I read this book with my daughter 4 times and we both enjoyed it. The book is about a little girl called Lucy who loses her favourite cuddly toy while she is on holiday.. She was very sad about losing her toy and this made my daughter feel sad.. We spoke about how she would feel if she lost her faviourite toy. As the story went on, Lucy went through many feelings of loss and her family and friends supported her. She was gifted a new cuddly toy which she loved, but she never forgot about her favourite toy, who always had a place in her heart. She learned how to come to terms with her feelings and how to live with loss and grief. At the end of the book there was a happy ending which made me smile.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

A lovely and ultimately heart-warming story that will help Children learn that the things we lose are never truly forgotten or gone. I loved the inclusive illustrations too.

A story that introduces love and loss to young readers.
Lucy and Lou (a stuffed toy) do everything together until one day, on a cruise, Lou is dropped overboard. Lucy is heartbroken but learns that time, memories and supportive friends can help you through.
This was a simple story, and it took me half the book to realise that it was a rhyming tale, that could be used to help young children understand loss and why losing something, or someone, you cherish can be painful.

Lost // by Christine Reynebeau // illustrated by Rachael Hawkes

"...if their love hadn't been so strong, the sadness wouldn't be as bad."

Lucy has an absolute favorite toy and best friend named Lou. She takes him everywhere and loves to go on adventures with him. But when her family goes on a cruise, she tragically loses Lou in the ocean. How will she be able to handle the loss?

Lost by Christine Reynebeau is written in a rhyming format that makes this book easy to read and entertaining/engaging to young children. This book easily explains the relationship between Lucy and her toy and how devastating it can be to break that bond. With this book, you can explain to children how to work through the loss and how to go on despite it. Hawkes illustrations accompany the words beautifully. No lie, I adore the very last picture of the story!

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

A very sweet story of a little girl called Lucy who's lost her favourite toy a Giraffe called Lou. It's about loss, sadness, and remembering the happiness that your favourite thing has given you even if it makes you sad sometimes. It teaches children that it's ok to feel this way and that there's always find memories to look back on with fondness.

Lost is a very cute children’s book. This book is about an important topic, losing someone or something you care about. The child grieves for her lost stuffed animal. Lost discusses a lot of emotions which is something I don’t think was addressed when I was little. The book ended on a happy note.

The illustrations are great. They are very colorful and well done. I like that the children in the book are diverse.

I recommend Lost to anyone looking for a cute children’s book about loss and grief.

Thank you NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for this book in exchange for an honest review.

I love social emotional books. So, I really appreciate the concept of writing about loss in a more tangible way for younger kiddos. Using a stuffy as the object of loss and validating deep feelings about it could be super useful in supporting a kiddo who wants or needs some practice with this concept about something small ish that feels big to them.

I’m afraid it would be trivializing for a kid struggling with bigger loss (like loved ones etc). I’m also afraid the formatting, writing, and art just weren’t my style.

Great concept, stylistically not my vibe— it happens!

Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A beautiful children's book about loss and grief. A little girl loses her coveted giraffe and must go one without him. She is comforted by her family, friends, and memories. The illustrations of children are wonderfully inclusive and diverse.
A great book to teach a child that "Love never ends, and sadness from loss comes and goes."
Thank you netgalley for a copy of this book. All my opinions are my own.

Lost by Christine Reynebeau is a delightful book, with really cute and colourful illustrations. The story is about a little girl who loses her favourite toy. It is a nice story for young children to enjoy!

'Lost' is a very sweet children's picture book about a girl who loses her beloved stuffed giraffe. The short story focuses on being grateful for what we had even when it hurts. The illustrations were nice and I really enjoyed the moral of this story. 'Lost' would be a wonderful resource for a child who has lost something beloved to them. I would recommend this book for young children, maybe aged 3-5 years old.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.

A lovely little book but in my opinion, it floats in too much sadness. It tells about losing something that is dear to you and how you can handle the situation, which isn’t bad. Like I said before, the think the sad part is overdone, otherwise, it’s an okay book.

A lovely book, some really cute illustrations.
About a little girl who lost her favourite toy - and it has little quotes and advice to help a child deal with loss and grief.
My little girl enjoyed this and asked lots of questions about Lou and where he had gone.

Lucy and her stuffed toy Lou do everything together, but one day Lou falls off the edge of a cruise ship and is lost to the ocean forever. Lost follows Lucy as she learns to deal with the different emotions of loosing Lou.

This book was so sweet, it almost had me tearing up too! It did such a great job at capturing Lucy’s emotions, balancing the grief of loss and the happy memories of love. The book handled this topic so well, and the illustrations beautifully aided the story along.

Love never ends, and sadness from loss comes and goes.

Loss to a child can be traumatic and if not handled well can be a dysfunction on handling their emotions. Loss can come in many different ways and this resource for parents and their children deal on the loss of a stuffed animal that has given comfort for the child's short life. From the child's perspective,your child will see his/her emotions are not unusual but a tool for growth and maturity. The parents justify their child's pain and joy and that always puts a child at ease. Parents will learn their important role in helping a child feel secure.

A special thank you to BooksGoSocial and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review

Nice story of loss explained to littles. A little girl loses her beloved toy giraffe on a cruise, which prompts her father to explain how love and loss are part of life. Simple explanation of a difficult subject. I think this book would make a good gift for a child who has suffered a lose, I like the ending of the story; the illustration of the shark snuggling with the giraffe at the bottom of the sea was cute!

I received this ebook in exchange for an honest and fair review. This is a nice picture book talking about losing someone or something that is very important to you. The lesson is simple but well written. The illustrations were very nice. This would be a good book for a classroom library.

This is a low budget book and you can tell. The illustrations are fine but the text layout and typeface are cheaply done. The story in itself is a good story about helping kids deal with grief, but the poor art design detracts from the story.

This book was such a beautiful and powerful way of talking to children about loss. I know i’ll be buying it for my niece to deal with the loss of her great grandma, and will definitely be buying a copy for any of my future children to help them understand love doesn’t end with loss.

I’m 27 and i’m tearing up at how beautiful this is, so i can’t even imagine how this would have helped me as a child.

I selected this title from Netgalley as the premise was one which I felt would be valuable to explore with my own little one as a way of thinking about love and loss…

The book is described as being suitable for ages 3-9 which seems right. It is written in a rhyming format which is appealing to younger children. The illustrations look like they come from a more old fashioned book which should lend the work a more timeless charm and perhaps allow it to age better as it isn’t following current illustrative trends.

The story charts the close relationship between Lucy and her beloved, favourite toy Lou, a giraffe. Any parent of a young child knows the attachment between a little one and their favourite toy and the heartache that can ensue when said toy is misplaced. Poor Lucy must endure a sudden, final and brutal loss of her favourite companion over the side of a cruise ship as the wind wrenches Lou from her grasp. Lou is lost to the vast ocean and Lucy must find a way to live her life without her most loved toy.

Whilst dealing with the loss of a toy, this book is a good entry into discussing the loss of anything or even anyone that we love with the central message being that love carries on even when the person or thing we love has gone. Lucy grieves for her toy but continues to play, learn and grow. She feels pangs of guilt when she has enjoyed herself without having thought of Lou and stabs of heartache that her treasured toy isn’t there to share her joy. This can all be related to how we grieve for a loved one…

I selected this book to explore with my own child as a loved one was seriously ill in hospital and I felt a story about loss and how love endures separation would be a good way of broaching the possibility that we would soon lose a member of our family. I must admit to crying some tears during my initial read through which I did alone to check the material would be suitable to share with my child.

I would recommend this book to anyone needing help to prepare a young child for potential loss of a loved one or to help them cope with the loss of a treasured item.

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Lost is the story of a stuffed giraffe named Lou. He accidentally falls overboard on a cruise. The story is sad, but sweet. It's the perfect book to teach a child about grief and to get them to open up about their situation.