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Resources for Children Impacted by Grief & Loss

This list is not comprehensive, nor is it an endorsement on our part. The information is being provided in response to your request for reading material and resources for grief support. Bereavement Department ~ Hospice of East Texas (903) 266-3447 Updated 7/27/2010

For Bereaved Parents Title Crider, Tom Give Sorrow Words: A Father’s Passage Through Grief Fitzgerald, Helen The Grieving Child Lowenstein Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children McCracken, Anne & A Broken Heart Still Beats: After Your Child Dies Sernel, Mary Petersen, Jerre Heart Works: A Father’s Grief Rando, Therese A Parental Loss of a Child Schaefer, Dan How Do We Tell the Children? Schiff, Harriet Sarnoff The Bereaved Parent Talbot, Kay What Forever Means after the Death of a Child: Transcending the Trauma, Living with the Loss

For Adults to Help Title Kids Fitzgerald, Helen The Grieving Child Hipp, Earl Books for Grieving Young People and for the Adults Who Love Them Help for the Hard Times: Getting Through Loss

Krementz, Jill How It Feels When a Parent Dies (interviews with kids, 7 – 16, who speak openly about their experiences and feelings) Kroen, William Helping Children Cope With the Loss of a Loved One Lowenstein Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children Schaefer, Dan How Do We Tell the Children? Schiff, Harriet Sarnoff The Bereaved Parent Tyson, Janet N Common Threads of Teenage Grief: A Handbook for Healing & Teens Who Know Resources for Children Impacted by Grief & Loss

Author ~ Preschool to 6 Title year olds Buscoglia, Leo Fall of Freddie the Leaf Deuch & Britain My Grandma Died Johnson, Joy Keys to Helping Children Lifetimes The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children Mills, Joyce C Gentle Willow Sanford, Doris It Must Hurt a Lot Shriver, Maria What’s Heaven? Stickney Water Bugs & Dragonflies Thomas, Pat I Miss You

Author ~ 6 to 11 year Title olds Johnson, Joy and Marv Tell Me Pappa McGregor, Barbara Jungle Journey McGregor, Cynthia Why Do People Die? Schliefer, Jay Everything You Need to Know When Someone You Know Has Been Killed

Author ~ Tween to Teen Title Ages Moser Adolph Don’t Despair on Thursdays Blulme, Judy Tiger Eyes (Two friends whose fathers have died---one suddenly, the other of a slow illness---explore how to say good-bye after a loved one is already dead, and which kind of death is hardest to endure) Pat Brisson Sky Memories (Fiction, chapter book) Wolfelt, Alan Healing Your Grieving Hearts for Teens

Resources for Children Impacted by Grief & Loss