The Scar - Charlotte Moundlic (Illustrated by Olivier Tallec)

'When the boy in the story wakes up to find that his mother has died, he is overwhelmed with sadness, anger and fear that he will forget her. He shuts all the windows to keep in his mother's familiar smell and scratches open the cut on his knee to help him to recall her comforting voice. He doesn't know how to speak to his dad anymore, and when Grandma visits and throws open the windows, it's more than the boy can take - until she shows him another way to hold onto the feeling of his mum's love.'

This book deals very honestly with the sadness both adults and children feel when a parent dies and the text is very emotive. The illustrations cleverly use colour throughout to express anger, frustration and sadness but also love. It is a book that will make you laugh and cry in equal measure, but well worth a look.