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Lauren McGovern

Lauren McGovern lives in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York. She is a teacher at North Country School in Lake Placid, N.Y. To learn more about Lauren and her work, visit laurenmcgovern.online.

What a Children’s Book Taught Me (and My Students) About Grief

By Lauren McGovern | July 14, 2021

Teaching sixth graders about grief helped teacher Lauren McGovern after the loss of her son.

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What a Children’s Book Taught Me (and My Students) About Grief

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