The Memory Book

I gave this one to my friend whose son was going through the grieving of his grandparent. It is a beautiful memory book to have , and a beautiful way to talk about this difficult subject to a kid . It inspired me to do my own memory book of my dad’s.

Really sweet Journal for grieving children. It doesn't appear cheap. Has nice binding.

While I wish we didn't need a reason to have this book, it's a great book to have for the circumstance. My sister recently died so I got this to do with my 11 year-old as a way to help cope with the grief and also a way to honor her aunt. It has a lot of great promts and spaces. It's great quality and has thick pages with a pretty design. I definitely need tissues when reading and working through this. I'm glad I purchased this, though ❤️

Purchased this for an 8 year old friend that lost her mother. It really helped her navigate through her loss. I would highly recommend for children.

Touching gift for someone who suffered the loss of a father.

My dear boyfriend gifted me this book when my grandfather passed away. I’ve shed tears countless times while reading it. Today marks his first heavenly birthday, and having this book has been incredibly helpful in coping with my grief. I appreciate you writing it for a young child, as it resonates deeply with my inner child’s healing process. It’s wonderful to be able to connect with this message. This book inspired me to keep my grandfather’s memory alive by getting bird feeders. Today, all the windows are open, and I can see the little birds flitting to my balcony, singing their cheerful tunes.

I use this book as a therapist working with grieving children. I wish they would make an edition without the main character from The Memory Box printed on numerous pages. It makes it less relatable to children of color, boys, and basically anybody who doesn't look just like the character. The Memory Book is supposed to be about the child filling it out, not the character from the book it's based on, and so I find the illustrations distracting.

I bought this for my stepdaughter who lost her Mom to covid this year. She’s 10 and I thought this book would help her think about things and make memories. She has gone further and written stories, shared memories and even took it with her to grief counseling. She loves it and is glad she has a special place to talk about her mom. Recommend for children who have lost a loved one.

I bought this for a child who recently lost their parent. This book is beautifully illustrated and written, highly recommend!

A lovely book that I bought to donate to St Luke’s to help children with their grief

I purchased this book after searching online for a suitable gift for a friend’s 10 year old son. He has just lost his little baby brother and the first thing he asked for was a pen to write his brothers name in case he forgets him! I wanted to be able to gift him something to help him keep his memories alive! Children who deal with grief often grow up remembering very little from the time as our trauma response naturally kicks in and tries to block the moments from our memories. (I speak from experience here) it is really important for him to have something he can keep and add to over the years and wow what a beautiful book this is! With space for drawings and photographs, space for family members to share their memories too. Space to write the good and bad feelings down and address the changes taking place around him. I think this book will be a wonderful tool for him and I think it will help enormously! It even recommends how to make a memory box! I’m blown away with this purchase and I honestly can’t recommend it enough! Big thanks to the author! X

This product says that it’s suitable for children between 4-8 years old…absolutely not! The writing is small and not very educational for the child to learn about their grief. In addition, there’s so many pages for the children to write down special memories etc And they’re just giant blocks of like “lines paper”…My 5 year old nephew definitely COULD NOT complete these activities; ESPECIALLY INDEPENDENTLY! Not to mention, even if someone was with him and told him the prompts and he told them and then *they* write it down for him…I feel like in a way, it takes away the child’s ability to really dive in to the deepest feelings because even though we need support through grief, we also need some things to remain private sometimes too. This takes away that option. If the age range was modified, it would mayyybe be an okay gift, but I did some searching and found some far better, and MORE AGE-APPROPRIATE gifts than this. Last thing is that it’s called a “memory book”, so I did assume there would be some pages where the child could draw something (ex. The deceased person, their favourite thing they did together, etc.) and maybe some small areas to write about things; but I also was expecting more kid-friendly and written out ways to explain what is happening and to help them get a better understanding. This just missed the mark completely. I’m SO sorry for giving it a 1 star; I have *never* given such a negative review and then to rant about why it’s an issue because I know that people did work really hard to collaborate in making this book and I hate that I’ve had to write such a negative (but honest) review. I feel bad if this deters people away from purchasing because again, I know people worked really hard to create the book…but at the same time, I think it’s only fair that other people are informed a bit more on what it entails so they can make a decision for themselves and if it’s right for their child. Again, so sorry for such a negative view but I did indeed have to return it for something else because simply put; it did not fit the age race they claimed in their description and it caused some stress trying to return it and find something else as I am on hospice where my doctors have said that at this point- I only days-a couple weeks to survive and I’m extremely low on energy as it is. Thank you for your understanding in this review, as well as why I gave it the rating I did.

Very disappointed with this book. The last page is at the beginning of the book (wrong order) and all the pages are upside down!