We appreciate the generous sharing of much of this bibliography from Parent Books, Toronto, Canada. We will continue to ammend as we discover new and helpful books...

Without You — Children and Young People Growing Up with Loss and its Effects. Tamar Granot, $42.95
"In this sympathetic book, Tamar Granot provides practical and sensitive advice on how best to support children who have experienced bereavement or other kinds of loss. She explores the effects of different kinds of loss, including the suicide of a family member, the death of a sibling, parental abandonment and the loss of a parent through divorce or addiction … Drawing on psychoanalytic theories of loss and child development in an accessible way, Without You provides valuable guidance for parents and relatives of bereaved children, and for the professionals who support them."

A Child's View of Grief. Alan D.Wolfelt, $8.95
Probably the most useful 40 pages in the literature. Informative and easy-to-read.

25 Things to Do…when Grandpa Passes Away…Mom and Dad Get Divorced…or the Dog Dies: Activities to Help Children Suffering Loss or Change. Laurie Kanyer, $18.95
Excellent, creative stuff…has the happy effect of occupying the adult mind also.

Teach Me How to Lose. Tom Easthope, $20.00
Bereavement Counselor Tom Easthope's first book looks at self-care during times of loss and grieving. With compassion and gentle humour, he addresses some of the pitfalls of handling grief that can increase pain and how to avoid them. He talks about embracing the pain in healthy ways, the value of ritual and positive loss-recovery skills. This is a gentle, loving look at healing from the many losses that we encounter over the course of a lifetime.

Seasons of the Heart. Tom Easthope, $20.00
In his second book, Tom Easthope looks at specific loss situations including the death of a child or grandchild; loss of a parent, sibling or spouse; job loss or crisis; divorce and separation; mid-life changes including the pressures on the "sandwich generation" and more. With great skill and caring, he helps the reader find their way through bereavement to a place of hope and healing.

Preparing for the Loss of Your Pet: Saying Goodbye with Love, Dignity and Peace of Mind. Myrna Milani, $23.50
Myrna Milani is a practicing veterinarian and a popular speaker on animal behavior. Her insights into coping with the pain of losing a pet include children's experiences; the death of a working pet for people with special needs; preparing for a natural death or euthanasia; disappearances and accidents and much more. A thoughtful and reassuring guide unlike any other.

When a Parent has Cancer: a Guide to Caring for Your Children. Wendy Schlessel Harpham, $20.95
"When a Parent Has Cancer is a book for families written from the heart of experience. A mother, physician and cancer survivor, Dr. Wendy Harpham offers clear, direct and sympathetic advice for parents challenged with the task of raising normal, healthy children while they struggle with a potentially life-threatening disease. Also included is Becky and the Worry Cup, an illustrated children's book that tells the story of a seven-year-old girl's experiences with her mother's cancer. Together these books provide a plan of action for you and your children to live meaningfully and well when life is at its most uncertain."

Where is Grandpa? T.A. Barron, illustrated by Chris Soentpiet, $9.99
When Grandpa dies his youngest grandson struggles to understand and to imagine a life without him. By sharing memories with his family, he finds his Grandpa is still close by - part of all the people and places he loved.

Complete Booklist

Resources for Families & Friends

After He’s Gone: a Guide for Widowed and Divorced Women. Barbara Jowell & Donnette Schwisow. $21.95

After Suicide. John Hewett, $24.95

The Bereaved Parent. Harriet Sarnoff Schiff, $16.99

The Bereaved Parents’ Survival Guide. Juliet Cassuto Rothman, $27.95

The Courage to Laugh: Humor, Hope, and Healing in the Face of Death and Dying. Allen Klein, $20.99

Cry Until You Laugh: Comforting Guidance for Coping with Grief. Richard Obershaw, $20.95

Don't Take My Grief Away. Doug Manning, $20.00

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby, Revised '96. Deborah Davis, $30.95

Ended Beginnings: Healing Childbearing Losses. Claudia Panuthos and Catherine Romeo, $24.95

Finding Hope When a Child Dies: What Other Cultures Can Teach Us. Sukie Miller, $34.00

Giving a Voice to Sorrow: Personal Responses to Death and Mourning. Steve Zeitlin & Ilana Harlow, $19.99

Good Grief Rituals: Tools for Healing. Elaine Childs-Gowell, $16.95

Good Grief: Healing Through the Shadow of Loss. Deborah Morris Coryell, $24.95

A Grief Observed. C.S. Lewis, $14.95

The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses, Revised Edition. John James & Russell Friedman, $19.00

Healing a Friend’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Helping Someone You Love Through Loss. A. Woldfelt, $18.95

Healing a Parent’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Child Dies. Alan Wolfelt, $17.95

Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One. Ann Smolin & John Guinan, $17.75

Healing Conversations: What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say. Nance Guilmartin, $28.50

The Healing Journey through Grief: Your Journal for Reflection and Recovery. Phil Rich, $26.95

The Healing Sorrow Workbook: Rituals for Transforming Grief and Loss. Peg Elliott Mayo, $28.95

Healing Your Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas. Alan Wolfelt, $19.95

Holiday Hope: Remembering Loved Ones During Special Times of the Year. Editors of Fairview Press, $15.95

How Can I Help? How to Support Someone Who Is Grieving. June Kolf, $19.95

How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies. Therese Rando, $22.95

How to Survive the Loss of a Child: Filling the Emptiness and Rebuilding Your Life. Catherine Sanders, $22.95

I Know Just How You Feel: Avoiding the Clichés of Grief. Erin Linn, $11.95

I’m Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal. Linda Feinberg, $21.95

The Journey through Grief: Reflections on Healing. Alan Wolfelt, $29.95

Keys to Helping Children Deal with Death and Grief. Joy Johnson, $9.50

Living Again: a Personal Journey for Surviving the Loss of a Spouse. William Wallace, $19.95

Living Without Your Twin. Betty Jean Case, $24.95

Losing Your Parents, Finding Your Self: The Defining Turning Point of Adult Life. Victoria Secunda, $34.95

Love and Remembrance: a Childhood Memory Book for the Families of Children Who Have Died. M. Burkle, $10.50

Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times. Rabbi David Wolpe, $19.99

Midlife Orphan: Facing Life’s Changes Now That Your Parents Are Gone. Jane Brooks, $19.00

Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss. Hope Edelman, $22.95

Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide. Kay Redfield Jamison, $21.00

No Time for Goodbyes: Coping With Sorrow, Anger & Injustice After a Tragic Death, Revised 2000. Janice Lord, $19.95

No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One. Carla Fine, $19.95

On Death and Dying. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, $19.95

The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change After the Death of Our Parents. A. Levy, $22.95

Our Mothers’ Spirits: Great Writers on the Death of Mothers and the Grief of Men. Bob Blauner (ed), $17.50

A Path Through Loss: a Guide to Writing Your Healing and Growth. Nancy Reeves, $19.95

Preparing for the Loss of Your Pet: Saying Goodbye with Love, Dignity and Peace of Mind. Myrna Milani, $23.50

Remembering with Love: Messages of Hope for the First Year of Grieving and Beyond. E. Levang & S. Ilse, $17.95

Roses in December: Comfort for the Grieving Heart. Marilyn Willett Heavilin, $14.95

The Soul in Grief: Love, Death and Transformation. Robert Romanyshyn, $23.00

Speak to Me: Grief, Love and What Endures. Marcie Hershman, $21.95

Suicide Survivors’ Handbook: a Guide for the Bereaved and Those Who Wish to Help Them. $22.95

Teach Me How to Lose. Tom Easthope, $20.00

Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal. Alan Wolfelt, $31.95

Unspeakable Losses: Understanding the Experience of Pregnancy Loss, Miscarriage, and Abortion. K. Kluger-Bell, $21.00

When A Grandchild Dies: What to Do, What to Say, How to Cope. Nadine Galinsky, $26.50

When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Harold Kushner. $9.99

When Men Grieve: Why Men Grieve Differently & How You Can Help. Elizabeth Levang, $21.95

When Parents Die: a Guide for Adults, Revised ‘97. E. Myers, $18.99

Without You — Children and Young People Growing Up with Loss and its Effects. Tamar Granot, $42.95

Writing to Heal the Soul: Transforming Grief and Loss Through Writing. Susan Zimmermann, $20.00

Helping Children & Teens Bereaved Children and Teens: a Support Guide for Parents and Professionals. Earl Grollman (ed)., $25.95

A Child’s View of Grief. Alan Wolfelt, $8.95 – Video, $99.95

The Grieving Child: a Parent's Guide. Helen Fitzgerald, $17.50

Guiding Your Child through Grief. Mary Ann Emswiler & James Emswiler, $21.95

Healing a Child’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends & Caregivers. Alan Wolfelt, $17.95

Healing a Teen’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers. Alan Wolfelt, $18.95

Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss. Claudia Jewett Jarratt, $20.95

Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One: a Guide for Grownups. William Kroen, $24.95

How Do We Tell the Children: a Step-by-Step Guide for Helping Children Two to Teen Cope When Someone Dies. Dan Schaefer & Christine Lyons, $23.95

How to Help Children through a Parent’s Serious Illness: Supportive, Practical Advice from a Leading Child Life Specialist. Kathleen McCue, $19.99

Preparing the Children: Information and Ideas for Families Facing Terminal Illness and Death. Kathy Nussbaum, $13.95

Talking with Children About Loss: Words, Strategies and Wisdom to Help Children Cope with Death, Divorce and Other Difficult Times. Maria Trozzi, $19.50

25 Things to Do…when Grandpa Passes Away…Mom and Dad Get Divorced…or the Dog Dies: Activities to Help Children Suffering Loss or Change. Laurie Kanyer, $18.95

When a Parent Has Cancer: a Guide to Caring for Your Children. Wendy Schlessel Harpham, $20.95

When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving and Other Losses. John James & Russell Friedman, $20.95

Resources for Counsellors & Teachers

Working with Adults

A Caregiver’s Handbook to Perinatal Loss. Gary Vogel, $13.95

Clinical Dimensions of Anticipatory Mourning: Theory and Practice in Working with the Dying, Their Loved Ones and Their Caregivers. Therese Rando (ed), $45.95

Continuing Bonds: New Understandings of Grief. Dennis Klass et al (eds), $45.00

Death and Bereavement Across Cultures. Colin Murray Parkes et al (eds), $37.99

Death and Trauma: The Traumatology of Grieving. Charles Figley et al (eds), $46.95

Disenfranchised Grief: Recognizing Hidden Sorrow. Kenneth Doka, $39.99

Facing Death and Finding Hope: a Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying. Christine Longaker, $21.95

Families Facing Death: a Guide for Healthcare Professionals and Volunteers, Revised Edition. Elliott Rosen, $34.95

Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy, Second Edition. William Worden, $60.95

Grief Counseling Homework Planner. Phil Rich, $74.95

Grief, Dying and Death: Clinical Interventions for Caregivers. Therese Rando, $42.95

Grief, the Mourning After: Dealing with Adult Bereavement, 2nd Edition. Catherine Sanders, $105.50

Handbook of Bereavement Research: Consequences, Coping, and Care. Margaret Stroebe et al, $95.95

Healing Pain: Attachment, Loss and Grief Therapy. Nini Leick & Marianne Davidssen-Nielsen, $34.99

Helping Adults with Mental Retardation Grieve a Death Loss. Charlene Luchterhand & Nancy Murphy, $30.95

In the Presence of Grief: Helping Family Members Resolve Death, Dying, and Bereavement Issues. Dorothy Becvar, $56.95

An Intimate Loneliness: Supporting Bereaved Parents and Siblings. Gordon Riches & Pam Dawson, $42.95

Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family. Froma Walsh & Monica McGoldrick (eds), $22.00

Loss During Pregnancy or in the Newborn Period: Principles of Care with Clinical Cases and Analyses. James Woods & Jennifer Esposito (eds), $53.95

Men Don’t Cry…Women Do: Transcending Gender Stereotypes of Grief. Terry Martin & Kenneth Doka, $37.95

Parent Grief: Narratives of Loss and Relationship. Paul Rosenblatt, $42.50

Parental Loss of a Child. Therese Rando, $32.95

The Perfect Stranger’s Guide to Funerals and Grieving Practices. Stuart Matlins (ed), $26.95

Traumatology of Grieving: Conceptual, Theoretical and Treatment Foundations. Charles Figley (ed), $52.00

Treatment of Complicated Mourning. Therese A. Rando, $65.95

What Forever Means After the Death of a Child: Transcending the Trauma, Living with the Loss. Kay Talbot, $37.95

When a Baby Dies: a Handbook for Healing and Helping. Rana Limbo & Sara Wheeler, $22.95 - Parent Support Group Guide, $26.50

Working with the Dying and Bereaved. Pauline Sutcliffe et al (eds), $37.95

Working with Children & Teens

Bereavement Support Group Program for Children. Beth Haasl & Jean Marnocha, Leader’s Guide, $23.50 - Participant Workbook, $15.50

Bibliotherapy for Bereaved Children: Healing Reading. Eileen Jones, $42.00

Breaking the Silence: a Guide to Helping Children with Complicated Grief - Suicide, Homicide, AIDS, Violence, and Abuse, 2nd Edition. Linda Goldman, $37.95

But I Didn’t Say Goodbye: For Parents and Professionals Helping Child Suicide Survivors. Barbara Rubel, $24.95

Children and Grief: When a Parent Dies. William Worden ,$31.95

Children Grieve, Too: Helping Children Cope with Grief. Joy Johnson, $6.95 - Video, $64.95 (26 Min)

Children Mourning, Mourning Children. Kenneth Doka (ed), $26.95

Children, Bereavement and Trauma: Nurturing Resilience. Paul Barnard et al, $39.20

Death and the Adolescent: a Resource Handbook for Bereavement Support Groups in Schools. G. Baxter, $19.95

The Forgotten Mourners: Guidelines for Working with Bereaved Children. Susan Smith, $25.95

Growing Through Grief: a K-12 Curriculum to Help Young People Through All Kinds of Loss. Donna O'Toole, $97.95

Handbook of Adolescent Death and Bereavement. Charles Corr & David Balk, $87.95

Handbook of Childhood Death and Bereavement. Charles Corr & Donna Corr (eds), $85.95

Healing Children’s Grief: Surviving a Parent’s Death from Cancer. Grace Hyslop Christ, $43.95

Healing the Bereaved Child: Grief Gardening, Growth through Grief and Other Touchstones for Caregivers. Alan Wolfelt, $63.95

Helping Bereaved Children: a Handbook for Practitioners. Nancy Boyd Webb (ed), $49.95

Helping Children Heal from Loss: a Keepsake Book of Special Memories. Laurie Van-Si & Lynn: Powers, $20.95

Helping Children to Manage Loss: Positive Strategies for Renewal and Growth. Brenda Mallon, $35.95

Helping Teens Work through Grief. Mary Kelly Perschy, $35.00

Interventions with Bereaved Children. Susan Smith & Sister Margaret Pennells (eds), $47.60

Life & Loss: a Guide to Help Grieving Children, 2nd Edition. Linda Goldman, $42.50

Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children’s Lives. Phyllis Rolfe Silverman, $43.95

Reactions: a Workbook to Help Young People Who Are Experiencing Trauma and Grief. Alison Salloum, $14.95

Standing Tall: a Video About Teen Grief. Centering Corporation, $45.95 (20 Min)

A Student Dies, a School Mourns: Dealing with Death and Loss in the School Community. Ralph Klicker, $34.50

Talking with Children and Young People about Death and Dying: A Workbook. Mary Turner, $50.40

Teaching Students About Death: a Comprehensive Resource for Educators and Parents. Robert Stevenson & Eileen Stevenson (eds), $34.95

Understanding Children’s Experiences of Parental Bereavement. John Holland, $37.95

Books for Kids

Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope. Donna O'Toole, $19.95 - Audio tape, $14.95 - Video, $49.95 (6-up)

Am I Still a Sister? Alicia M. Sims, $8.50 (6-9)

Badger's Parting Gifts. Susan Varley, $8.99 (4-8)

Charlotte's Web. E.B. White, $8.95 (6-10)

A Child Remembers: a Write-in Memory Book for Bereaved Children. Enid Traisman, $9.95 (6-10)

A Child’s Book About Death. Earl Grollman & Joy Johnson, $7.95 (6-9)

A Child’s Book About Funerals and Cemeteries. Earl Grollman & Joy Johnson, $7.95 (6-9)

Dad! Why'd You Leave Me? Dorothy R. Frost, $9.95 (7-11)

Daniel's Dog. Jo Ellen Bogart, $4.99 (3-6)

Don’t Despair on Thursdays: The Children’s Grief-Management Book. Adolph Moser, $27.95

Everett Anderson's Goodbye. L. Clifton, $10.95 (4-7)

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf. Leo Buscaglia, $16.95 (3-6)

Finding a Way Through When Someone Close Has Died: What It Feels Like and What You Can Do to Help Yourself. Pat Mood & Lesley Whittaker, $22.40 (9-12)

Forever in My Heart: a Story to Help Children Participate in Life as a Parent Dies. Jennifer Levine, $11.95 (6-10)

Gentle Willow: a Story for Children About Dying. Joyce Mills, $13.95 (4-8)

Goodbye Forever: Bereavement Activity Book. Jim & Joan Boulden, $6.50 (5-8)

Grandma’s Gone to Live in the Stars. Max Haynes, $26.95 (2-5)

Healing Your Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Kids. Alan Wolfelt, $10.95 (6-12)

Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies. Janis Silverman, $15.95

I Don’t Have an Uncle Phil Anymore. Marjorie White Pellegrino. $24.95 (4-10)

I Heard Your Daddy Died. Mark Scrivani, $9.95 (5-8)

I Heard Your Mommy Died. Mark Scrivani, $8.50 (5-8)

I Miss You: a First Look at Death. Pat Thomas, $9.50 (4-7)

I Wish I Could Hold Your Hand: a Child's Guide to Grief and Loss. Pat Palmer, $19.95 (4-8)

Lifetimes: the Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children. Mellonie & Ingpen, $19.95 (3-6)

Molly’s Mom Died: a Child’s Book of Hope Through Grief. Margaret Holmes, $11.95 (5-8)

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs. Tomie de Paola, $8.99 (6-9)

Part of Me Died, Too: Stories of Creative Survival Among Bereaved Children and Teenagers. Virgina Lynn Fry, $32.00

Poppy’s Chair. Karen Hesse. Kay Life, $7.99 (4-8)

Remembering Mum. Ginny Perkins and Leon Morris, $10.95 (5-8)

Remembering Pets: a Book for Children Who Have Lost a Special Friend. Gina Dalpral-Berman, $22.50 (4-6)

Sad Isn’t Bad: a Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss. Michaelene Mundy, $10.95

The Saddest Time. Norma Simon, $9.95 (6-9)

Sammy's Mommy Has Cancer. Sherry Kohlenberg, $13.95 (9-12)

Sam’s Dad Died: a Child’s Book of Hope through Grief. Margaret Holmes, $11.95 (5-8)

Saying Goodbye to Daddy. Judith Vigna, $23.95 (4-8)

Saying Goodbye to Your Pet: Children Can Learn to Cope with Pet Loss. Marge Heegaard, $15.95 (5-12)

Saying Goodbye: Bereavement Activity Book. Jim & Joan Boulden, $6.50 (6-12)

Someone Special Died. Joan Singleton Prestine, $11.95/Resource Guide, $14.95 (4-8)

Someone Special Is Very Sick: Serious Illness Activity Book. Jim & Joan Boulden, $9.95 (5-8)

Something to Remember Me By: an Illustrated Story for Young and Old. Susan Bosak & Laurie McGaw, $6.95

Stacy Had a Little Sister. Wendie Old & Judith Friedman, $23.95 (SIDS) (4-8)

Sunflower Mountain. Kathleen Foster-Morgan, $12.95 (4-8)

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney. Viorst & Blegvad, $6.99 (5-9)

Too Far Away to Touch. Leslea Newman, $9.95 (AIDS) (5-8)

Upside-Down Cake. Carol Carrick, $22.95 (father loss) (8-11)

Vanishing Cookies: Doing OK When a Parent Has Cancer. Michelle Goodman, $17.95 (7-up)

Waiting for the Whales. Sheryl McFarlane & Ron Lightburn, $8.95 (4-8)

When a Pet Dies. Fred Rogers, $8.50 (3-5)

What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies? Trevor Romain, $12.95 (8-12)

When Dinosaurs Die: a Guide to Understanding Death. Laurie Krasny Brown & Marc Brown, $10.95 (4-8)

When Someone Dies. Sharon Greenlee, $23.95 (6-12)

When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness. Marge Heegaard, $10.95 (9-12)

When Someone Very Special Dies. Marge Heegaard, $10.95 (6-10)

Where is Grandpa? T.A. Barron, illustrated by Chris Soentpiet, $9.99

You Hold Me and I’ll Hold You. Joe Carson, $9.95 (4-7)

Books for Teens

The Color of Absence: 12 Stories About Loss and Hope. James Howe (ed), $24.50

Common Threads of Teenage Grief. By Teens Who Know & Janet N. Tyson, $19.95

Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins: a Journal for Teenagers Experiencing A Loss. Enid Samuel Traisman, $14.95

The Grieving Teen: a Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends. Helen Fitzgerald, $17.75

Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens: 100 Practical Ideas. Alan Wolfelt, $17.95

Help for the Hard Times: Getting Through Loss. Earl Hipp, $22.50

I Will Remember You--What to Do When Someone You Love Dies: a Guidebook Through Grief for Teens. L. Dower, $15.99

Part of Me Died, Too: Stories of Creative Survival Among Bereaved Children and Teenagers. Virginia Lynn Fry, $32.00

Remembering Mog. Colby Rodowsky, $4.99

Saying It Out Loud. Joan Abelove, 8.99

Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love. Earl Grollman, $17.95

When a Friend Dies: a Book for Teens About Grieving & Healing. Marilyn Gootman, $16.95

When a Parent has Cancer: a Guide to Caring for Your Children. Wendy Schlessel Harpham, $38.00