I Built a Rocket Ship by Anna Lazowski - Hardcover (Grief - 4-8yrs)

Available from Chrysanthemum when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

A grieving child builds a rocket ship as a way to process feelings. For fans of Oliver Jeffers’s The Heart and the Bottle . A young child addresses a loved one who is no longer there, while narrating the process of building a rocket ship in the backyard. Dad is nearby, as the child explains their progress and decisions about what to pack as they build. Musing that something is still missing, the child remembers past building projects, stargazing and a warm and loving relationship with the person