For the Love of López
A story about grief, healing, and learning to love again
For the Love of López is a gentle, trauma-informed story about grief, healing, and the quiet ways love continues. Big emotions can be challenging for anyone, at any age so this book is written for children and adults.
Told through the life of a Podenco, the story follows him from a beginning shaped by survival, through loss, change, and the slow return to safety - which is when he gets his name.
Written in a calm, accessible style, it offers a way to approach feelings that are often difficult to name—whether for a child experiencing loss for the first time, or an adult carrying grief that has never quite settled.
The book does tackle neglect, abandonment, death, the watercolour illustrations do a lot of heavy lifting in a way that isn’t brutal or hard to experience.
This is not a story that rushes.
It creates space.
Space to feel, to pause, and to recognise that grief and love are not opposites—they exist together.
That love does not disappear.
It changes shape.
It settles into us.
And, in time, it becomes something we can carry.
Choose your preferred format:
Authored by the BWY Leader
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For children and adults
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Trauma Informed Writing
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Fully Illustrated
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Authored by the BWY Leader ❋ For children and adults ❋ Trauma Informed Writing ❋ Fully Illustrated ❋
This book may be especially helpful for:
Children learning to understand loss
Adults navigating grief or supporting others through it
Families looking for a gentle way to begin difficult conversations
Anyone who has loved deeply, and felt what comes after
Anyone dealing with the loss of a dog
50% of all proceeds from sales of the book
go to a charity that rescues and rehouses Podencos
❋ Crafted with consideration for Trauma
❋ Illustrations are honest but gentle
❋ Describes desirable behaviours and values
❋ Lopez is real, theres a section about him inside
❋ Authored by the leader of BarkWoofYap