Coping with Grief

For the Younger Child

The Angel With the Golden Glow by Elissa Alchokachy K-3 ALC

You Hold Me and I'll Hold You by Jo Carson K-3 CAR

I Had A Friend Named Peter by Janice Cohn K-3 COH (friend)

My Grandfather's House by Bruce Coville K-3 COV (grandfather)

Sophie by Mem Fox K-3 FOX (grandfather)

Remember the Butterflies by Anna Grossnickle Hines K-3 HIN (grandfather)

Gray Fox by Jonathan London K-3 LON

For Heaven's Sake by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso K-3 SAS

Saying Goodbye to Grandma by Jane Resh Thomas jE Paperback THO

The Language of Doves by Rosemary Wells K-3 WEL

Old Pig by Margaret Wild K-3 WIL

Grandad's Prayers of the Earth b y Douglas Wood K-3 WOO (grandfather)

Grandad Bill's Song by Jane Yolen K-3 YOL (grandfather)

Nonfiction

When Dinosaurs Die by Laurene Brown j155.9 BRO

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia, PhD j155.9 BUS

Let's Talk About Going to A Funeral by Marianne Johnston j393.9 JOH

Lifetimes by Bryan Mellonie j155.9 MEL

What's Heaven? by Maria Shriver j155.9 SHR

About Dying by Sara Bonnett Stein j155.9 STE (grandfather)

Let's Talk About When A Parent Dies by Elizabeth Weitzman j155.9 (parent)

For Older Kids

Fiction

Blackwater by Eve Bunting jFic BUN

Upside-Down Cake by Carol Carrick jFic CAR

Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloubis jFic COU

Blackberries in the Dark by Mavis Jukes jFic JUK

Snowdrops for Cousin Ruth by Susan Katz jFic KAT

Impossible Things by Virginia Layefsky jFic LAY

Hunting Grandma's Treasure by Gina Willner-Pardo jFic WIL

NonFiction

Part of Me Died Too j155.9 FRY

Lost and Found by Marc Gellman j248.8

The Kids' Book About Dying j155.9 KID

Learning to Say Good-by by Edna LeShan j155.9 LES

When A Parent is Very Sick by Eda LeShan j155.9 LES

For Parents to Read

A Place Prepared (Video) Parent Shelf 155.9 APL

The Scared Child by Barara Brooks Parent Shelf j155.93

Guiding Your Child Through Grief by MaryAnn Emswiler 155.937 EMS

The Grieving Child by Helen Fitzgerald 155.937 F553

Part of Me Died Too by Virginia Lynn Fry j155.9 FRY

Coping with Family Stress by Kimberly Wood Gooden 158.24 GOO

Talking About Death by Earl Grollman Parent Shelf j155.937

Death of a Pet

Murphy and Kate by Ellen Howard K-3 HOW

Cat Heaven by Cynthia Rylant K-3 RYL

Death of a Goldfish (Video) Parent Shelf j155.9 DEA

Dog Heaven by Cynthia Rylant K-3 RYL

Let's Talk About When Your Pet Dies by Marianne Johnston j155.9 JOH

When A Pet Dies by Fred Rogers j155.9 ROG

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst K-3 VIO