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Where Did She Go?

A heartfelt story to help children understand loss

Cariad Lloyd, Author

Tom Percival, Illustrator

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Publication date: February 26, 2026

Category: Death & bereavement

ISBN: 9781444970951

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Publication date: May 8, 2025

Category: Death & bereavement

ISBN: 9781444970944

The perfect book for opening up honest conversations with young children about grief and death, whether they have lost a loved one, or are simply curious and at the age of asking questions.

When a little girl hears people saying how sorry they are that she’s lost her very special grandma, she only has one question . . . where did she go?

Grandma’s not under the sofa, behind the flower patch, or even at their favourite spot in the park, so where is she?

Perhaps Mum can help her daughter to understand what has happened and find comfort in the memories left behind.

Written with gentle humour and a lightness of touch by comedian and creator of Griefcast, Cariad Lloyd, and illustrated by Tom Percival, creator of the bestselling Big Bright Feelings series.

Cariad Lloyd

Cariad Lloyd is a writer, actor, comedian, podcaster and improviser. She is the creator and host of the award-winning podcast, the Griefcast, where she talks to people about their experiences of grief and death. It won Podcast of the Year at the British podcast awards in 2018 and in 2023, Cariad wrote the critically acclaimed, Times bestseller You Are Not Alone based on her grief lessons from the show. Cariad has appeared in Peep Show, Alan Partridge, Have I Got News for You, QI and a number of other comedy shows on TV and radio. She is one of the creators of hit improv show Austentatious and co-hosts Sara and Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club podcast with Sara Pascoe.

Despite her very Welsh name, Cariad was born and raised in North London, where she still lives because the tube’s Northern line is too convenient to leave. She can dance very well and all hats suit her.

cariadlloyd.com | @ladycariad | @thegriefcast

Tom Percival

Tom Percival is a writer, artist, video producer and musician based in Stroud. He’s the creator of several children’s books including middle grade series Dream Defenders, picture books The Invisible and The River and the bestselling Big Bright Feelings series – translated into 21 languages. Tom has become the go-to talent for empathetic and inclusive books that explore emotional health and well-being, which resulted in him working with BBC Children in Need in 2020 on short film titled Goodbye Rainclouds.