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Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J EDWAR	Edwards, Michelle	Stinky Stern Forever In this installment of the chapter book series, Pa Lia and her classmates share memories of Stinky Stern, the second-grade bully.	2005
J HEST	Hest, Amy	Remembering Mrs. Rossi When Mrs. Rossi suddenly dies, she leaves not only her eight-year-old daughter Annie, but also a class full of students who pour out their hearts in a scrapbook for Annie. With tenderness and humor, Hest reveals the struggles of a father and daughter as they forge a new life.	2007
J	White Deer of Autumn	The Great Change A Native American grandmother explains the meaning of death, or the Great Change, to her questioning granddaughter.	1992
J129	Hanson, Warren	The Next Place An inspirational journey to a place where earthly hurts are left behind.	1997
J155 KANYE	Kanyer, Laurie A.	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 Your child has suffered a loss and you feel helpless. But something can be done to soothe heart and mind and body.	2001
J155.9	Coleman, William L.	When Someone You Love Dies Writing for children 8-12 and their parents, Coleman discusses the fears and questions that young people have when someone they love dies.	1994
J155.9	Greenlee, Sharon	When Someone Dies In a picture book format, Greenlee offers help in dealing with the confusion and hurt felt by children and adults alike.	1992
J155.9	Heegaard, Marge Eaton	Coping with Death and Grief Discusses death as a natural occurrence, what happens when someone dies, and how to deal with feelings of loss and grief.	1990
J155.9 HOLDE	Holden, L. Dwight	Gran-Gran's Best Trick: A Story for Children Who Have Lost Someone They Love	1989
J155.9	Mellonie, Bryan	Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children All around us, everywhere, beginnings and endings are going on all the time.	1983
J155.9	Simon, Norma	The Saddest Time Explains death as the inevitable end of life and provides three situations in which children experience powerful emotions when someone close has died.	1986
J155.9	Stein, Sarah Bonnett	About Dying: An Open Family Book for Parents and Children Together Stein seeks to help families deal with death through separate texts for grownups and children.	1984
J155.937 AMOS	Amos, Janine	Death Uses letters, stories, and informational text to help children cope with the death of a loved one.	2002
J155.937	Boritzer, Etan	What Is Death? The author presents the concept of death to children with examples of customs and beliefs from various religions and cultures.	2000
J155.937	Boulden, Jim & Joan	Saying Goodbye This award winning book is a gentle, non-threatening presentation of death with a healing discussion of emotional issues.	1992
J155.937	Brown, Laurene Krasny	When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death Explains in simple language the feelings people may have regarding the death of a loved one and the ways to honor the memory of someone who has died.	1996
J155.937 FAITH	Faith, Susan	Purple Love Sarah and her mother have a loving conversation about life and death.	2001
J155.937	Faith, Susan	Purple Love Sarah and her mother walk through a magnificent meadow which leads them to a warm and inspiring lesson about life, death and the power of love.	2001
J155.937 GOLDM	Goldman, Linda	Children Also Grieve: Talking about Death and Healing ...an imaginative, full illustrated, interactive storybook for bereaved children and those who care for them.--inside front cover.	2006
J155.937 HAGGA	Haggard, Geraldine	Plans: Using Story Books to Help Elementary School Age Children Understand Death and the Grieving Process	2005
J155.937	Heegaard, Marge Eaton	When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief This book was designed to teach children about death, to recognize and express feelings of grief, encourage open communication, and help adults discover unhealthy misconceptions the child may have.	1988
J155.937 HEWIT	Hewitt, Sally	When People Die Case studies and helpful advice for kids who have experienced death of a close loved one	2009
J155.937	Joslin, Mary	The Goodbye Boat Presents the phenomena of grief and loss and the concept that death is not the end.	1998
J155.937	Kuehn, Eileen	Death: Coping with the Pain Provides ideas on dealing with death, as well as how to move beyond it and return to a normal life.	2001
J155.937 LEVET	Levete, Sarah	When People Die Helps young children deal with difficult circumstances in life, such as handling the death of a loved one, and provides useful strategies and helpful solutions.	2009
J155.937	MacGregor, Cynthia	Why Do People Die?: Helping Your Child Understand -- With Love and Illustrations Explains death, its effect on the living, and some of the beliefs, customs, and rituals associated with it.	1999
J155.937	Mundy, Michaelene	Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss Helps comfort children facing of the worst and hardest kind of reality.	1998
J155.937 MURPH	Murphy, Patricia J.	Death	2008
J155.937	Silverman, Janis	Help Me Say Goodbye This book encourages children to express their feelings in words or pictures to remember their special friend or relative.	1999
J155.937	Sprung, Barbara	Death Discusses what it feels like to experience the death of a loved one, outlines the stages of grief and mourning, and describes ways to honor or remember someone who died.	1998
J155.937	Thomas, Pat	I Miss You: A First Look at Death Children's feelings and questions about death are looked at in a simple but realistic way.	2000
J155.937	Winsch, Jane Loretta	After the Funeral Discusses the various feelings accompanying the death of a loved one, including sadness, grief, and the fear of death itself.	1995
J155.937	Wolfelt, Alan D.	Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids: 100 Practical Ideas Simple advice and activities for children after a death.	2001
J242.4 ROCK	Rock, Lois	When Goodbye Is Forever This book discusses the spiritual aspects of death in a simple and straightforward way.	2004
J248.86	Gellman, Marc	Lost & Found: A Kid's Book for Living Through Loss Describes different kinds of losses -- losing possessions, competitions, health, trust, and the permanent loss because of death -- and discusses how to handle these situations.	1999
J362.28 AFTER		After a Suicide: A Workbook for Grieving Kids A workbook for kids who have known someone who died by suicide, put together by The Dougy Center, The National Center for Grieving Children and Families.	2001
J362.28 CAMMA	Cammarata, Doreen	Someone I Love Died by Suicide : A Story for Child Survivors and Those Who Care for Them Describes the various feelings survivors may have when someone close to them commits suicide, provides assurance that suicide is the result of depression and not the fault of family and friends, and suggests ways to cope with the situation.	2009
J393.9	Onyefulu, Ifeoma	Saying Goodbye: A Special Farewell to Mama Nkwelle Ikenna, who lives in eastern Nigeria, tells of the funeral preparations for his great-grandmother.	2001
J571.8 THORN	Thornhill, Jan	I Found a Dead Bird: The Kid's Guide to the Cycle of Life & Death The death of a bird is the jumping-off point for this intelligent, wide-ranging look at the cycle of life.	2006
JE BRISS	Brisson, Pat	I Remember Miss Perry When his teacher, Miss Perry, is killed in a car accident, Stevie and his elementary school classmates take turns sharing memories of her, especially her fondest wish for each day.	2006
JE	Brown, Margaret Wise	The Dead Bird Finding a still warm but dead bird, a group of children give it a fitting burial and every day, until they forget, come again to the woods to sing to the dead bird and place fresh flowers on its grave.	1965
JE	Dickerson, Julie G.	Grandpa's Berries This book, written by a clinical hypnotherapist specializing in emotional healing in children, aims to help children and their parents deal with grief and loss.	1995
JE	Durant, Alan	Always and Forever A family of forest animals learns to cope with the death of a loved one.	2004
JE HAZEN	Hazen, Barbara	Why Did Grandpa Die?	1985
JE KAULE	Kaulen, Diane Bouman	In the Wake of Suicide : A Child's Journey After struggling with feelings of anger, grief, and guilt, Max learns to rely on God's strength and his family's Christian faith while coping with his father's suicide.	2008
JE	Mills, Joyce C.	Gentle Willow: A Story for Children About Dying Amanda is upset that she is going to lose her friend Gentle Willow, but the Tree Wizards help her understand that her memories are gifts from her friend and that there are special ways of saying goodbye.	1994
JE	Newman, Leslâea	Too Far Away to Touch Zoe's favorite uncle Leonard takes her to a planetarium and explains that if he dies he will be like the stars, too far away to touch, close enough to see.	1995
JE PORTN	Portnoy, Mindy Avra	Where Do People Go When They Die? Children ask different adults and themselves about death and receive a wide variety of answers. Includes an afterword and suggestions for parents.	2004
JE	Prestine, Joan Singleton	Someone Special Died A young girl describes the anger and sadness she feels after someone she loved dies, and makes a scrapbook to remember the things they did together.	2003
JE PUTTO	Puttock, Simon	A Story for Hippo: A Book about Loss Hippo and Monkey are best, best, best friends and when the wise old Hippo dies, Monkey is very sad until Chameleon helps him remember the stories he and Hippo shared.	2001
JE ROSEN	Rosen, Michael	Michael Rosen's Sad Book A man tells about all the emotions that accompany his sadness over the death of his son, and how he tries to cope.	2004
JE SCHWI	Schwiebert, Pat	Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing after Loss Grandy has just suffered a big loss in her life, and so she is cooking up her own unique batch of 'tear soup'. Her tear soup will help to bring her comfort and ultimately help to fill the void in her life that was created by her loss.--inside front cover.	1999
JE	Varley, Susan	Badger's Parting Gifts Badger's friends are sad when he dies, but they treasure the legacies he left them.	1984
JE	Warfel, Elizabeth Stuart	The Blue Pearls Angels have gathered to sew a beautiful blue gown for a young mother, Elise, on Earth who is preparing to die and join the angels.	2001

WEB SITES

Developmental Considerations Concerning Children's Grief
Chart depicting children's concepts of death, grief response, signs of distress and possible interventions at various ages, 2-18.
http://www.kidsource.com/sids/childrensgrief.html

Erin's House
The mission of Fort Wayne's Erin’s House for Grieving Children is to provide support services for children, teens and their families who have suffered the death of a loved one.
http://www.erinshouse.org

Grief of Children
Common expressions of children's grief and suggestions for caring responses.
http://www.kidsource.com/sids/grief.html

Raindrop-Death Education for Children of All Ages
A digital story.
http://iul.com/raindrop/index.htm

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This list was created and is maintained by Children's Services Librarians.
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