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Children’s Resources That Help
Life: Loss Issues for Everyone
Books about Death
Brown, Margaret Wise. (1979). The Dead Bird. New York: Dell
Publishing. A story of 4 children who found a dead bird, bury it, and
hold a funeral service. Ages 4-8.
Campbell, Dr. James A. (1992). The Secret Places. Nebraska Centering
Corporation. The story of Ryan and his journey through grief if for
children and adults to gain an in depth look at childrenhood grief.
Ages 6-12.
Dodge, Nancy. (1984) Thumpy’s Story: The Story of Grief and Loss
Shared by Thumpy the Bunny. Illinois: Prairie Lark Press. The story
of the death of Thumpy’s sister, who was not strong enough to keep
living. Ages 5-12.
Ferguson , Dorothy. (1992). A Bunch of Balloons. Nebraska:
Centering Corporation. A resource to help grieving children understand
their loss and remember what hey have left after someone dies. Ages
5-8.
Kolf, June Cerza. (1990). Teenagers talk about Grief. Michigan:
Baker Book House. A book written especially for and about teenage
grief with an account of many first hand experiences. For teenagers.
Oehler, Jerri. (1978). The Frog Families Baby Dies. North Carolina:
Duke University Medical Center. A coloring story book for very young
children discussing sibling loss. Ages 3-6.
O’Toole, Donna. (1988). Aardy Ardvark Finds Hope. (Adult manual
available). North Carolina: Mt. Rainbow Publications. The story of
animals that present the pain, sadness, and eventual hope after death.
Ages 5-8.
Scravani, Mark. Love, Mark. New York: Hope for Bereaved Pub.
Letters written to grieving children to help them express their
feelings. Ages 7-12.
Varley, Susan (1984) Badger’s Parting Gifts. New York: Morrow and
Co. Badger was a special friend to all the animals. After his death,
each friend recalls a specials memory of Badger. All ages.
White. E.B. (1952). Charlotte’s Web. New York; Harper and Row.
Through the eyes of the farm animals, life and death are sweetly
portrayed. Ages 8-13.
Books about Death of a Pet
Carrick, Carole. (1976). The Accident. New York. Clarion Books.
Christopher’s dog is killed by a truck. He deals with his feelings as
he prepares to bury his dog.
Cohen, Miriam. (1984). Jim’s Dog Muffin. New York: Dell Publishing.
Jim’s dog Muffin is killed and everyone in his first grade class is
sad and tires to help him feel better. Ages 5-8.
Montgomery, Herb and Montgomery, Mary. (1991). Good-Bye My Friend.
Minn.: Montgomery Press. A series of vignettes honoring the grief
involved with the death of a pet. Suggestions on commemorating and
remembering animals are included. Ages 8-13.
Rogers, Fred. (1988). When A pet Dies. New York. G.P. Putnam Sons.
A First experience books using photographs and words to show what we
can do and feel when a pet dies. Ages 4-7.
Sanford, Doris. (1986). It Must Hurt A lot. Oregon: Mutnomak Press.
A boy learns to express his emotions and hold fondly his memories
after his dog is killed. Ages 4-10.
Stein, Sarah. (1974). About Dying. New York: Walker and Co. Simple
text and photographs to help young children understand death, including
a discussion about children’s feelings for adults. Ages 3-6.
Viorst, Judith. (1971). The Tenth Good Thing About Barney. New York:
Atheneum. The story of a pet cat that dies and how we can use
funerals and other ways of commemorating with children. Ages 4-8.
Books About Death of a Parent
Blume, Judy. (1981). Tiger Eyes. New York: McMillan Children’s
Group. Fifteen year old Davey works through the feelings of his
father’s murder in a store hold up. Ages 11 and up.
Douglas, Eileen. (1190). Rachel and the Upside Down Heart. Los
Angeles: Price Stern Sloan. The true story of 4 year old Rachel, and
how her father’s death affects her life. Ages 5-9.
Greenfield, Eloise. (1993). Nathaniel Talking. New York: Black
Butterfly Children’s Group. Nathaniel, an energetic 9 year old, helps
us understand a back child’s worked after his mom dies. He uses rap
and rhyme to express his feelings. Ages 7-11.
Krementz, Jill. (1983). How It feels When a Parent Dies. New York:
Knoph Publishing Co. 18 children (ages 7-16) speak openly through
words and pictures about their feelings and experiences after the death
of a parent.
Lanton, Sandy. (1991). Daddy’s Chair. Maryland: Karben Copies Inc.
Michael’s dad died. The book follows the Shiva, the Jewish Week of
mourning. He doesn’t want anyone to sit in Daddy’s chair. Ages 5-10.
DeShan, Eda. (1975). Learning To Say Goodbye When A Parent Dies. New
York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Written directly to children about
problems to be recognized and overcome when a parent dies. Ages 8 and
up.
Powell, E. Sandy. (1990). Geranium Morning. Minnesota: Carole Rhoda
Books, Inc. A boy’s dad is killed in a car accident and a girl’s mom
is dying. The children share their feelings within a special
friendship. Ages 6 and up.
Tiffault, Benette. (1992). A Quilt for Elizabeth. Nebraska:
Centering Corp., Inc. Elizabeth’s grandmother helps her understand her
feelings after her father dies. This is a good story to initiate an
open dialogue with children. Ages 7 and up.
Thaut, Pamela. (1991). Spike and Ben. Florida: Health
Communications, Inc. The story of a boys whose friend’s mom dies.
Ages 5-8.
Vigna, Judith. (1991). Saying Goodbye to Daddy. Illinois: Albert
Whitman and Co. A sensitive story about a dad’s death and the healing
that takes place in the weeks that follow. Ages 5-8.
Books About Sibling Death
Alexander, Sue. (1983). New York: Nadia the Willful. Pantheon
books. Nadia’s older brother dies, and she helps her father heal his
grief by willfully talking about her brother. Ages 6-10.
Erling, Jane and Susan. (1986). Our Baby Died. Why? Minn.:
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Center. A little boy shares his thoughts and
feelings about the birth of his stillborn brother and eventual birth of
this sibling twins. Children can read, draw, and color. Ages 4-10.
Linn, Erin. (1982) Children Are Not Paperdolls. Illinois: Human
Services Press. Kids who have had brothers and sisters die draw and
comment on their experiences. Ages 8-12.
Gryhte, Marilyn. (1991). No New Baby. Nebraska: Centering Corp.
Siblings are allowed to express their feelings about mom’s miscarriage.
Ages 5-8.
Johnson, Joy and Marv. (1982). Where’s Jess? Nebraska: Centering
Corp. A book for young children that addressed the questions and
feelings kids have when a sibling dies. Ages 4-7.
Richter, Elizabeth. (1986). Losing Someone You Love: When a Brother
or Sister Dies. New York: Putnam. Adolescents share feelings and
experiences about the death of a sibling. Ages 11 and up.
Sims, Alicia. (1986). Am I Still a Sister. Louisiana: Big A and Co.
This story was written by an 11 year old who experienced the death of
her baby brother. Ages 8-11.
Compiled by
The Center for Loss and Grief Therapy
10400 Connecticut Avenue # 514
Kensington, MD 20835-3944
(301) 942-6440
Other titles:
When Someone Dies
The Christmas Day Kitten by James Herriot
From:
Karla Walker, Reading Specialist
Westover ES
Montgomery County Public Schools
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Karla_Walker@fc.mcps.k12.md.us
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools
wpmcloug@FREENET.COLUMBUS.OH.US,Internet writes:
>From: William McLoughlin <wpmcloug@FREENET.COLUMBUS.OH.US>
>Subject: TARGET: 6th grade fiction about death
>Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 08:29:34 -0500
>Friends:
>I just learned that one of our sixth grade boys died on New Year's
>Eve...
>apparently the victim of a virulent flu. School reconvenes on Monday,
>and
>I know that emotions will be raw and difficult.
>Somewhere in the LM_NET Archives there is (I'm pretty sure) a hit of
>books
>which might help sixth grade kids through this terrible loss. I haven't
>the time to search... we're already in the process of notifying kids and
>teachers, and trying to reach out to the family.
>If anyone can forward me such a list, I will be most grateful. It will
>help me help the kids on Monday. You can send responses directly to me
>at
>either address listed below.
>Many thanks--
>Bill McLoughlin, Library Media Specialist
>Brookside School, Worthington, Ohio
>school e-mail: BROOKM.Media@Worthington.k12.oh.us
>home e-mail: wpmcloug@freenet.columbus.oh.us
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