When I'm Gone — Hayley Wells Illustration

A father hugs and comforts his two young children against a cool pink sky. Both children are holding lockets in their hands.

Two young children are playing outside in the rain. They are wearing brightly coloured raincoats and wellington boots as they splash around in puddles.

A father and two children sit underneath a tree looking out across a warm, yellow landscape. There is a field of wildflowers in the foreground and a flock of birds flying off in the distance.

When I’m Gone, by Marguerite McLaren, published in 2023 by Ladybird.

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“Nobody lives forever... and some wish they could have stayed for longer...

This sensitively-written and deeply-moving picture book will help children grieve, celebrate and learn how to live and love life when a parent is gone.”