Suggested Reading
Books for Children
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
Leo Buscaglia
ages 3-6 yrs
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Badger's Parting Gift
Susan Varley
ages 4-8 yrs
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Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
ages 5-10 yrs
Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope
Donna O'Toole
ages 6 yrs and up
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Healing Your Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Kids
Alan Wolfelt
ages 6-12 yrs
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When Someone Dies
Sharon Greenlee
ages 6-12 yrs
Books and Resources for Adolescents
Book Resources
A Student Dies, a School Mourns
Ralph L. Klicker
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Closing the Gap: A strategy for bringing parents and teens together
Jay McGraw
Dead is a Four Letter Word
John Kennedy Saynor
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Facing Change
Donna O'Toole
Fire in My Heart. Ice in My Veins
Enid Samuel-Traisman, M.S.W.
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens
Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
Losing Someone You Love: When a brother or sister dies
Elizabeth Richter
Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers
Earl A. Grollman
Teens Speak Out…
High School Students
The Privilege of Youth
Dave Pelzer
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens
Sean Covey
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When Death Walks In
Mark Scrivani
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You Are Not Alone
Lynne B. Hughes
Website Resources
Seasons Centre for Grieving Children
Based in Barrie, Seasons Centre for Grieving Children provides child-directed support within a peer-to-peer group in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory safe, home-like atmosphere for children, teens and their families grieving the death of a loved-one; supporting them as they adjust emotionally, to regenerate a sense of self and reconstruct their world.
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Winston's Wish, a charity for bereaved children, helps young people re-adjust to life after the death of a parent or sibling.
A website developed by Cruse Bereavement Care's Youth Involvement Project which aims to support young people, after the death of someone close to them. RD4U means the "road for you".
The Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families
Provides support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults, and their families grieving a death can share their experiences.
Books for Parents/ Caregivers
The Grieving Child
Helen Fitzgerald
Bereaved Children and Teens
Earl Grollman
Helping Children Cope with Grief
Alan Wolfelt
150 Facts About Grieving Children
Erin Linn
Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Grief, Loss and Change
Barbara Coloroso
Loss of Sibling Books
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Losing Someone You Love: When a brother or sister dies
Elizabeth Richter
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Healing the Adult Sibling's Grieving Heart
Alan D. Wolfelt, PH.D.
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Loss of Parent Books
When Parents Die
Edward Myers
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Motherless Daughters
Hope Edelman
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The Orphaned Adult
Alexander Levy
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Fatherloss
Neil Chethik
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Loss of Loved One Books
When Parents Die
Edward Myers
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Ordinary People
Judith Guest
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When Someone You Love Dies
Therese Rando
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Losing Someone You Love: When a Brother or Sister dies
Elizabeth Richter
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Necessary Losses
Judith Viorst
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Motherless Daughters
Hope Edelman
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Survivors of Suicide
Rita Robinson
When Bad Things Happen To Good People
Harold Kushner
The Mourning Handbook
Helen Fitzgerald
Perinatal Loss Books
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart- Surviving the Death of Your Baby
Deborah Davis
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A Silent Sorrow- Pregnancy Loss: Guidance and Support for You and Your Family
Ingrid Kohn & Perry-Lynn Moffitt
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Still to be Born- A Guide to Bereaved Parents Who are Making Decisions About Their Future
Pat Schweibert & Paul Kirk
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Ended Beginnings: Healing and Childbearing Losses
Claudia Panuthos & Catherine Romeo
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Empty Arms- Coping With Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death
Sherokee Ilse
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When a Baby Dies- A Handbook for Healing and Helping
Rana Limbo & Sara Wheeler Rich
Loss of Child Books
After the Death of a Child: Living with Loss Through the Years
Ann Findbeiner
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The Bereaved Parent
Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
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The Bereaved Parent's Survival Guide
Juliet Cassuto Rothman
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A Broken Heart Still Beats: After Your Child Dies
Ann McCracken & Mary Semel
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How to Survive the Loss of a Child: Filling the Emptiness and Rebuilding Your Life
Catherine Sanders
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I Can't Stop Crying: It's so Hard After Someone You Love Dies
John Martin & Frank Ferris
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In My Thoughts: A Handbook For Families Who Have Lost a Child In Death
Barbara Klich
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Recovering From the Loss of a Child
Katherine Fair Donnelly
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When the Bough Breaks
Judith Bernstein
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Life Came to a Standstill
Gwendolyn Broadmore
Spousal Loss Books
Living and Working with Bereavement: A Guide for Widowed Men and Women
Elsie Palmer and Jill Watt
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Beginnings: A Book for Widows
Betty Jane Wylie
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Widow
Lynn Cane
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Widow to Widow
Phyllis Silverman
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Widower: When Men Are Left Alone
Phyllis Silverman and Scott Campbell
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Men and Grief: A Guide for Men Surviving the Death of a Loved One
Carol Staudacher