Reading Lists

Whether you want a book geared at a specific age group or written on a specific topic, there are many great books on children's grief. A few of our favorites are listed below. For longer lists, click on either image in the sidebar for printer friendly tables in PDF format, which you can take with you to the library or book store. (Library and book store links provided at bottom of page.)

 

Children & Grief

• Title – Author; Publisher; Year
• Badgers Parting Gifts -  Varley, Susan; Magi Publications; 1998
• Blue Day Book for Kids [The]- Greive, Bradley Trevor; Andrews McMeel Publishing; 2005
• Daddy, Up and Down: Sisters Grieve the Loss of Their Daddy - Humphrey, Melanie Friedersdorf; Peaceful Village Publishing; 2002
• Don’t Rant and Rave on Wednesdays - Moser, Adolph; Landmark Editions; 1994
• Fall of Freddie the Leaf - Buscaglia, Leo; Slack, Inc.; 1982
• From Mad to Worse - Boulden, Jim; Boulden Publishing; 1995
• Gentle Willow - Mills, Joyce; APA; 1993
• I Wonder What You Do on Your First Day in Heaven - Welshe, Phoebe; Less Is More Publishing; 2005
• Next Place [The] - Hanson, Warren; Waldman House Press, Inc.; 1997
• When Dinosaurs Die - Brown, Laurene Krasney; Little, Brown; 1998

 

Adolescents & Grief

• Title – Author; Publisher; Year
• Bridge to Terabithia - Paterson, Katherine; Harper Collins; 2002
• Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins - Traisman, Enid; Centering Corporation; 1992
• Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide: Or Even Starts Talking About It - Grollman, Earl; Beacon Press; 1999
• When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens - Grootman, Marilyn; Free Spirit Publishing; 1994

 

Adults Coping with Grief and Helping Children & Teenagers Cope with Grief

• Title – Author; Publisher; Year
• Ambiguous Loss - Boss, Pauline; Harvard Community Press; 1999
• Children and Grief: When a Parent Dies - Worden, William; Guilford Publications; 1996
• Grief's Courageous Journey: A workbook - Caplan, Sandi & Lang, Gordon; New Harbinger Publishing; 1995
• Guiding Your Child Through Grief - Emswiler, James P. & Mary Ann; Bantam Books; 2000
• Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One - Smolin, Ann & Guinana, John; Simon & Schuster; 1993
• Helping Teens Cope with Death - Dougy Center; Dougy Center; 1999
• I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye - Noel, Blair; Chapman Press; 2000
• I’m Grieving as Fast as I Can - Feinberg, Linda; 1994
• The Journey through Grief - Wolfelt, Alan; Companion Press; 1997
• Living When a Loved One has Died - Grollman, Earl; Beacon Press; 1997
• Talking about Death - Morris, Virginia; Workman Publishing Co.; 2001
• Unattended Sorrow: Recovering From Loss & Reviving the Heart - Levin, Stephen; Holtzbrink Publishers; 2005
• When A Man Faces Grief - Golden, Thomas & Miller, James; Willowgreen Publishing; 1998
• When Men Grieve - Levang, Elizabeth; 1998

 

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