Big Little Hearts #2: Who Will Love Me When You're Gone? by Anna Friend (author) and Jake Biggin (illustrator)

Who Will Love Me When You’re Gone? is a moving yet reassuring journey through a child’s feelings of grief. With his mum very poorly, Jack is worried about what will happen when she’s gone… Will Mummy take her love as well? “My love for you can never leave, It’s like the sun, the air you breathe…”

Anna Friend was inspired to write this book in memory of her friend Ellen Wollaston-Cooper, who lost her life to breast cancer, but prepared her young family for the journey they were on with love and strength.

With mindfulness activities for families to do together to combat feelings of sadness.
Beautifully illustrated and simply written, it allows the reader to understand how a child might be feeling and gives a voice to those thoughts that are pinging around a child’s head making them feel wobbly and upset.
Can be shared with younger children or read independently.
This book series is honest and uses simple language designed to start conversations and provide comfort.

Part of the the Big Little Hearts series written to support families dealing with traumatic events in life:

Already published: Why Does Everything Have to Change? For families going through big changes.
May 2022: Will Mummy Still Love Me Like Before? For families who have a new sibling on the way.