All of the best children's books have orphans or absent parents. You can't do the really cool stuff with parents.
I have been taken out for my birthday by a very good friend. We worked together started some 20 years ago, in a place where three of us cared passionately about the English language and everyone else ... did not. Sometimes friendship seems to be a kind of miracle. As Clarence king said, "One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim."
I love Matilda's "Yo, people. Of course I can talk. What are you smoking?"
I'm sorry, Aims. Strength to you and your dad.
Off the top of my head:
...Lilo and Stitch.
Okay, that's a bit recursive.
But as Ginger notes, you've got to move the parents out of the story somehow to give the kids agency.
Aimee, I'm so sorry. All strength and courage to your dad, to you and the rest of your family and those who loved her.
"It's little. And broken. But still good. Yah."
Breaks me every time.
Matilda and Emmett are luminous together. Iris is a beautiful butterfly. But then second-generation Buffistas are all beautiful and brave.
I'm a day late, Daniel, but I hope your birthday was happy.
Libkitty, I hope your mom is doing well, and that you're holding up okay.
Sorry to be scarce. Can't be helped right now. Miss you all.
But as Ginger notes, you've got to move the parents out of the story somehow to give the kids agency.
Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper - and those are from just Twain. There's Prince Caspian, and other assorted semi-orphans in Narnia. Jumanji - may not be a classic example, but I really liked the movie.
"It's little. And broken. But still good. Yah."
Breaks me every time.
God, thee and me both, love.
strength and peace to you and your dad, aims --
{{Aims}}
Peace~ma to you and your family. I'm sorry.
I am so sorry for your loss, Aimee.
