Dear Papa

Dear Papa is a moving chapter book set in 1943, a year after nine-year-old Isabelle's father has passed away. Isabelle begins to write letters to him, detailing important events in her life and expressing her evolving feelings. These letters, interspersed with correspondence to other family members, offer a tender and intimate look into a child's process of grieving, remembering, and finding ways to cope with loss amidst the backdrop of World War II. It's a gentle story that normalizes complex emotions and highlights the enduring power of family love.

In September of 1943, one year after her father's death, nine-year-old Isabelle begins writing him letters, which are interspersed with letters to other members of her family, relating important events in her life and how she feels about them.