Grief Lending Library

An essential part of the Academy, the Kim Peterson Memorial Grief Lending Library houses an extensive collection of books and resources for all ages, available for check out.

Located at Hamilton’s on Westown Parkway (3601 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines), the library is open Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm.

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  • Alzheimer's Disease
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  • Death of a Child
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About Dying: an open family book for parents and children together Stein, Sara Bonnett (Walker and Co., 1974)

Separate texts for the adult and child.

  • Helping Children / Historical
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Adolescence and Death Corr, Charles A., Ph.D. (Springer Publishing Company, 1986)

Guidelines for assisting adolescents presently struggling with the difficult issues of dying, death and bereavement.

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After A Parent’s Suicide: helping children heal Requarth, Margo, M.A., M.F.T. (Healing Hearts Press, 2006)

This book focuses on how to help children and teens in the aftermath of a parent’s suicide. The book provides an overview of current thinking/research on suicide and explores the increased risk of mental health issues for child survivors. In addition to information about how children grieve at different developmental levels, it also offers comfort to the bereaved, specific coping strategies for families facing this trauma, and insight into what promotes resiliency.

  • Suicide
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After You Lose Someone You Love Dennison, Amy (FreeSpirit Publishers, 2005)

Ages 8-11. Twins Amy and Allie were eight years old and their brother was four when their beloved father died suddenly in his sleep. Encouraged and guided by their mother, the three children kept a journal for almost two years. They wrote about the night he died, the funeral, the first week, the first year, the cemetery, their thoughts and feelings-and the future.

  • Death of a Father
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Am I Like My Daddy? Blesy, Marcy (Bronze Man Books, 2012)

Join seven-year-old Grace on her journey through coping with the loss of her father while learning about the different ways that people grieve the loss of a loved one. In the process of learning about who her father was through the eyes of others, she learns about who she is today because of her father's personality and love.

  • Death of a Father
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Am I Still a Sister? Sims, Alicia M. (Big A and Company, 1986)

Written while searching for answers to her brother's death that no adult seemed to have.

  • Death of a Sibling
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Angel Letters, The: lessons that dying can teach us about living Fried, Norman J. Ph.D. (Ivan R. Dee, 2007)

Fried’s letters, written after their deaths to a number of his most memorable patients, surely served as a catharsis for him, a means of venting pent-up grief. Compiled, they iterate the life affirmations of the children he came to know and admire over the years

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Angels Must Get Their Wings By Helping Little Angels Like Me Heller, David and Elizabeth Heller (Kensington Books, 1995)

In this touching, humorous, whimsical and illuminating follow-up to Dear God, What Religious Were the Dinosaurs, best-selling author David Heller and Elizabeth Heller once again tap into the minds and hearts of children to help answer some of life’s really important questions, such as: What is heaven?, Where is heaven?, What is an angel?, etc.

  • Religious
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Animal Crackers Marshall, Bridget (Centering Corporation, 1998)

When her grandmother starts forgetting things, has to go into a nursing home and then dies, a young girl tries to remember the good times they shared.

  • Death of a Grandparent
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Anna’s Corn Santucci, Barbara (Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers, 2002)

Ages 4 and up. Anna's Corn portrays the love between a grandparent and grandchild and gently looks at loss and grief and the hope of new life. Barbara Santucci's simple story reassures young readers that memories can help heal our sadness, while Lloyd Bloom's poignant images capture the changing seasons of nature and life.

  • Death of a Grandparent
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Ant Hill Disaster, The Cook. Julia (National Center for Youth Issues, 2014)

After the Ant Hill School is destroyed, a little boy ant is afraid to go back to school. This story thoughtfully addresses fears associated with both natural and man-caused disasters. It models effective parenting and teaching responses. This book can help assure children that through love, empathetic understanding, preparation, and effective communication, they can stand strong, even in the midst of uncontrollable events

  • Any Disaster
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Attachment and Loss, Volume III: loss: sadness and depression Bowlby, John (Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1980)

The author analyzes the effects of a death in the family on the lives of children and adults.

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Badger’s Parting Gifts Varley, Susan (Lathrop, Lee and Shepard Books, 1984)

Ages 5-10. About the death and life of a very special friend. At first, those who loved Badger felt overwhelmed by their loss. In time though, whenever Badger’s name was mentioned, someone would recall a special memory that made them all smile.

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Ben’s Flying Flowers Maier, Inger (Magination Press, 2012)

Ages 4-8. When Emily’s brother dies after a long illness, she feels alone, angry, and sad. With the understanding and support of her parents, she learns that it helps when she snuggles with her parents, talks about her feelings, and asks questions about Ben. It helps when she does regular kid stuff, too. Mostly, she learns that remembering Ben and their happy life together builds healthy and helpful images that soothe her sad feelings and provide much comfort to her and her family.

  • Death of a Sibling
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Birthday Present for Daniel, A: a child’s story of loss Rothman, Juliet (Prometheus Books, 1996)

Ages 9-12. “A little girl’s brother has died and she shares with readers what this means to her. She tries to understand her own feelings and those of her family, illustrating that there are different ways that people react to losing someone they love. It arrives at a universal problem-how to acknowledge the birthday of a child who has died.”

  • Death of a Sibling
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Black Jack Jetty: a boys journey through grief Carestio, Michael A. (Magination Press, 2010)

Ages 8-13. Black Jack Jetty follows Jack as he copes with his father’s death in Afghanistan. Follow Jack’s journey through his grief, anger, anxiety, and guilt. A tip sheet for kids to help cope with a parent s death follows the story.

  • Death of a Father / Military
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Blessing Of Feelings, The Nilsen, Erika (Zion Publishing, 2007)

A tool for parents, grandparents and others to help the children the love understand and appreciate the blessing of feelings. Helps children learn the names of emotions while they study the photographs of children’s facial expressions. They, in turn, can begin to label their own feelings and understand that all feelings are OK.

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Books To Help Children Cope With Separation and Loss Second Edition Bernstein, Joanne E. (R.R. Bowker Company, 1983)

Provides a wealth of information on books designed to help children from ages 3 to 16 overcome the grief of loss in whatever form it takes.

  • All Loss
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Breaking the Silence: a guide to help children with complicated grief – suicide, homicide, aids, violence, and abuse Goldman, Linda (Taylor and Francis, 1996)

A guide for helping children with complicated grief issues. Includes bibliographical references and index.

  • Complicated Grief
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Brightest Star, The Hemery, Kathleen Maresh (Centering Corporation, 1998)

A father helps his grieving daughter, following the death of her mother, by pointing out a twinkling star that seems to be smiling down at them.

  • Death of a Mother
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But I Didn’t Get To Say Goodbye: for parents and professionals helping child suicide survivors Rubel, Barbara (Griefwork Center, Inc., 1999)

A refreshing and practical approach to working with children who are suffering the loss of a loved one due to suicide. Rubel takes a very difficult topic and creates a manageable path for parents and professionals to follow when helping the young suicide survivor.

  • Suicide
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But I Don't Want to Say Goodbye! Mason, Ta'Shay (Belshay House, 2020)

The story follows a little girl processing her grief over the death of her father. In this first book of the series she is trying to figure out how to say goodbye to her father while her mother prepares for the funeral. The themes in the book deal with expressing emotions, non-traditional funeral, and remembrance of a loved one. (The second book of the series is titled, It's OK to Be Happy!) 

  • Death of a Father
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Butterfly Bush, The Evarts, Dawn Michelle (Centering Corporation, 1998)

After her grandmother dies, Lindsay finds strength and beauty in the butterfly bush they planted together.

  • Death of a Grandparent
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Butterfly Field, The Glaine, Alquin (Rock Publishing Corporation, 2001)

A Beareavement Story for Children. "Oh Grandpa! Why did you leave me?" This is the question that lingers in little Billy's mind when his beloved Grandpa dies. Then he remembers his trip with his grandfather to a valley of butterflies.

  • Death of a Grandparent
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Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings: When someone you love has cancer McVicker, Ellen (Manahawkin Printing, 2006)

A listen-to/read-aloud book for children. A beautifully illustrated resource that can be used to educate and support any child who is facing the cancer of a loved one. The story, as told through the eyes of a little boy as he explains his mom's cancer to other children, lends itself to a simple and clear understanding of cancer.

  • Cancer
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Cancer The Whispered Word Swenson, Judy Harris (Dillon Press, Inc., 1986)

Grades 3-6. Presents information about cancer, emphasizing those things of particular interest to children and describing how the disease affects family members.

  • Cancer
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Chester Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories Penn, Audrey (Tanglewood Books, 2009)

Chester Raccoon's good friend Skiddel Squirrel has had an accident and has died. Chester is upset and Mrs. Raccoon suggests that Chester and his friends create some memories of Skiddel, so that they will have good memories when they miss him. Chester, his brother Ronny, and their friends decide to gather at the pond, where they combine their memories and create a touching celebration of their friend's life.This sweet story will help children to understand the positive purpose behind memorial services and how "making memories" can provide cheer and comfort when missing an absent loved one.

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Child Shall Lead Them, A: lessons in hope from children with cancer Komp, Diane M., M.D. (Zondervan Publishing House, 1993)

Physician-author Diane Komp uses tender stories of her work with children who have cancer to illustrate timeless biblical truth. Showing how medicine, science, and biblical faith are compatible, she gives readers inspiring insight into the spiritual re-education of a Yale medical professor by her young patients.

  • Anticipatory / Before the Death / Religious
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Child's Grief, A: Surviving the death of a parent Strong, Judy (Beaver's Pond Press, 2010)

This book will help children and adults understand the deep impact of loss and what it takes to begin to heal. This book will help you and the child you care about to manage their sorrow and begin to move forward.

  • Death of a Parent
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Child's View of Grief, A Wolfelt, Alan D., Ph.D. (Center for Loss and Life Transition, 1991)

The author explains how children and adolescents grieve after someone loved dies. For adults who want to help.

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Childhood and Death Wass, Hannelore and Charles Corr (Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1984)

Childhood and Death fills the need for a comprehensive source treating the highly sensitive, difficult, and complex issues of working with children in this area. It discusses the various ways in which death affects children and effective intervention techniques to help them cope.

  • Children Dying
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Children Also Grieve: talking about death and healing Goldman, Linda (Jessica Kingsley Publications, 2006)

Children Also Grieve is an imaginative resource that offers support and reassurance to children coming to terms with the loss of a close friend or relative and to adults who are supporting them through their bereavement.

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Children And Death: perspectives from birth through adolescence Schowalter, John, et. al., ed. (Praeger Publishers, 1987)

This book attempts to identify, illuminate, and broaden our repertoire of adaptive maneuvers so that both children and adults will be better equipped to deal with the crisis of death.

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Children and Grief: helping your child understand death O’Connor, Joey (Fleming H. Revell, 2004)

This book teaches you how to answer your child's questions in specific, practical ways, help your child grieve by supporting his or her God-given emotions. It also teaches you to give your child a sense of security and safety amid disorienting events like funerals, disrupted routines and more.

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Children And Grief: when a parent dies Worden, J. William (Guildford Press, 1996)

Drawing upon extensive interviews and assessments of school-age children who have lost a parent to death, this book offers a richly textured portrait of the mourning process in children.

  • Death of a Parent
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Children Are Not Paper Dolls Linn, Erin (The Publisher's Mark, 1982)

Enables anyone who comes in contact with a bereaved child to have greater understanding of a child's grief.

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Children Mourning – Mourning Children Doka, Kenneth J., ed. (Hospice Foundation of America, 1995)

A readable book directed primarily at caregivers but might also benefit a family dealing with a pediatric related problem of grief and bereavement.

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Children Surviving Traumatic Death Cox, Gerry R and Robert G. Stevenson (Centering Corporation, 2018)

Focused on the traumatic nature that death presents in children's lives. It also includes a rang over a variety of topics, from supporting children during disaster, through the benefits of death education, to the value of ritual in helping children adjust to a radically altered set of circumstances following loss.

  • Sudden & Traumatic Death
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Children, Teens, and Suicide Loss Dougy Center, The (The Dougy Center, 2019)

The Dougy Center and American Foundation For Suicide Prevention created this helpful book discussing children and teen suicide loss.

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Children’s Conceptions of Death Lonetto, Richard, Ph.D. (Springer Publishing Company, 1980)

Explores children's evolving views of death; describes and discusses what children themselves think of life and death. Offers guidelines for explaining death to a child.

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Christmas Cactus, The Wrenn, Elizabeth (Centering Corporation, 2001)

Megan doesn't want to hear that her Nana is dying. She picks up one of Nana's plants and tries to bring it back to health. The Christmas Season just isn't the same - all the colors of the season seem to be gone. But after Nana dies, Megan gets a very special present.

  • Death of a Grandparent
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Come Back, Grandma Limb, Sue (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1993)

Ages 5 and up. Bessie misses her grandmother when she dies, but when Bessie grows up, she has a little girl of her own who looks and behaves just like Grandma.

  • Death of a Grandparent
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Come Home Soon: a first look at when a parent goes to war Thomas, Pat (Barron’s Educational Series, 2012)

This reassuring picture book explores the issue of parents who are away from home while serving their country in the armed forces. Children's worries and questions become especially acute when the parent is being sent to a war zone. This title helps children understand that separation is only temporary, and that their Dad or Mom is performing an important patriotic service about which the child can be proud.

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Companioning the Grieving Child Curriculum Book: activities to help children and teens heal Morrissey, Patricia, M.S. ED. and Wolfelt, Alan D., Ph.D. (Companion Press, 2013)

This guide provides hundreds of hands-on activities tailored for grieving children in three age groups: preschool, elementary, and teens. Through the use of readings, games, discussion questions, and arts and crafts, caregivers can help grieving young people acknowledge the reality of the death, embrace the pain of the loss, remember the person who died, develop a new self-identity, search for meaning, and accept support.

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Companioning the Grieving Child: a soulful guide for caregivers Wolfelt, Alan D., Ph.D. (Companion Press, 2012)

Providing a viable alternative to the limitations of the medical model for companioning the bereaved, the author encourages counselors and other caregivers to aspire to a more compassionate philosophy in which the child is the expert of his or her own grief---not the counselor or caregiver.

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Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce Lowenstein, Liana (Champion Press, 2006)

An innovative collection of therapeutic games, art techniques, and stories to help children of divorce express feelings, deal with loyalty binds, disengage from parental conflict, address anger and self-blame, and learn coping strategies. Includes a theoretical overview for practitioners, a sample treatment plan, and a reproducible handout to give parents. Also contains a ten-week curriculum that can be used in therapy or support groups.

  • Divorce
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Cry, Heart, but Never Break Ringtved, Glenn (Enchanted Lion Books, 2016)

Aware their grandmother is gravely ill, four siblings make a pact to keep death from taking her away. But Death does arrive all the same, as it must. He comes gently, naturally. And he comes with enough time to share a story with the children that helps them to realize the value of loss to life and the importance of being able to say goodbye.

  • Anticipatory / Before the Death
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Daddy’s Old Robe Strannigan, Shawn Alyne (Standard Publishing, 1995)

Gently told stories help assure children that they are not alone. Activity pages and suggestions for parents extend the value of this important series. Here are some suggestions for providing security and comfort to your child during difficult times.

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Dinosaurs Divorce: a guide for changing families Brown, Laurene Karsny and Marc Brown (Little, Brown and Co., 1986)

Ages 4-7. Children love the illustrations in this excellent book. We learn about why some parents divorce, having two homes, telling your friends, visiting your parent, and even holidays.

  • Divorce
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Don’t Ask For The Dead Man’s Golf Clubs: what to do and say (and what not to) when a friend loses a loved one Kelly, Lynn (Workman, 2000)

Drawing on experience and wisdom from people who have lost husbands, wives, parents, children, and siblings, this book offers hundreds of helpful, succinct and heartfelt suggestions on how to provide comfort, now and over time.

  • Helping a Friend
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Don’t Make Me Go Back, Mommy Sanford, Doris (Multnomah Press, 1990)

For children ages 4 and up. When 5 year old Allison’s parents begin to see a change in her behavior at home they seek professional help for her. They find that Allison and other children have been ritually abused at a day care center. Thus begins Allison’s recovery.

  • Abuse
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Emma Says Goodbye Nystrom, Carolyn (Lion Publishing Corporation, 1990)

Ages 9+. Emma comes to terms with her aunt's illness and eventual death from cancer.

  • Cancer
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Every Monday In The Mailbox Fox, Louisa (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995)

Ages 6-12. Melinda looks forward to the letters and cards she receives from her favorite neighbor who has moved into a nursing home and when the old woman dies, it takes Melinda a while to find a way to stop missing her so much.

  • Death of a Friend
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Everything You Need To Know When A Parent Dies Bratman, Fred (Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 1992)

Ages 9-16. A realistic guide to coping with the stresses and emotions a child or young teen may face when a parent has died.

  • Death of a Parent
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Explaining Death to Children Grollman, Earl A., ed. (Beacon Press, 1967)

A collection of readings to help any reader face death more effectively.

  • Historical
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Fall of Freddie the Leaf, The: a story of life for all ages Buscaglia, Leo, Ph.D. (Charles B. Slack, Inc., 1982)

An inspiring allegory illustrating the delicate balance between life and earth.

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Finding Grandpa Everywhere Hodge, John (Centering Corporation, 1999)

A wonderful resource for helping children understand death, grief, and remembrance, this is the story of a young boy who has been told that he has 'lost' his grandfather. The boy remembers when he himself was lost in the mall and wants to help his grandmother find his grandfather. When he learns that his grandfather is not lost but dead, the boy remembers the old man's kindness, love, and generosity. Material objects then begin to evoke warm memories of his grandfather. This touching story will encourage young readers to discuss their feelings of loss and grief.

  • Death of a Grandfather
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Finding the Words: how to talk with children and teens about death, suicide, funerals, homicide, cremation, and other end-of-life matters. Wolfelt, Alan D., Ph.D., C.T. (Companion Press, 2013)

Simplified and suitable methods for talking to children and teenagers about sensitive topics with an emphasis on the subject of death. Honest but child-appropriate language is advocated, and various wording and levels of explanation are suggested for different ages when discussing topics such as death in general, suicide, homicide, accidental death, the death of a child, terminal illness, pet death, funerals, and cremation.

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For Those Who Live LaTour, Kathy (Centering Corporation, 1983, rev.ed, 1987)

For helping children cope with the death of a brother or sister.

  • Death of a Sibling
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From The Heart Of A Bear Zimmerman, JoAnn (Lazarus Publishing, 2005)

True stories of the faith and courage of children facing life-threatening illnesses.

  • Religious
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Future Widow: Losing My Husband, Saving My Family, and Finding My Voice Lisk, Jenny (Bluhen Books, 2021)

In this book, Jenny Lisk shares of when her life suddenly changed after her husband was diagnosed with an inoperable brain cancer. Follow her story as she tried to figure out “parenting grieving children, and rebuilding some sort of life for three--out of four--members of her family”. You'll love this poignant memoir because it's heartbreakingly honest, and ultimately hopeful.

  • Cancer
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Garden Angel, The Czech, Jan (Centering Corporation, 2000)

A young child discovers a grandparents love grows even after death. After the death of her grandfather, Camillia decides to plant the garden she used to plant with her grandfather. She dresses the scarecrow in grandfathers old clothes and makes the best garden ever.

  • Death of a Grandparent
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Giving Tree, The Silverstein, Shel (Harper and Row, Publishers, 1964)

Ages 1-8. An affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.

  • Historical
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Go Out In Joy! Herrmann, Nina (Simon and Schuster, 1977)

An uplifting tribute to the human spirit -- to the nurses, the doctors, the parents and relatives, and especially the children at University Hospital Center.

  • Historical
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Good Grief: helping groups of children when a friend dies Fox, Sandra Sutherland (New England Association for the Education of Young Children, 1988)

Designed to help adults who work with groups of children in their efforts to assist surviving children to cope with the emotional stresses with result when a friend dies.

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Goodbye Boat, The Joslin, Mary (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 1998)

Ages 3 and up. Explores the pain and grief of saying goodbye. Even more important, The Goodbye Boat provides a message of hope that sadness will ease and that death is not the end.

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Goodbye Sister: A sibling's book for infant loss Newton, Kimberly

A deeply personal and moving story uniquely told from child's perspective.

  • Miscarriage/ Stillborn
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Goodnight Mr. Vincent Van Gogh Doolittle, Lindsey (FH Books, 2017)

This book offers a gentle way of explaining a loved one's suicide without sweeping it under the rug. By starting an open and honest conversation with our youth, we can help break down the stigmas and start raising mental health awareness.

  • Suicide
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Grandad Bill's Song Yolen, Jane (Philomel Books, 1994)

Ages 5 and up. A boy asks others how they felt when his grandfather died and then shares his own feelings.

  • Death of a Grandparent
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Gray Fox London, Jonathan (Puffin Books, 1993)

Ages 6-12. Gray Fox runs over rolling hills, through the forest, and past quiet streams. The seasons pass, and as they do he finds a mate and they begin a family. Then tragedy strikes, but Gray Fox’s pride and spirit live on in his cubs, and in the memory of one small boy.

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Grief at School Resource Manual Fitzgerald, Helen (American Hospice Foundation, 2000)

Offers tools for school personnel to effectively address the needs of grieving children. Chapters include tools to help with data collection, classroom activities, and on-going evaluation of progress.

  • School Resources
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Grief Comes To Class: an educator’s guide Gilko-Braden, Majel (Centering Corporation, 2004)

A handbook for teachers who this year alone, will deal with more than three million grieving children. Case study, class support for the grieving child, and ideas from counselors who have dealt with a series of deaths. Age appropriate responses included.

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Grieving Child, The: a parent's guide Fitzgerald, Helen (Simon and Schuster, 1992)

Provides suggestions for dealing with a child's emotional responses (including anger, guilt and depression) and helping a child adjust to a new life after someone loved dies.

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Group, The: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life Rosenstein, Donald L. and Yopp, Justin M.

True story of seven men who were raising children on their own after the deaths of their wives.  The men connected with each almost immediately, and over the next several years forged a deep bond as their monthly meetings evolved into a forum for healing and personal reinvention that transformed them in unexpected ways.

  • Men and grief
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Grow Like a Sunflower Bennett, Bunny (Bunny Sedmont Bennett, 2015)

This book is designed to promote resiliency and healing in children that have experienced the death of a loved one. Using simple language and captivating photographs, this book guides children towards a path of understanding their emotions, as well as caring their minds, bodies, and spirits.

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Healing a Child’s Grieving Heart: 100 practical ideas Wolfelt, Alan D. PhD. (Companion Press, 1999)

For families, friends and caregivers who want practical, day-to-day “how-to’s” for helping grieving children they love.

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Healing a Teen’s Grieving Heart: 100 practical ideas Wolfelt, Alan D. (Companion Press, 2001)

Ideal resource for parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, teachers, coaches and others who want to help a teen in grief.

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Healing the Bereaved Child Wolfelt, Alan D., Ph.D. (Companion Press, 1996)

By comparing grief counseling to gardening, the author suggests caregivers embrace a more holistic view of the necessary process of grief.

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Healing The Hurt, Restoring The Hope Marta, Suzy Yehl (St. Martin’s Press, 2003)

Even if children or teenagers you love appear to be doing "just fine" after a loss, the truth is, they may be suffering in silence. They may not even know they need your help. Suzy's simple, straightforward, refreshing style makes helping a child both easy and effective. Her approach works to keep misperceptions, isolation, and sadness from permanently affecting the important children in your life.

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Healing Tree, The Hemery, Kathleen Maresh (Centering Corporation, 2001)

'Sammy couldn't wait to go to Baba Marta's house. Her grandma told such wonderful stories. They were stories that filled her with delight. But the story Baba told Sammy today was different. Sammy and Bab had been sitting on the old swing under the oak tree. Sammy noticed a long bare strip on the trunk of the tree where there was no bark. 'Baba, what happened to this tree? Why is there a big scar running down the middle of it?'' So begins the story of the healing tree.

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Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids: 100 practical ideas Wolfelt, Alan D. PhD. (Companion Press, 1999)

For young and middle readers (6-12 year olds) grieving the death of someone loved. Age-appropriate activities and gentle, healing guidance.

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Heart and the Bottle, The Jeffers, Oliver (The Penguin Group, 2010)

There is a wonder and magic to childhood. We don't realize it at the time, of course...yet the adults in our lives do. They encourage us to see things in the stars, to find joy in colors and laughter as they play. But what happens when that special someone who encourages such wonder and magic is no longer around? We can hide, we can place our heart in a bottle and grow up...or we can find another special someone who understands the magic. And we can encourage them to see things in the stars, find joy among colors and laughter as they play.

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Hearts from Heaven Prohaska, Rachel (BookBaby, 2020)

This Children's Book is a reminder that God speaks to us in many ways. Hearts From Heaven is a visual way for both kids and adults to make that connection, holding onto the promise of God's love for us. Sometimes we find hearts through laughter and sometimes through tears. We're all on an adventure with our Creator, and Hearts from Heaven are just one of many reminders that He loves us.

  • Religious
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Heaven For Kids Alcorn, Randy (Tyndale House Publishers, 2006)

Ages 8-12. As a parent and a grandparent, Randy Alcorn knows how important it is to pass along the biblical truths about Heaven. So in Heaven for Kids, Randy has adapted his best-selling book Heaven for a younger generation. He’s made all the great information and fresh teaching accessible and applicable for kids. Set up in an easy question-and-answer format.

  • Religious
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Heaven Is A Wonderful Place Marxhausen, Joanne (Concordia Publishing House, 1975 – new edition, 2005)

Ages 4-9. Children often have questions about life and death. This helpful book provides answers in terms children can comfortably understand as it explains God's role and His promise of eternal life as revealed in the Bible. An excellent resource when children deal with death for the first time. Formerly entitled If I Should Die, If I Should Live.

  • Religious
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Heaven’s Not a Crying Place O’Connor, Joey (Fleming H. Revell, 1997)

The author shows how to teach your child to trust God and celebrate life and to deal with, learn from, and have hope in the face of death.

  • Religious
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Helping Adolescents Cope with Loss Doka, Kenneth J. and Amy S. Tucci (Hospice Foundation of America, 2014)

Focuses on ways to assist adolescents as they encounter loss, grief, and death. Some of the foremost experts in the field share their insights on this critical topic. The chapters examine the variety of losses adolescents encounter and offer ways to support both grieving adolescents and adolescents facing their own life-threatening illness. Voices of adolescents are included in their own words, to best articulate both their perspective on loss and the sources of their support.

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Helping Children Cope with Death Dougy Center, The (The Dougy Center, 1997, 2004)

Drawn from stories, suggestions and insight shared by grieving children and their family members, this book explores how children view, understand and process death; how to talk with children about death at various ages and developmental stages; how to be supportive and helpful throughout their grieving process; and when to seek professional help.

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Helping Children Cope with Death: guidelines and resources Wass, Hannelore and Charles Corr (Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1984)

Focuses on the special needs of grieving children, offers guidelines for effective helping, and lists helpful resources.

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Helping Children Cope: mastering stress through books and stories Fassler, Joan (The Free Press, 1978)

How books and stories can be used to help children grow, to help reduce fears and anxieties, and to initiate open honest communication between children and adults.

  • Historical
16.3 F
Helping Children Grieve: when somebody they love dies Huntley, Theresa (Augsburg Fortress, 1991)

Shows how children at various ages understand death and offers positive ways for parents and other caring adults to help them grieve.

155.9 H
Helping People with Developmental Disabilities Mourn Markell, Mark A. Ph.D. (Companion Press, 2005)

This practical book offers 20 simple rituals that caregivers can use with people with developmental disabilities after a death. All of the rituals can be adapted for people of all age and all levels of disability.

  • Helping Children & Teens
155.9 M
Helping the Grieving Student: a guide for teachers Dougy Center, The (The Dougy Center, 1998)

Addresses issues that arise in the classroom after a death impacts a student, a classroom or a school. Includes practical tips and step-by-step information on what to say and do.

  • School Resources
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Home Care For The Dying Child: professional and family perspectives Martinson, Ida Marie, Ph.D., R.N., ed (Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1976)

"The intent of this book is to share the knowledge and experience of a variety of concerned individuals involved in the care of children facing death."

  • Terminally Ill Children / Historical
649.8 M
How Do We Tell the Children?: a parents' guide to helping children understand and cope when someone dies Schaefer, Dan and Christine Lyons (Newmarket Press, 1986)

Provides the straightforward, uncomplicated language that will explain the facts of death to children from two-year-olds to teenagers.

155.9 S
How It Feels When a Parent Dies Krementz, Jill (Alfred A. Knoph, 1988)

Ages 10-13. Children speak openly, honestly, unreservedly, of their experiences and feelings

  • Death of a Parent
155.9 K
How People with Autism Grieve, and How to Help Lipsky, Deborah (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2013)

Through the description of personal experience, and case studies, the book explores how people with autism feel and express the loss of a loved one, how they process and come to terms with their feelings of grief, and offers practical and detailed advice to parents and caregivers on a range of sensitive issues. 

  • Helping Children & Teens
616.85 L
How To Help Children Through A Parent’s Serious Illness: supportive, practical advice from a leading child life specialist McCue, Kathleen (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2011)

Explores the major issues and developments from the last decade that affect children today, including the dangers and opportunities of the Internet, a deeper understanding of how hereditary diseases affect children, the impact of the nation's explosive growth in single-parent families, and new insights into how family trauma and a parent’s mental illness may affect children.

649.1 M
How To Say It To Your Kids Coleman, Dr. Paul (Prentice Hall Press, 2000)

Offers wise comments and effective comebacks to help today's busy and beleaguered parents answer questions, encourage dialogue, explore feelings, and teach values. Each chapter consists of practical, how-to advice based on various scenarios, "Smart Talk" sidebars-new insights to the issues important to parents, and helpful "Rules of Thumb--"short but sweet tips.

649.1 C
I Can’t Talk About It Sanford, Doris (Multnomah Press, 1990)

For children ages 4 and up. At her grandmother’s beach cottage, Annie reveals her father’s sexual abuse of her to a dove who helps her heal and learn to trust again. Lists guidelines for adults to help sexually abused children.

  • Abuse
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