Children’s Books:

• The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia, Ph.D.
• What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies? by Trevor Romain
• Everett Anderson’s Goodbye by Lucille Clifton
• Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies by Janis Silverman
• Badger’s Parting Gifts by Susan Varley
• The Goodbye Boat by Mary Joslin
• Goodbye Mousie by Robie H. Harris
• Gentle Willow: A Story for Children About Dying by Joyce C. Mills, Ph.D.
• After the Funeral by Jane Loretta Winsch & Pamela T. Keating
• When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understand Death by Laurie Krasny Brown & Marc Brown
• What’s Heaven? by Maria Shriver & Sandra Speidel
• Waterbugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children by Doris Stickney, Gloria Ortiz Hernandez
• The Next Place by Warren Hanson
• Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan Mellonie
• Finding a Way Through When Someone Close has Died: What it Feels Like and What you Can do to Help Yourself: By Young People, for Young People by Pat Mood and Lesley Whittaker
• “Mommy, What’s Died?” The Butterfly Story by Linda Gill
• Good Grief: A Kid’s Guide for Dealing with Change and Loss by Kim Frank, Ed. S.
• Children Also Grieve: Talking About Death & Healing by Linda Goldman
• Memories Live Forever: A Memory Book for Grieving Children by Sharon Rugg
• Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss by Pat Schweibert, Chuck DeKlyen and Taylor Bills

Books for Parents: 

• Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One… A Guide for Grownups by William C. Kroen
• 35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child by Dougy Center Staff
• 150 Facts About Grieving Children by Erin Linn
• When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal With Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses by John W. James, Russell Friedman & Dr. Leslie Matthews
• Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child by Earl A. Grollman
• Talking With Children and Young People About Death and Dying by Mary Turner and Bob Thomas
• Grief in Young Children: A Handbook for Adults by Atle Dyregrov
• Someone Very Important Has Just Died: Immediate Help for People Caring for People of All Ages at the Time of a Close Bereavement by Mary Turner and Elaine Bailey