Suggested Readings for Children on Grief, Loss and Death
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PRE-SCHOOL AND EARLY ELEMENTARY AGED CHILDREN
- When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
- The Happy Funeral by E. Bunting (Harper and Row)
- Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton (Reading Rainbow)
- Talking About Death by Earl Grollman (Beacon Press)
- Last Week My Brother Anthony Dies by M. W. Hickman (Abington Press)
- Lifetimes by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen (Bantam Books)
- Jasper's Day by Marjorie Blain Parker (Kids Can Press)
- Geranium Morning by Sandy E. Powell (Carolrhoda Books)
- Why Did Grandpa Die? By B. Shook-Hazen (Western Publishing Co)
- A Quilt for Elizabeth by B. Tiffault (Centering Corporation)
- Saying Goodbye to Daddy by Judith Vigna (Albert Whitman & Co)
ELEMENTARY AGED CHILDREN
- The Accident by C. Carrick (Houghton Mifflin)
- Dusty Was My Friend by A.F. Claudy (Human Science Press)
- Poppy's Chair by K. Hesse (Macmillan Publishing Co)
- Emily's Sadhappy Season by S. Lowden-Golightly (Centering Corporation)
- The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn (Child Welfare League of America)
- Taste of Blackberries by D.B. Smith (Thomas Crowell Co)
OLDER ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN
- Where the Balloons Go by Paul Coleman (Centering Corporation)
- Sun & Spoon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books)
- You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye by P. Hermes (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
- Bridge to Terabithia by K. Paterson (Harper and Row)
MIDDLE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN
- Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume (Bradbury Press)
- Beat the Turtle Drum by C. Greene (Viking Press)
HIGH SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN
- A Matter of Time by R. Schotter (Collins Press)
- Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins by Enid Traisman (Centering Corporation)
- Part of Me Died, Too by Virginia Fry (Dutton Penguin)