Books with an “*” can be found in the Parenting Collection in the Children’s Department.
Picture Books (JE)
*Across the Meadow, by Ben Schecter JE Schecter
Always and Forever, by Alan Durant JE Durant
*Come Back, Grandma, Sue Limb JE Limb
*Fireflies, Peach Pies, and Lullabies, by Virginia Kroll JE Kroll
*Good-Bye, Vivi!, by Antonie Schneider JE Schneider
My Grandfather’s House, by Bruce Coville JE Coville
The Hickory Chair, by Lisa Faustino JE Faustino
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, by Tomie DePaola JE DePaola
Sophie, by Mem Fox JE Fox
*Tear Soup: a Recipe for Healing After Loss, by Pat Schwiebert JE Schwiebert
What is Heaven Like?, by Beverly Lewis JE Lewis
*What’s Heaven?, by Maria Shriver JE Shriver
*Where Do People Go When They Die?, by Mindy Portnoy JE Portnoy
Non-Fiction Books for Parents and Children
Bereaved Children and Teens: A Support Guide for Parents and Professionals
155.937 Bereaved
Guiding Your Child Through Grief, by Mary Ann Emswiler 155.937 Emswiler
Helping Children Cope with Grief, by Alan Wolfelt 155.937 Wolfelt
How to Help Children Through a Parent’s Serious Illness, by Kathleen McCue
649.1 McCue
On Children and Death, by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 155.9 Kubler-Ross
*Our Dad Died: The True Story of Three Kid’s Whose Lives Changed, by Amy Dennison J J 155.937 Dennison
*Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child, by Earl Grollman
J 155.93 Grollman
When a Friend Dies: a Book for Teens About Grieving and Healing, by Marilyn E. Gootman 155.937 Gootman
When children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal With Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses, by John W. James 155.93 James
*When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death, by Laurene Brown
J 155.937 Brown
*Why Did Grandpa Die? : A Book About Death, by Barbara Hazen J 306.9 Hazen
*Why Did He Die?, by Audrey Hams J 155.93 Hams