This friendly and loving companion book is filled with positive, life-affirming support for children to grieve in a healing and healthy way and to cope better with losses. Supportive, comforting, and very practical in its approach, "It's Okay to Be Sad" was written by an expert with a wealth of experience in school and family counseling. This beautifully written and illustrated book uniquely shows grieving children that even after a loss, the world is still a safe place for them, that life is good, and that wounded hearts can heal and become whole again.