Savitri: A Tale of Ancient India by Vera Rosenberry

Kind of  darker book, I thought.  A princess finds a man she wishes to marry, and is told he will die in a year She decides to marry him anyway, and when the time come for him to die, she follow the man who comes to take his soul as best she can on her way to the afterlife, and tricks him into releasing his soul.  I found the whole concept rather disturbing for young children, personally.