Online Resources and useful web sites

References / Bibliography                                    

Adults Caregivers / Reference:

Abbey, A. (Editor), Journey's: Stories of Pregnancy After Loss (stories by bereaved parents after pregnancy loss coupled with stories of successful births, detailed so the reader has a helping had coping through a subsequent pregnancy)
Adams, D., Deveau, E., Beyond the Innocence of Childhood: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope With Death and Bereavement
Cave, A.G. & Skivington, J, Balloons for Trevor: Understanding Death
Crenshaw, D., Counseling the Grieving Throughout the Life Cycle
Davidson, J. & Doka, K., Living with Grief: At Work, At School, At Worship
Doka, K., Living with Grief: Children, Adolescents, and Loss
Dougy Center, After A Suicide (Workbook for Kids)
Dubois, E., I Never Held You (Women's Grief after miscarriage)
Fitzgerald, H., The Grieving Child
Fitzpatrick, J. G., Small Wonder: How to Answer You Child's Impossible Questions About Life
Goldman, L., Life & Loss-2^nd Edition
Grollman, E., Bereaved Children and Teens
Grollman, E., Talking About Death:  A Dialogue Between Parent and Child
Gullo, S., Death and Children: A Guide for Educators, Parents and Caregivers
Heegaard, M., When Someone Very Special Dies, kids workbook
Huntley, T., Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies
Johnson, J. & Johnson, M., Children Grieve, Too: A Book for Families Who Have Experienced Death
Klass, D, The Spiritual Lives of Bereaved Parents
Klass, Silverman, and Nickman, Eds., Continuing Bonds
Kroen, W.C. & Espeland, P., Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One: A Guide for Grownups
Lieberman, A., Compton, N., Van Horn, P., & Ippen, C., Losing a Parent to Death in the Early Years
Martin, T. & Doka, K., Men Don't Cry, Women Do
Mellonie, B. & Kngpen, R.R., Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
Nadeau, J.W., Families Making Sense of Loss
Neimeyer, R., Lessons of Loss
Osofsky, J. & Fitzgerald, H.(Eds), WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health - 4 Volume Set
Roberts, R., Recognizing and Responding: Infant and Toddler Grief
Rubel, B., But I Didn't Say Goodbye (Suicide)
Schaeffer, D., & Lyons, How Do We Tell The Children?: A Step-By-Step Guide for Helping Children Two to Teen Cope When Someone Dies
Schuurman, D., Never the Same: Coming to Terms With The Death of A Parent
Silverman, J., Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When A Special Person Dies
Silverman, P., Never Too Young To Know; Death In Children's Lives
Smilansky, S., On Death: Helping Children Understand and Cope
Stone, H., Forever Our Angels (personal stories by men and women who experienced miscarriage)
Worden, J.W., Children and Grief: When A Parent Dies
 

Adults Facing Grief:

Attig, T., The Heart of Grief
Brabant, S., Mending the Torn Fabric
Eggers, D., A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Lewis, C.S., A Grief Observed (especially useful to men)
Rando, T., How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
 

Ames, M., Who Will Speak for the Lamb
Blume, J., Tiger Eyes
Brack, P. & Brack, B., Moms Don't Get Sick
Bratman, F., Everything You Need To Know When A Parent Dies
Buchanan-Smith, D., A Taste of Blackberries
Buckingham, R & Huggard, S., Coping With Grief
Carter, F., The Education of Little Tree
Creech, S. Chasing Redbird
Creech, S. Walk Two Moons
Dorfman, E., The C-Word: Teenagers and Their Families Living With Cancer
Dower, L., I Will Remember You: What to do when someone you love dies: a guidebook through grief for teens
Fitzgerald, H., The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends
Fox, P., The Eagle Kite
Frost, D., Dad! Why'd You Leave Me?
Fry, V., Part of Me Died Too
Geller, N., The Last Teenage Suicide
Gibbons, K., Ellen Foster
Goldman, L., Breaking the Silence: A Guide to Help Children with Complicated Grief - Suicide, Homicide, AIDS, Violence and Abuse
Gootman, M., When A Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving & Healing
Grant, C., Phoenix Rising & How to Survive Your Life
Gravelle, K., & Haskins, C., Teenagers Face to Face with Bereavement
Grollman, E., Straight Talk About Death With Teens: How to Cope With Losing Someone You Love
Grollman, E. & Johnson, J., A Teenager's Book About Suicide (Workbook)
Hadley, I., So Long At The Fair, 1988 H.S. Senior male deals with suicide of his girlfriend
Hurwin, D., A Time For Dancing, illness/loss of friend due to cancer
Hyde, M., Meeting Death
Klicker, R., A Student Dies, A School Mourns: Dealing with Death & Loss in the School Community
Kolf, J.C., Teenagers Talk About Grief
Krementz, J., How It Feels When A Parent Dies
Kubler-Ross, E., Remember The Secret
Kurland, M., Coping With AIDS - Facts and Fears
LeShan, E., Learning to Say Goodbye When a Parent Dies
Little, J., Mama's Going To Buy You A Mockingbird
Lowry, L., A Summer To Die
Mahy, M., Memory
Mann, P., There Are Two Kinds of Terrible
McDaniel, L., Too Young To Die
McDaniel, L., Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever
McDaniel, L., Somewhere Between Life and Death
McDaniel, L., Time To Let Go
McDaniel, L., Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
McDaniel, L., Mourning Song
McDaniel, L., A Time To Die
McGuire, L., Death and Illness
Naughton, J., My Brother Stealing Second
O'Toole, D., Facing Change - Falling Apart & Coming Together Again in the Teen Years
Paterson, K., The Bridge To Terabithia
Perschy, M.K., Helping Teens Work Through Grief
Richter, E., Losing Someone You Love: When a Brother or Sister Dies
Spies, K., Everything You Need To Know About Grieving
Taylor, B., Everything You Need To Know About AIDS
Traisman, E., Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins: A Journal for Teenagers Experiencing a Loss.
Tyson, J., The Common Threads of Teenage Grief (written by teens and a school counselor)
Wallace, B., Christmas Spurs
Wolfelt, A., Healing Your Grieving Heart For Teens - 100 Practical Ideas
Yukio, T., Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People and War, 1988, story of war and its effect on animals and people

For Elementary School Age Children:

Adler, C.S., Daddy's Climbing Tree, upper elementary, girl's father killed hit and run
Alexander, A.K. A Mural for Mamita, girl's grandmother dies of cancer
Alexander, S., Nadia The Willful, Nadia's older brother dies
Althea, When Uncle Bob Died, preparation for the death of someone close, 4-8 years
* Anderson, J., The Key into Winter, seasons as a metaphor
Bahr, M., If Nathan Were Here, boy mourns loss of friend
* Bartoli, J., Nonna, Grandmother death
Bernstein, J, & Rudman, M. Books to Help Children Cope with Separation and Loss
Berry, J., Every Kid's Guide to Coping With Childhood Trauma
Bo, A., I Must Tell You Something, 125 pages, girl's sudden death of mother
Bohlmeiher, A., Something Very Sorry, girl's family is in a serious car crash, mother dies after being removed from life support
* Boulden, J. & J., Goodbye Forever, Activity Book
* Brown, M. W., The Dead Bird
* Brown, M. W., The Runaway Bunny
Brown, L., Brown, M., When Dinosaurs Die: A guide to understanding death
* Bunting, E., The Happy Funeral, Chinese-Americans at grandfather's funeral
Bunting, E., On Call Back Mountain, 32 pages, early elementary
Bunting, E., Smoky Night, urban violence/pets/Caldecott medal
Bunting, E., The Summer of Riley, boy adjusting to parents divorce and grandfather's death
Burnett, F.H., Secret Garden, orphan
Buscaglia, L. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
Carlstrom, N., Blow Me A Kiss Miss Lilly, illness/loss of friend, elderly woman
* Carney, K., Barklay & Eve Series (various titles)
Carrick, C., The Accident, dog dies
Carson, J., You Hold Me And I'll Hold You, great aunt dies
Caseley, J., When Grandpa Came to Stay, grandfather cries over grandmother's death
Claudy, A.F., Dusty Was My Friend, an 8 yr old boy grieves his friend, who died in a car accident
Cleaver, V., Where The Lillies Bloom, orphan - father loss
Clifford, E., The Remembering Box
Clifton, L., Everett Anderson's Goodbye, boy's death of father (African-American)
Coerr, E., The Josefina Quilt, pet loss
Cohen, C., & Heiney, J., Daddy's Promise
Cohn, J., I Had A Friend Named Peter; Talking To Children About The Death Of A Friend
Corey, D., You Go Away
* DePaola, T., Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs, boy's relationship with grandmother and great grandmother
DiSalvo-Ryan, A Dog Like Jack, pet loss
Dodge, N., Thumpy's Story: A Story of Love and Grief Shared by Thumpy, the Bunny
Dokas, D., Remembering Momma
Doros, A., Abuela, girl's story of her grandmother
Douglas, E. Rachel and the Upside Down Heart
* Fassler, J., My Grandpa Died Today
Fox, M., Tough Boris, Boris, the pirate's parrot dies
Fox, M., Sophie
Gersie, A. Storymaking in Bereavement
Gibbons, K., Ellen Foster, orphan - mother suicide, alcoholic father
Glowatsky, P., The Light of Stars, metaphorical
Graeber, C., Mustard, aging and death of a cat
Gray, L.M., Rowland, J., Miss Tizzy, illness/loss of friend, elderly woman
Gray, N., Little Bear's Granpa
Hanson, W. The Next Place, beautiful spiritual
Harris, R., Goodbye Mousie, early elementary pet loss
* Hazen, B., Why Did Grandpa Die
Hemery, K. M., The Brightest Star
Hemery, K. M., The Healing Tree
Henkes, K., Good-bye Curtis, a retiring (after 42 years) postman
Henkes, K., Sun and Spoon, 10 yr old boy finds memento of grandmother
Hesse, K., Poppy's Chair
Hickman, M., Last Week My Brother Anthony Died (newborn loss)
Hines, A.G., Remember The Butterflies, grandparent loss
Hipp, E. Help for the Hard Times: Getting Through Loss
Holmes, M.M., Sam's Dad Died, 2 friends whose fathers die
Hopkinson, D. Bluebird Summer
Hucek, M. Lilacs for Grandma, girl's death of grandmother
Hughes, S. Alfie And The Birthday Surprise
Hynes, A. Bibliotherapy: The Interactive Process: A Handbook
Johnson, J., Where's Jess?, death of a baby sibling
Johnson, J. & M., Tell Me, Papa
Jones, E.H. Bibliotherapy for Bereaved Children: Healing Reading
Juke, M., Blackberries In The Dark, boy's grandfather died
Kadono, E., Grandpa's Soup, multi-ethnic/animal friends
Kantorwitz, M., When Violet Died (bird)
* Keller, H., Goodbye Max, dog loss replaced in a week, early elementary
Klein, L., The Best Gift For Mom
Kramsny-Brown, L., & Brown, M., When Dinosaurs Die
Kroll, V., Fireflies, Peach Pies and Lullabies
Lanton, S. Daddy's Chair
London, J, Long, S, Liplap's Wish, ages 4-9, rabbit's story of Grandma loss
Loring, P., Johnson, J., Lucy Lettuce, metaphor
Marshall, B., Animal Crackers: A Tender Book About Death, Funerals and Love (Grandma Loss)
McDaniel, L., Please Don't Die, illness/loss of friend, heart transplant
McLaughlin, K. The Memory Box, boy's grandfather has Alzheimer’s
Mills, L., The Rag Coat
Montgomery, L.M., Anne of Green Gable, orphan
Montgomery, L.M., Emily of New Moon, orphan
Morning, B. Grandfather's Shirt
Mundy, M., Sad Isn't Bad, grief as a normal process
Munsch, R., Love You Forever, trans-generational
Newman, L., Too Far Away To Touch, early elementary, girl's uncle dying of AIDs
Old, W., Stacy Had A Little Sister (SIDS death)
Pardeck, J.A. Bibliotherapy: A Clinical Approach for Helping Children
Park, L.S., A Single Shard, orphan, 2002 Newberry medal
Parker, M., Jasper's Day, terminally ill dog
Pitzer, S. Grandfather Hurant Lives Forever, boy's Armenian grandfather
Polacco, P., Mrs. Katz and Tush, African-American boy and elderly Jewish neighbor
Polacco, P., The Keeping Quilt, lifespan Jewish immigrants
Powell, E.S., Geranium Morning
Puttock, S., A Story For Hippo: A Book About Loss, animal friends
*Rogers, F., When A Pet Dies
Schmidt, G, The Sin Eater, boy's relationship with grandfather after mother's death from cancer & father suicide
Silverstein, S. Where the Sidewalk Ends
* Silverstein, S., The Giving Tree
Simmonds, P., Fred, pet loss and funeral explanation
* Simon, N., The Saddest Time, 3 short stories - father, grandmother, uncle
Simon, N., We Remember Philip, a boy's teacher's son dies
Smith, D.B., A Taste of Blackberries
Spyri, J., Heidi, orphan
* Stein, S., About Dying, Two narratives (1 for adults, 1 for kids), death of pet and grandfather
* Stiles, N., I'll Miss You Mr. Hooper (based on the Sesame Street TV Script)
* Temes, R., The Empty Place: A Child's Guide Through Grief, sibling loss
Thomas, J.R., Saying Goodbye to Grandma, 7 year old girl attends grmo funeral and explores rituals
* Thomas, P., I Miss You: A First Look at Death, Friend Loss; family general bereavement
Tiffault, B., McConnell, M., A Quilt for Elizabeth, girl's father death
Thomas, I., Hi Mrs. Mallory
* Vigna, J., Saying Goodbye to Daddy, kindergarten girl's father dies
* Viorst, J., The 10^th Good Thing About Barney
Vogel, R.H. The Snowman
Warberg, S., Growing Time, (dog death)
Warner, G.C., The Boxcar Children & Surprise Island, orphan
Webster, J., Daddy-Long-Legs, orphan
Wild, M., Our Granny, a salute to grandmothers
* Wilhelm, H., I'll Always Love You, dog loss
Williams, J., Mrs. Magruder and the Purple Hat, a young girl and her aging neighbor
* Williams, M., The Velveteen Rabbit
Williams, V. A Chair For My Mother, fire destroys home, girl/mother/gm show determination
Winslow, B., Dance On A Seal Skin, Eskimo
Woodson, J., Sweet Sweet Memory, girl's grandfather
Ziefert, H., Ode to Humpty Dumpty
* Zolotow, C., My Grandson Lew

 * Indicates books for preschool / early elementary