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Parents' Primer: Death

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

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
PTC J155.937 REQUA	Requarth, Margo	After a Parent's Suicide: Helping Children Heal "…a ground-breaking 'how-to' guide for parent survivors: how to manage both the immediate and long-term implications of a suicide, how to talk to your children…"--back cover.	2008
J155.9	Powell, E. Sandy	Geranium Morning Two friends who lose parents, one suddenly in an accident and one by illness, learn to deal with their grief.	1990
J155.9 STENS	Stenson, Lila and Anna	Daddy, Up and Down: Sisters Grieve the Loss of their Daddy This story was written by two sisters whose father passed away and who wanted "to help other children who had lost their daddies or mommies."--inside front cover.	2002
J155.937 BONAD	Bonadonna, Chad	Good Grief: A Child's Grieving Process	2008
J155.937 BRATM, 1998	Bratman, Fred	Everything You Need to Know when a Parent Dies A guide to coping with the stresses and emotions arising after the death of a parent.	1998
J155.937 DOKAS	Dokas, Dara	Remembering Mama A fictional story illustrates different emotional reactions to the loss of a parent, and a variety of nonfiction activities are suggested to help express grief.	2002
J155.937 LEE	Lee, Marlene	The Hero In My Pocket Children in military families who have lost a parent, and adult caregivers.	2005
J155.937	Scrivani, Mark	I Heard Your Daddy Died This book is for the child ages 2-6. It is a simple and helpful tool for family and caregivers to read to the child who has lost a parent.--back cover.	1996
J155.937	Weitzman, Elizabeth	Let's Talk About When a Parent Dies Provides advice on surviving the death of a parent and suggests what feelings and behavior to expect from others.	1996
J811 SMITH	Smith, Hope Anita	Mother Poems This collection of poems tell the story of a girl who loves her mother while she is alive and grieves for her after her death.	2009
JE BUNTI	Bunting, Eve	The Memory String While still grieving for her mother and unable to accept her stepmother, a girl clings to the memories represented by forty-three buttons on a string.	2000
JE CLIFT	Clifton, Lucille	Everett Anderson's Goodbye Everett Anderson has a difficult time coming to terms with his grief after his father dies.	1988
JE COHEN	Cohen, Cindy Klein	Daddy's Promise Daddy's Promise is the story of a little boy's journey of discovery after the death of his father...Jesse's questions are answered by both his mother and a series of dreams where Jesse visits his father and learns about life, death and life after death.--	1997
JE COPEL	Copeland, Kathe Martin	Mama's Going to Heaven Soon A loving and supportive father tells his children that their sick mother is going to die. Includes advice for caregivers on how to talk to youngsters about death.	2005
JE DOYLE	Doyle, Roddy	Her Mother's Face Siobhán and her father continue to feel sad in the years following the death of Siobhán's mother, until Siobhán follows the advice of a mysterious woman.	2008
JE HARBE	Harber, Frances	The Brothers' Promise When the brothers Yankel and Josef keep their promise to their dying father by sharing with one another, they cause the angels in heaven to weep with joy.	1998
JE KAPLO	Kaplow, Julie B	Samantha Jane's Missing Smile: A Story about Coping with the Loss of a Parent Samantha Jane's neighbor helps her deal with the loss of her father.	2007
JE LANTO	Lanton, Sandy	Daddy's Chair When Michael's father dies, his family sits shiva, observing the Jewish week of mourning, and remembers the good things about him.	1991
JE MADEN	Madenski, Melissa	Some of the Pieces A year after the death of the father, two children and their mother try to come to terms with their loss.	1991
JE MERRI	Merrifield, Margaret	Morning Light: An Educational Storybook for Children and Their Caregivers About HIV/AIDS and Saying Goodbye Twins Max and Maggie have sad feelings as they say goodbye to their dying mother, but they also share wonderful memories of her. This book gives advice for adults to help children cope with the loss of a loved one.	1995
JE MOUND	Moundlic, Charlotte	The Scar When his mother dies, a little boy is angry at his loss but does everything he can to hold onto the memory of her scent, her voice, and the special things she did for him, even as he tries to help his father and grandmother cope.	2011
JE NAPOL	Napoli, Donna Jo	Flamingo Dream Grieving over her father's death from cancer, a young girl celebrates their last year together by making a book that includes momentos and a story.	2002
JE SCHIC	Schick, Eleanor	Mama A child remembers special moments with Mama and starts to feel better after grieving over her death.	2000
JE SPELM	Spelman, Cornelia	After Charlotte's Mom Died Because her mom's death causes six-year-old Charlotte to feel sad, mad, and scared, she and her dad visit a therapist who helps them acknowledge and express their feelings.	1996
JE VIGNA	Vigna, Judith	Saying Goodbye to Daddy Frightened, lonely, and angry after her father is killed in a car accident, Clare is helped through the grieving process by her mother and grandfather.	1991
J CARES	Carestio, Michael A	Black Jack Jetty: A Boy's Journey through Grief After Jack's father is killed in Afghanistan, his mother takes him to the Atlantic shore to spend the summer with family.	2010
J COCHR	Cochrane, Mick	The Girl who Threw Butterflies Molly joins the boys' baseball team as a way to help her feel connected to her recently deceased father.	2009
J EDWAR	Edwards, Michelle	Papa's Latkes Selma experiences her first Chanukah with her father and sister after the death of her mother.	2004
J FEHLE	Fehler, Gene	Never Blame the Umpire Kate depends on the support of her faith, family, and friends while her mom is dying of cancer.	2010
J KUHLM	Kuhlman, Evan	The Last Invisible Boy After the death of his father, Finn writes in his journal about how he is actually disappearing.	2008
J LOPEZ	Lopez, Diana	Confetti Girl Lina learns to move on with her life after the death of her mother.	2009
J SHEIN	Sheinmel, Courtney	Positively At a summer camp for HIV-positive girls, Emmy deals with the loss of her mother to AIDS.	2009
J SILBE	Silberberg, Alan	Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze Through text and cartoons, Milo struggles with the loss of his mother and being the new kid.	2010

WEBSITES

Hospice
Information for helping a child who has lost a parent.
http://www.hospicenet.org/html/parent.html

KidsHealth
http://kidshealth.org.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/contentpage/pi_id/14

TweenParent.Com: Your Parenting Source for the Preteen Years
http://www.tweenparent.com/articles/view/166

KidsHealth: Helping Your Child Deal with Death
http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/death.html

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This list was created and is maintained by Children's Services Librarians.
General comments and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.info, or to Mary R. Voors, Manager, Children's Services at mvoors@acpl.info.