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This Letter Says I Love You (PB)

Matilda Handy, Lucy Rowland, Sharon Rentta
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: May 8, 2025
ISBN: 9780702333873
32 pages
Country of publication: United Kingdom

£7.99

Inspired by 10-year-old Matilda Handy’s memorial post boxes, as featured on the BBC The One Show.

A heartfelt picture book about celebrating and remembering loved ones.

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 to her again. Some days she feels sad. And some days she remembers all the happy memories they shared together.

But what if there was still a way to tell her grandma just how much she loves her? After all, the ones we love are always with us.

Based on a true story, this beautiful picture book shows how we can stay connected to those we’ve lost by writing them letters.

Matilda’s idea of creating a post box to send letters to those who have passed on has taken root across the country, and now children and adults can post letters to their loved ones in one of her special white post boxes.

  • Including a letter written by Matilda Handy, for her grandmother
  • Matilda’s original post-box was set up in Gedling Crematorium and over 40 more post-boxes have now been introduced across the UK
  • With lyrical, hopeful text by Lucy Rowland
  • Sharon Rentta’s heart-warming illustrations bring Matilda’s story to life
  • The perfect picture book to support children who have lost a loved one

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