Ellen Mitchell

Maybe, when you are small and very different, you must be bolder and braver and more daring than your brothers and sisters. Maybe that's why there is never a dull moment when you are a little mouse boy who just happens to be yellow. This collection of short stories chronicles the adventures of two little yellow mouse cousins, their yellow great grandfather mouse, and the children who loved them. It is the perfect book to read aloud to your children, grandchildren, or anyone else - regardless of age - who just likes a good tale.

Maybe, when you are small and very different, you must be bolder and braver and more daring than your brothers and sisters. Maybe that's why there is never a dull moment when you are a little mouse boy who just happens to be yellow. This collection of short stories chronicles the adventures of two little yellow mouse cousins, their yellow great grandfather mouse, and the children who loved them. It is the perfect book to read aloud to your children, grandchildren, or anyone else - regardless of age - who just likes a good tale.

The death of a child is an unimaginable loss that no parent ever expects to face. In "Beyond Tears", nine mothers share their individual stories of how to survive in the darkest hour. They candidly share with other bereaved parents what to expect in the first year and long beyond: harmonious relationships can become strained; there is a new definition of what one considers 'normal'; the question 'how many children do you have?' can be devastating; mothers and fathers mourn and cope differently; surviving siblings grieve and suffer as well; there simply is no answer to the question 'why?' This sharing in itself is a catharsis and because each of these mothers lost her child at least seven years ago, she is in a unique position to provide perspective on what newly bereaved parents can expect to feel. The mothers of "Beyond Tears" offer reassurance that the clouds of grief do lessen with time and that grieving parents will find a way to live, and even laugh again.