Clara is a heart-rending story about a little girl who lost her mother because of illness. Before her mother passed away, she gave her daughter Clara the doll she used to own when she was still a kid. Death is not an easy topic to discuss with children like Clara, but because of her dad and grandma's patience to explain to her what happened, she was able to understand about her mother's death.

Kids on Clara's age has vivid imagination, so maybe it is her wild imagination that the doll talks or it is really true that is has the ability to talk. Nevertheless, that doll that was also named Clara by her mother helped her cope up with on her mourning.

Clara is great graphic novel that could be use by parents or teachers to educate children about the concept of death and on how to deal with it.

The illustration of this book is just beautiful. The story starts off with a normal little girl Clara and her daily life but things change when her mom gets sick. It takes you a little bit to figure out what's happening since it's told from Clara's point of view but it's pretty sad. I think it was well done, not over the top or cheesy at all.

Thank you for this opportunity to read this wonderful children book about the loss of a parent. Nothing, nothing in life is worse than loosing a parent and small children do not comprehend full impact of that loss. This book will help a child during such a difficult time. I loved the illustrations.

Sometimes death is just sad.

This is a tear jerker of a story about a little girl that loves her mother, and then, one day, she gets sick, and dies in the hospital. It is told from the little girl's point of view, and she is confused as to why her mother would leave her like that.

And I know we have read this story a million times, but this was so well done, even when I figured out what was going to happen, I still cried over it. Nothing lost in the translation here.

Cute, sad, magical story of a little girl, with a magical doll, that takes her on a journey to help her understand her mother's death.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

This book was a very quick read with some lovley illustrations. The story is handled well and treats grief and loss from the eyes of a child. Clara learns a lot of lessons in the span of the book, and she grows up a little bit as well. The introduction of the land of abandoned toys was interesting and ties in with other visuals earlier in the book. If you have a child who is about to face a loss of a loved one, it may be a good way to introduce them to the idea if you aren't able to handle the conversation yourself. I wouldn't use the book exclusively for that, but it could at least open the doors on a conversation.

The one thing that was a bit difficult for me was that the language sometimes didn't sit right. I'm not sure why. I wonderered if it was a translation from another language (French perhaps) which was not done as well as it could have been, as the text didn't always "work" with the tone of the visuals.

This is a beautiful children's book about a daughter losing her mother. This will be helpful for helping children understand loss and illness.

Clara is a gorgeous young girl in a gorgeous pastel world - until, that is, it proves otherwise. The first clue she has is that her parents seem to totally forget her birthday, and she dislikes the stopgap present of a hand-me-down doll. But her response to that is not the only thing that will change in this soul-searing narrative.

In portraying the death of a parent and the grief that follows so well, this creative team have made one of the more easily memorable graphic novels I've seen in years. It's not just the artwork that is spot on, for the relationships are clearly defined, the doubt in the girl's inner monologue narration is perfect, and even the slightly heavy metaphorical journey is actually done very well. Read this to see what a great book looks like, then memorise its details - buying this for any young girl unfortunate enough to be in a similar situation could very well be most beneficial.