I Wish I Could Tell You
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2023

I Wish I Could Tell You

By Jean-Francois Sénéchal, Chiaki Okada (Illustrator)

A young fox seeks words to express his grief after losing his grandmother.

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48 pages
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A young fox grapples with the loss of his beloved grandmother, struggling to find the words to express his grief. As he revisits places filled with memories, he learns that embracing his sorrow might reveal the words he longs to say. Will he find solace in writing a letter to her? This poetic journey explores the healing power of words and the enduring bond of love.

From the publisher

I Wish I Could Tell You is a touching, poetic tale that wrestles with the complex emotions we feel when we lose someone close to us, from an award-winning children’s book author. Losing someone you love, someone close to you, can be difficult to talk about. But sometimes writing a letter can help you find the words you wish you could say. That’s exactly what a young fox realizes one morning after learning about the death of his beloved grandmother, someone with whom he shared so many special memories. As he longingly searches for any trace of her presence in all their familiar haunts, the young fox soon discovers that only by embracing his grief will the right words–the words he wishes he could say to his grandmother–come to him.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
48
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
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Book details

Publication
Published
August 15, 2023
First published
April 26, 2023
Publisher
Milky Way
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781990252242

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