The Great Big Sad: Finding Comfort in Grief and Loss

We all know that loss is the “great big sad” of life. Grief is a journey we all take in life. How do parents and caregivers help children navigate grief? The Great Big Sad follows familiar siblings Josh and Mia (from Tell God How You Feel and God Hears Your Heart) as they face the death of their beloved grandmother. It is a discipleship tool for parents and caregivers in helping children learn that people grieve in different ways, how to talk about grief, ways to honor and remember a loved one, and how Jesus knows and understands their tears. 

What readers are saying:

Grieving the loss of a loved one is hard for everyone. But it can be especially confusing for children. Christina Fox has written a story that will help kids with the awkwardness of sadness, and assure them of the hope of Resurrection.

-- Nancy Guthrie (Author and Bible teacher)

In a real, but not overly heavy way, this sweet story will help give words to a child’s big emotions after the death of a loved one – all while pointing them to the comfort of Jesus.

-- Sarah Walton (Co–author of ‘Hope When It Hurts’ and ‘Together Through the Storms’)

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Read the Other Books in the Series!

God Hears Your Heart: Helping Kids Pray about Hard Emotions

God Hears Your Heart continues the story of Mia and Josh, begun in Tell God How You Feel. Mia and Josh are typical kids, dealing with hard and difficult emotions all kids feel: anger, disappointment, guilt, and failure. In God Hears Your Heart, they learn that God wants them to tell Him about all their feelings. They learn that He wants them to pray to Him and tell Him about how angry they feel when someone says something mean or how disappointed they feel when their plans get flipped upside down or how they feel when they fail at something. Mia and Josh learn just how much God loves and cares for them. 

This book is ideal for parents and grandparents who desire to disciple children in their emotions. These read aloud stories include thoughtful questions and discussion starters to help parents teach their children to bring all their feelings to God in prayer. God Hears helps children develop a lifelong habit of bringing their emotions to the Lord, seeking Him as their refuge in all their troubles and cares. 

Free Coloring Pages

Print out coloring pages for your children to use as you read Josh and Mia’s story together.

Watch an Interview with Christina and illustrator, Lisa Flanigan

Read the First Book in the Series: Tell God How You Feel

We learn from an early age how to navigate the difficult emotions of life. Fear. Sadness. Worry. Loneliness. Rejection. For some of us, we learn to avoid painful emotions. Others of us may “feed” our emotions through various temporary distractions. Still others may hide or cover them up. Yet the Bible teaches us to bring all our hurts to God.

Tell God How You Feel is a discipleship tool for parents to use in engaging their children with their emotions. It is designed to help children learn to bring their emotions to God and tell him what hurts. It teaches them the process of Biblical lament.

In Tell God How You Feel, Christina Fox uses warm encouraging story times to help children engage with the vivid, descriptive words of the Psalms of Lament, helping them develop the habit of turning to God during hard and difficult times.

These read aloud stories are ideal for family times with thoughtful questions and discussion starters at the end of each story.