4Gentle Willow is a book for children who may not survive their illness. This comforting story about a tender-spirited tree and her friends in the forest will also help all children with the death of friends, family members, or even pets. A healing metaphor, it addresses our feelings of sadness, love, disbelief, and anger, and provides children with a transformational way of viewing death and dying .Now in its second edition, Gentle Willow contains additional guidance to parents by children's author and psychologist Jane Annunziata, Psy.D. "Wise tree wizards talk to a squirrel and a tree about the tree's impending death, and eventually help them both move toward accepting it."--NYPL Blog ​