I haven't read it, but this fragment of the last paragraph of the article resonates with your sentiment... '...the greatest works of children’s literature have

I haven't read it, but this fragment of the last paragraph of the article resonates with your sentiment... '...the greatest works of children’s literature have dealt in “the sadness which is inseparable from life, which has to do with growth and change and impermanence, and with the very essence of beauty.”'