As a new parent with a little daughter this book is a must read! This book has been helpful in many ways and I recommended it as a valued tool in the toolbox of parenting.

I’ve been working in the Early Years for 20 years. Knowing that Charlene is an Early Childhood Educator, and also has personal experience dealing with grief, I knew her book would be useful in my work with children and families. I was so pleased with the book, I also gifted it to some younger family members of mine who were dealing with the loss of a parent. I highly recommend this book to families, educators, and service providers.

What Momma Says by Charlene Helm was written as a children’s book, but I found it to reach beyond little ones. My 18-year-old Julian and I first experienced this marvelous book together as a reading by the author. It served as a springboard for a deep and healing conversation between us, prompted by the beautiful and heart-connecting pages. I highly recommend What Momma Says About Grief to anyone, of any age, who is looking for love and healing.

When I read “What Momma Says about Grief,” I instantly connected with the message and thought it would be a perfect book to include in my classroom repertoire. This book may fall under the category of “children’s book” but it is an excellent resource for addressing the topic of grief for children and adults. The narrative between the mother and child is straightforward and relatable. One of my students stated, “If my mum was around, this is exactly what she would say.”

Charlene’s book was very well done! It helped immensely with my relationship with my daughter when she was feeling alone moving through her young stages of her life. We have created a very strong bond! Charlene’s understanding of young children and different emotions they exude. This book really hit home and I am looking forward to many more!

This story is extremely powerful as it helps bridge tragedy and healing. The author Charlene gives us healthy tools and techniques not only to help children but to help adults with their healing, especially when we have a healing journey ahead that includes children. A well thought out and amazing book to own!

I so enjoy reading this little book and can just imagine using it in an elementary classroom setting, Children’s Library story time or a Funeral Home. This book gives the adult sitting with the child tools to encourage them to talk about their feelings when something like a death of a loved one lays heavy on their hearts. Charlene has captured every essence of grief and steps to heal that sadness. I so particularly like when the author gently moves the child onwards with the words …. Momma says..”Remember them in happy times and for all the fun times that you had, celebrate how much they loved you and how that makes you glad.”