged to read this book together with their children to strengthen communications about feelings of grief within the bereaved family. By sharing the experiences in the book, we can all come a little closer to the real child...the child that feels...the child that hurts. Children are not paper dolls!