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Suggested Resources That May Help You and Your Family

 
There are many valuable materials available that deal with bereavement, grieving and helping children understand and cope with loss. While the list of books below is by no means exclusive, we have worked with them and found them helpful. It is our hope that this listing may give you a helpful starting point in your search for meaningful literature on the topic of loss.


Recommended Books for Adults



When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold Kushner

No Time for Goodbyes: Coping With Grief, Anger and Injustice After a Tragic Death, Janice Harris Lord

When the Bough Breaks: Forever After the Death of a Son or Daughter, Judith Berstein, PH.D.

Song for Sarah: A Young Mother's Journey Through Grief and Beyond, Paula D'Arcy

Living With Grief After Sudden Loss: Suicide, Homicide, Accident, Heart Attack, Stroke, Kenneth Doka, PH.D.

Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.

Surviving Grief...And Learning to Live Again, Catherine Sanders

Remembering with Love, Messages of Hope for the First Year of Grieving and Beyond, Levang & Ilse

Part of Me Died, Too, Virginia Lynn Fry

When Your Spouse Dies, Cathleen L. Curry

The Grief Recovery Handbook, James & Friedman

Suddenly Single, Larson & Larson

Don't Take My Grief Away From Me, Doug Manning

Early Winter: Learning to Live, Love and Laugh Again after a Painful Loss, Howard Bronson



Recommended Books for Children

Helping Children Cope With Death, The Dougy Center

35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child, The Dougy Center

Helping Teens Cope With Death, The Dougy Center

After A Suicide: A Workbook For Grieving Kids, The Dougy Center

Bereaved Children and Teens: A Support Guide for Parents and Professionals, Earl Grollman

Explaining Death to a Child, Earl Grollman

A Child's Book About Burial and Cremation, Grollman & Johnson

The Next Place, Warren Hanson

A Terrible Thing Happened, Margaret Holmes

Tear Soup, Schwiebert & DeKlyen

I Heard Your Mommy Died, Mark Scrivani

I Heard Your Daddy Died, Mark Scrivani

Am I Still A Sister?, Alicia Sims

If I Could Just See Hope, Darcie Sims

What Color is Dead? Death From A Child's View, video, Darcie Sims

Gran-Gran's Best Trick: A Story for Children Who Have Lost Someone They Love, L. Dwight Holden, M.D.

Blow Me A Kiss Miss Lilly, Nancy White Carlstrom

Saying Goodbye to Daddy, Judith Vigna

How It Feels When A Parent Dies, Jill Krementz

The Empty Place: A Child's Guide Through Grief (Death of a Sibling), Roberta Temes, Ph.D.


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