Suggested Reading

Adults

• Kushner, Harold. When Bad Things Happen to Good People.
• Lewis, C.S. A Grief Observed.
• Rando, Therese R. How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Has Died.
• Sanders, Catherine. Surviving Grief and Learning to Live Again.
• Tatelbaum, Judy. The Courage to Grieve.
• Grollman, Earl. Explaining Death to Children.
• Grollman, Earl. Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child.
• Bolton, Inis. My Son, My Son
• Schiff, Harriet Sarnoff. The Bereaved Parent.
• Bonnanno, George. The Other Side of Sadness.
• O’Rourke, Meghan, The Long Goodbye.
• Dunn, Patty. The Goldfish went on Vacation: A Memoir of Loss.
• Wray, T.J. Surviving the Death of a Sibling.
• Akner, Lois, F. How to Survive the Loss of a Parent.
• Schwiebert, P. &DeKlyn, C. Tear Soup:A Recipe for Healing after Loss**
• Caine, L. Being a Widow.
• Ericsson, S., Companion through Darkness
• Lieberman, M. Doors Close, Doors Open.
• Felber, M. Finding your way after your spouse Dies
• Zonnebelt-Smeenge, S., Getting to the other side of Grief: Overcoming the loss of a spouse.
• Felber, M. Grief Expressed: When a Mate Dies
• Brooke, N &Blair, P. I wasn’t ready to say goodbye:surviving, coping and healing
• Feinberg, L. I’m Grieving as Fast as I Can.
• Campbell,S&Silverman, P. Widower: When Men are Left Alone.

For Ages 2-5

• Brown, Laurie K.M. When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death.
• Brown, Margaret W.  The Dead Bird.
• Mellonie, Brian, and Robert Ingpen.  Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children.
• Viorst, Judith. The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
• Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf.
• The Centering Corporation. Timothy Duck

For Ages 6-9

• Cohn, Janice. I Had a Friend Named Peter: Talking to Children About the Death of a Friend
• Saltzman, David.  The Jester Has Lost His Jingle.
• Varley, Susan. Badger’s Parting Gifts.
• Vigna, Judith. Saying Goodbye to Daddy.

For Ages 10-12

• Babbitt, Natalie.  The Eyes of the Amaryllis.
• Krementz, Jill. How It Feels When a Parent Dies.
• Little, Jean. Home from Far.
• Maclachlan, Patricia. Cassie Binegar.
• McLean, Susan. Pennies for the Piper.
• O’Toole, Donna. Aarvy Aardvardk Finds Hope.
• Pater, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia.
• Rafes, Eric. The Kid’s Book about Death and Dying