CENTER FOR HOPE

BOOKS ABOUT LOSS AND GRIEF

CHILDREN

Recommended for children 4-7

Allen, Lydia. I Miss my Little Brother.

Clifton, Lucille. Everette Anderson's Goodbye.

DePaola, Tomie. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs.

Johnson, J and M. with the Goldseins. Where's Jess?

Lanton, Sandra. Daddy's Chair.

Stein, Sara Bennet. About Dying.

Williams, Joyce Smith. I Remember Mama.

Recommended for children 5-8

Brown, L.K. & Brown, M. When Dinosaurs Die: A guide to understanding death.

Mellonie, Bryan and Ingpen, Robert. Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children.

Mills, Joyce C. Gentle Willow: A Story for Children About Dying.

O'Toole, Donna. Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope.

Sanford, Doris. It Must Hurt A Lot.

Scrivani, M. I Heard Your Mommy Died.

Scrivani, M. I Heard Your Daddy Died.

Temes, Roberta. The Empty Place: A Child's Guide Through Grief.

Voirst, Judy. The Tenth Good thing about Barney.

Recommended for children 8-11

Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story for All Ages.

Krementz, Jill. How It Feels When a Parent Dies.

Old, Wendie C. Stacy had a little Sister.

Sims, Alicia M. Am I Still A Sister?

Simon, Norma. The Saddest Time.

Thomas, Jane Resh. Saying Goodbye to Grandma.

Recommended for Teens

Bode, Janet. Death is Hard to Live With.

Grollman, Earl. Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers.

LeShan, Edna. Learning to Say Good-Bye.

O'Toole, Donna. Facing Change: A Book about Loss and Change for Teens.

Remond, Janis Loomis. Children Facing Grief.

Traisman, Enid Samuel. Fire in my Heart, Ice in my Veins.

Wolfelt, Alan. Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart.

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BOOKS FOR ADULTS

Loss of a Child

Arnold, Joan Hagan and Penelope Buschman Gemma. A Child Dies: A Portrait of Family Grief.

Beattie, Melody. The Lessons of Life.

Bramblett, John. When Goodbye is Forever: Learning to Live Again After the Loss of a Child.

Johnson, Joy. Dear Parents: A Collection of letters to Bereaved Parents

Koppelman, Kent L. The Fall of a Sparrow: Of Death and Dreams and Healing.

Sanders, Catherine. How to Survive the Loss of a Child.

Schiff, Harriet Sarnoff. The Bereaved Parent.

Wolfelt, Alan. Healing a Parent's Grieving Heart

Perinatal Loss

Church, Dawson. Facing Death, Finding Love.

Davis, Deboray L. Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby.

Panuthis, Cladia and Catherine Romeo. Ended Beginnings: Healing Childbearing Losses

Children's Grief

Emswiler, Mary Ann and Emswiler, James. Guiding your Child Through Grief.

Fitzgerald, Helen. The Grieving Child: A Parent's Guide.

Grollman, Earl A. Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parents and Child.

Schaefer, Dan and Christine Lyons. How Do We Tell the Children? A Step-by-Step Guide for Helping Children, Two to Teen, Cope When Someone Dies.

Adult Loss

Doka, Kenneth, Ed. Living with Grief after a Sudden Loss.

Feinberg, Linda Stones. I'm Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers can Cope and Heal.

Kushner, Harold, S. When Bad Things Happen to Good People.

Manning, Doug. Don't take my grief away from me.

Miller, James, E. How Can I Help?/What Will Help Me?

.Panuchin, Victor. Grief Relief.

Rando, Theresa A.: How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies.

Wofelt, Alan. Understanding Grief: Helping yourself Heal.