[LM_NET] books on death

[jo turrentine <joturrentine@YAHOO.COM>]

 My request is for books on death. The situation is to help an 11 year old boy deal 
with death/grief? This is to help someone who is a Buddy or like a Big brother to 
the child. The books could be fiction or non-fiction, whatever you think might be 
of help to help the Buddy help him work through his feelings in a positive way.
 
Here is what I gleaned from the archives. If you have something more up to date, I 
would appreciate those titles.
 
from the archive:
 




31363W4
Annie and the Old One -- Miles, Miska. [ LJ ES WC NM CS KR BL ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- 
Little Brown, c1971., RL 3.2, 44p
A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, 
will mean the death of her grandmother.
AR: 4.4 LG 0.5 652EN Lexile: 700
FBS
1

11.36
11.36

17274Q3
Gentle Willow : a story for children about dying -- Mills, Joyce C., 1944- {IL K-3, 
-E-} -- Magination Press, c2004., RL 3.3, 32p
Amanda the squirrel is upset that she is going to lose her friend Gentle Willow, 
but the tree wizards give advice that help both her and Gentle Willow accept the 
change that comes with death.

HRD
1

14.95
14.95

12281L4
Grandma's gone to live in the stars -- Haynes, Max. [ BL* CL SL ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- 
A. Whitman, 2000., RL 1.2, 32p
In the moments after grandmother has passed away, her spirit is at peace as she 
says goodbye to her sleeping family and her home.

HRD
1

15.95
15.95

32528V2
How it feels when a parent dies -- Krementz, Jill. [ NB WC WM BL HB SL BC ] {IL 
5-8, 155.9} -- Knopf, 1988, c1981., RL 7, 110p
Eighteen children speak openly of their experiences and feelings when either a 
mother or father has died.

FBS
1

19.96
19.96

35275X6
Lifetimes : a beautiful way to explain death to children -- Mellonie, Bryan. {IL 
K-3, 306.9} -- Bantam Books, c1983., RL 3, 40p
Briefly describes the beginning and end of life for plants, animals, insects, and 
people.
Lexile: 420, AD 
FBG
1

18.16
18.16

34255W0
Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs -- DePaola, Tomie, 1934- [ FO ES WC BK BL LA ] {IL 
K-3, -E-} -- Puffin Books, 2000, c1973., RL 3.7, 32p
Four-year-old Tommy enjoys his relationship with both his grandmother and 
great-grandmother, but eventually learns to face their inevitable death.
AR: 3.4 LG 0.5 5529EN Lexile: 530, AD 
FBS
1

11.66
11.66

37902X7
Sadako and the thousand paper cranes -- Coerr, Eleanor. [ LJ WC KR BK BL HB BC ] 
{IL 3-6, 362.196} -- Puffin, 1999, c1977., RL 4.6, 79p
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima 
races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by 
doing so a sick person will become healthy.
AR: 4.1 MG 1.0 436EN Lexile: 630
FBS
1

10.86
10.86

11699Z0
The saddest time -- Simon, Norma. [ SB ] {IL K-3, 155.9} -- Whitman, 1986., RL 3, 
40p
Explains death as the inevitable end of life and provides three situations in which 
children experience powerful emotions when someone close has died.
Lexile: 520, AD 
PAP
1

6.95
6.95

39650W9
Sweet, sweet memory -- Woodson, Jacqueline. [ LT BK BC ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Jump at 
the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 2007, c2000., RL 2.2, 32p
A child and her grandmother feel sad when Grandpa dies, but as time passes, funny 
memories of him make them laugh and feel better.
AR: 3.0 LG 0.5 49500EN Lexile: 380, AD 
FBS
1

10.46




Currently Reading
the Trumpet of the Swans
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
 
Jo Sorrell
Mabel School
Zionville, NC
Home
Boone, NC
joturrentine@yahoo.com
 
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