Title: Goodbye to Goodbyes

Author: Lauren Chandler

Illustrator: Catalina Echeverri

Publisher: The Good Book Company

Publication Date: 2019

Format: Hardcover

Pages: 32 pages

Approximate Dimensions: 26.05cm × 22.5 cm × 0.9 cm

Recommended Age Range: 3–7 years

ISBN: 9781784983772

What if a story about a goodbye could become a promise of forever?

In Goodbye to Goodbyes, Lauren Chandler brings the story of Lazarus to life through a gentle, heartfelt retelling of a moment when something impossible happened. When a loved one dies, it feels like goodbye—but Jesus pauses at the tomb, and everything changes. Through vivid storytelling and Catalina Echeverri’s radiant illustrations, children come to understand that because Jesus has victory over death, He came to say goodbye to goodbyes—forever.

This story was born out of Lauren Chandler’s personal journey—written to help her own children face the fear of loss. It offers hope, comfort, and the promise that life remains even when someone we love goes away.

Other books in the Tales that Tell the Truth series:

Any Time, Any Place, Any Prayer

The Awesome Super Fantastic Forever Party

The Big Wide Welcome

The Friend Who Forgives

The Garden, The Curtain and the Cross

God's Very Good Idea

The God Contest

Goodbye to Goodbyes

Jesus and the Lion's Den

Jesus and the Very Big Surprise

One O'clock Miracle

The Prisoners, the Earthquake and the Midnight Song

The Storm that Stopped

Man in the Tree and the Brand New Start

The Christmas Promise