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Books For Children

Sad Isn't Bad by Michaelene Mundy
A picture book Healing a Child's Grieving Heart by Alan Wolfelt Has brief discussions of "100 practical ideas" for adults to help a grieving child
Angel Catcher for Kids: A Journal to Help You Remember the Person Who Died by Amy Eldon
Saying Goodbye to Daddy by Judith Vigna
Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton
Journey's End: Death and Mourning (Life Times) by Anita Ganeri
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies? by Trevor Romain, Elizabeth Verdick
The 10th Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst, Erik Blegvad
Goodbye Mousie by Robie H. Harris, Jan Ormerod (Illustrator)
What's Heaven? by Maria Shriver, Sandra Speidel (Illustrator)
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf : A Story of Life for All Ages by Leo F. Buscaglia
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan Mellonie, Robert R. Ingpen (Contributor)
Feelings by Aliki
When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope With Grief (Drawing Out Feelings Series) by Marie E. Heegaard

Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart by Alan Wolfelt
Has brief discussions of "100 practical ideas" for adults to help a grieving teen
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens by Alan Wolfelt
Has brief discussions of "100 practical ideas" for teens to help them cope with their grieving.
The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends by Helen Fitzgerald
Directed at teens, covers a wide variety of topics that teens may be concerned about but unwilling to discuss.

When Bad Thing Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner
Written by a rabbi following his 14 year old son's death.
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Written following his wife’s death from cancer.
Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff
Written by a professor of theology following his 25 year old son’s death in a mountaineering accident.

Forever Remembered (compiled) by Dan Zadra
A small (6" x 6") gem of a book with absolutely beautiful quotes and poems, subtitled "Cherished messages of hope, love and comfort from courageous people who have lost a loved one" - contains something to match almost any type of loss and feeling.
A Time to Grieve: Meditations for Healing after the Death of a Loved One by Carol Staudacher
A series of 1 - 2 page meditations that begin with a statement someone who is coping with the death of a loved one might make - the idea is that you find one that says what you are feeling at the moment; divided into three sections, Retreating, Working Through, and Resolving.
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha Whitmore Hickman
A collection of quotes and meditations, one for each day of the year.

A Decembered Grief: Living With Loss While Others Are Celebrating by Harold Ivan Smith and Alan D. Wolfelt
Smith Contains concrete ideas for how to get through the season as well as providing comforting quotes and giving permission to grieve and cry and to choose to attend or not attend holiday events.
Holiday Hope by Fairview Press
Practical advice on making it through various holidays.
The Empty Chair by Susan Zonnebelt-Smeenge & Robert De Vries
By the authors of Getting to the Other Side of Grief.