Author: Handy, Matilda Interest age: from c 3 yearsPublished on 8 May 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 32 pages250 x 276 x 4 | 186g Inspired by 10-year-old Matilda Handy's memorial postboxes, as featured on the BBC The One Show.A heartfelt picture book about celebrating and remembering lovedones.Keep sharing the things that you wish you could say.Our letters to loved ones will all find their way . . .Matilda misses her grandma a lot and wishes she could talk toher again. Some days she feels sad. And some days she remembersall the happy memories they shared together.But what if there was still a way to tell her grandma just howmuch she loves her? After all, the ones we love are alwayswith us.Based on a true story, this beautiful picturebook shows how we can stay connected to those we've lost by writingthem letters.Matilda's idea of creating a post box to send letters to thosewho have passed on has taken root across the country, and now childrenand adults can post letters to their loved ones in one ofher special white post boxes.Including a letter written by Matilda Handy, for her grandmotherMatilda's original postbox was set up in Gedling Crematoriumand over 40 more postboxes have now been introduced across the UKWith lyrical, hopeful text by Lucy RowlandSharon Rentta's heart-warming illustrations bring Matilda's storyto lifeThe perfect picture book to support children who have lost aloved one
