Helpful Resources for Grief

Helping Children Cope

Bluebond-Langner, M. The Private Worlds of Dying Children.
Cassini, Kathleen & Rogers, Jacqueline. Death and the Classroom: A Teacher's Guide to Assist Grieving Students.
Crase, D.R. & Crase, D. Helping Children Understand Death.
Dougy Center. Helping the Grieving Student: A Guide for Teachers.
Fitzgerald, Helen. The Grieving Child; A Parent's Guide.
Grollman, Earl A. Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child.
Grollman, Earl & Johnson, Joy: A Teenager's Book About Suicide.
Hipp, Earl. The Caring Circle: Facilitator's Guide to Support Groups (goes with Help for Hard Times under Teen resources).
Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth. On Children and Death.
O'Toole, Donna. Growing Through Grief: A K-12 Curriculum to Help Young People Through all Kinds of Loss.
Schaefer, Dan & Lyons, Christine. How Do We Tell The Children, A Parents Guide To Helping Children Understand And Cope
Stevenson, Robert. What Will We Do? Preparing a School Community to Cope with a Crisis. [temporarily out of stock]

When Someone Dies

Wolfelt, Alan. Helping Children Cope With Grief.
Wolfelt, Alan. Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart.
Wolfelt, Alan. Understanding Grief.
Alexander, S. Nadia the Willful.
Bahr, Mary. If Nathan Were Here.
Blackburn, Lynn Bennett. The Class In Room Forty-Fonr: When A Classmate Dies.
Blackburn, Lynn Bennett. Timothy Duck: The Story of A Death Of A Friend.
Blackburn, Lynn Bennett. I Know I Made it Happen: Children & Guilt.
Boritzer, Etan. What is Death?
Bosak, Susan. Something to Remember Me By.
Boulden, Jim, and Joan. Saying Goodbye: Bereavement Activity Book.
Burningham, John. Grandpa.
Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf.
Clardy, Andrea F. Dusty Was My Friend.
Cohn, Janice. I Had a Friend Named Peter.
DePaola, Tamie. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs.
Dodge, Nancy. Thumpy's Story; A Story of Love and Grief Shared.
Fassler, Joan. My Grandpa Died Today.
Goldstein, Ray, and Jody. Where's Jess?
Green, Phyllis. A New Mother for Martha.
Gryte, Marilyn. No New Baby.
Hanson, Warren. The Next Place.
Hazen, Barbara. Why Did Grandpa Die?
Heegaard, Marge. When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief.
Heegaard, Marge. When Something Terrible Happens.
Smith, Doris.A Taste of Blackberries.
Thomas, P. I Miss You.
Tiffault, E. A Quilt for Elizabeth.
Viorst, J. The Tenth Good Thing About Barney.
White E.B. Charlottes Web.
Williams, Margery. The Velveteen Rabbit.
Wolfelt, Alan. Sarah's Journey.

The Dying Child

Breebaart, Joeri. When I Die Will I get Better?
Maple, Marilyn. On the Wings of a Butterfly.
Blume, Judy. Tiger Eyes.

For Teenagers

Branfield, J. A Fox in the Winter.
Fitzgerald, Helen. The Grieving Teen.
Goolman, Marilyn E. When A Friend Dies.
Gravelle, K. and Haskins, C. Teenagers Face to Face with Bereavement.
Grollman, Earl A.Straight Talk About Death For Teenagers.
Grollman, Earl A. Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide: Or even starts

Talking about it.

Hipp, Earl. Help for the Hard Times: Getting Through Grief and Loss
Krementz, J. and Knopf, A. How It Feels When a Parent Dies.
Mack, S. Janet and Me.
O'Toole, Donna. Facing Change.
Paterson, K. The Bridge to Terabithia.
Scrivani, Mark. When Death Walks In.

Grief Books:

Surviving the Death of Your Spouse: A Step-by-Step Workbook, by Deborah S. Levinson
Caregiving, by Beth Witrogen McLeod
Grief's Courageous Journey: A Workbook, by Sandi Caplan and Gordon Lang
Life after Loss: A Practical Guide, by Bob Deits
Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul, by Jack Canfield and Mark Hanson
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Unattended Sorrow: Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart, by Stephen Levine
Surviving Grief and Learning to Live Again, by Catherine M. Saunders
The Mourning Handbook, by Helen Fitzgerald
Healing Your Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas, by Alan D. Wolfelt
Life Lessons, by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler
How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies, by Therese A. Rando
A Year to Live: How to Live This Year As If It Were Your Last, by Stephen Levine
Letting Go With Love: The Grieving Process, by Nancy O'Connor
The Dying Time: Practical Wisdom for the Dying and Their Caregivers, by Joan Furman and David McNabb
Companion Through the Darkness: Inner Dialogues on Grief, by Stephanie Ericsson
Don't Let Death Ruin Your Life: A Practical Guide, by Jill Brooke
A Time to Grieve: Meditations for Healing, by Carol Staudacher
Too Soon Old Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now, by Gordon Livingston
Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss, by Sameet M. Kumar
When your Spouse Dies, by Cathleen L. Curry
Five Good Minutes: 100 Morning Practices to Help You Stay Calm and Focused All Day Long, by Jeffrey Brantley and Wendy Millstine
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working through Grief, by Martha W. Hickman
Gay Widowers: Life After the Death of a Partner, by Michael Shernoff (Editor)
A Journey Through Grief: Gentle, Specific Help, by Aila Renee Bozarth
The Grief Recovery Handbook, by John W. James and Russell Friedman
Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief, by Pauline Boss
The Precious Present, by Spencer Johnson
Life After Loss: Conquering Grief and Finding Hope, by Raymond A. Moody, Jr. and Dianne Arcangel
Writing to Heal the Soul: Transforming Grief and Loss Through Writing, by Susan Zimmerman
In Lieu of Flowers: A Conversation for the Living, by Nancy Cobb
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, by Sogyal Rinpoche
Seven Choices: Finding Hope after Loss Shatters Your World, by Elizabeth Harper Neeld
Grieving the Death of a Mother, by Harold Ivan Smith
I'm Grieving As Fast As I Can, by Linda Sones Feinberg
Sibling Grief: Healing after the Death of a Sister or Brother, by P. Gill White
Good Grief: Healing Through the Shadow of Loss, by Deborah Morris Coryell
Grace for Grief: Daily Comfort for Those Who Mourn, by Michael and Brenda Pink
Angel Catcher,by Kathy Eldon and Amy Eldon Turteltaub
When Parents Die by Rebecca Abrams
The Healing Power of Love: Transcending the Loss of a Spouse to a New Love, by Gloria Lintermans and Marilyn Stoltzman
Loss and Found: How We Survived the Loss of a Young Spouse, by Gary and Kathy Young
Books by John Edward
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss, by Hope Edelman
Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children, by Doris Stickney
A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss, by Jerry Sittser
No Time For Goodbyes: Coping with Sorrow, Anger, and Injustice After a Tragic Death, by Janice Harris Lord
I Wasn't Ready To Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing after the Sudden Death of a Loved One by Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair, PhD
Widow to Widow by Genevieve Davis Ginsburg
Finding Your Way through Grief: A Guide for the First Year by Marty Tousley
Healing the Adult Child's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Parent Dies, by Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD
Healing the Adult Child's Grieving Heart by Alan D. Wolfelt
How to Survive Your Grief When Someone You Love Has Died by Susan Fuller
Seven Choices: Finding Daylight After Loss Shatters Your World by Elizabeth Harper Neeld
Facing the Ultimate Loss: Confronting the Death of a Child by Robert J. Marx and Susan Wengerhoff Davidson
The Ultimate Loss: Coping with the Death of a Child by Joan Bordow
Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love by Matthew Logelin
A Widow's Story: A Memoir by Joyce Carol Oates
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamieson
Love Never Ends by Connie Martin and Barry Dundas
Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear and Despair by Miriam Greenspan
Loving from the Outside In, Mourning from the Inside Out by Alan D. Wolfelt
Happily Even After: A Guide to Getting Through (and Beyond) The Grief of Widowhood by Carole Brody Fleet
The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller
Stunned by Grief: Remapping Your Life When Loss Changes Everything by Judy Brizendine
Gaining Traction - Starting Over After the Death of Your Life Partner by Peggy Panagotacos
Colors of Loss and Healing: An Adult Coloring Book for Getting Through Tough Times by Deborah S. Derman
Grief Diaries: How to Help The Newly Bereaved by Linda Cheldelin Fell, et al
Hope and Healing for Transcending Loss: Daily Meditations for Those Who Are Grieving by Ashley Davis Bush
The Tender Scar: Life After the Death of a Spouse by Richard L. Mabry
A Gift of Love: A Widow's Memoir by Linda Della Donna
Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive by Allison Gilbert
Tears to Triumph: The Spiritual Journey from Suffering to Enlightenment by Marianne Williamson
Grief Is A Journey: Finding Your Path Through Loss by Kenneth J. Doka
Grieving with Hope: Finding Comfort as You Journey Through Loss by Samuel J. Hodges and Kathy Leonard
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Grief One Day At A Time: 365 Meditations to Help You Heal After Loss by Alan Wolfelt
The Gift of Second: Healing from the Impact of Suicide by Brandy Lidbeck
Being There for Someone in Grief by Marianna Cacciatori
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
Never Long Enough by Rabbi Joseph Krakoff and Dr. Michelle Sider
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Bearing The Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Joanne Cacciatore
Ruthless Grieving: The Journey to Acceptance and Beyond by Susan Powers
Getting Grief Right: Finding Your Story of Love in The Sorrow of Loss by Patrick O'Malley and Tim Madigan
We Get It: Voices of Grieving College Students and Young Adults by Heather Servaty-Seib and David Fajgenbaum
Life After the Diagnosis: Expert Advice on Living Well with Serious Illness for Patients and Caregivers by Steven Z. Pantilat, MD
It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand by Megan Devine
One Mindful Day at a Time: 365 Daily Meditations for Living in the Now by Alan D. Wolfelt
A to Z Healing Toolbox: A Practical Guide for Navigating Grief and Trauma with Intention by Susan Hannifin-MacNab