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Children's Booklist - Coping with Grief and Death


Title: Where is Grandpa?
Author: Barron
Summary: As his family reminisces after his beloved grandfather's death, a boy realizes that his grandfather is still with him in all the special places they shared.


Title: When Dinosaurs Dies: A Guide to Undestanding Death.
Author: Brown
Summary: 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.


Title: Rudi's Pond.
Author: Bunting
Summary: When a sick boy dies, his friends and classmates remember him by building a schoolyard pond in his memory.


Title: Grandma's Purple Flowers
Author: Burrowes
Summary: A young girl recalls her visits with her grandmother during each season of the year, until the winter when she dies.


Title: Molly's Rosebush
Author: Cohn
Summary: When the new baby they've been expecting isn't strong enough to be born, Molly and her family find different ways to express their feelings and comfort each other.


Title: The Grandad Tree
Author: Cooke
Summary: The changing nature of their apple tree, as it grows and goes through the seasons, reminds Leigh and Vin of their grandfather, who is gone but lives on in their memories.


Title: A Dog Like Jack
Author: DiSalvo-Ryan
Summary: After a long life of chasing squirrels, licking ice cream cones, and loving his adoptive family, an old dog comes to the end of his days.


Title: One More Wednesday
Author: Doray
Summary: When a little animal's grandmother dies, he remembers good times with her and asks his mother about death.


Title: Goodbye Mousie
Author: Harris
Summary: A boy grieves for his dead pet Mousie, helps to bury him, and begins to come to terms with his loss.


Title: Grandma's Gone To Live in the Stars
Author: Haynes
Summary: In the moments after grandmother has passed away, her spirit is at peace as she says goodbye to her sleeping family and her home.


Title: The Bug Cemetry
Author: Hill
Summary: Neighborhood children imaginatively stage funerals for dead bugs, but they experience real sadness following the death of a pet.


Title: When People Die
Author: Levete
Summary: Describes how people feel about death, discussing what happens when someone dies, why people die, and how to cope with grief.


Title: Gentle Willow
Author: Mills
Summary: 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.


Title: Flamingo Dream
Author: Napoli
Summary: Grieving over her father's death from cancer, a young girl celebrates their last year together by making a book that includes mementos and a story.


Title: Stacy Had a Little Sister
Author: Old
Summary: Stacy has mixed feelings about her new sister Ashley, but when the baby dies of sudden infant death syndrome, Stacy is sad and misses her.


Title: I Wish I Could Hold Your Hand: A Child's Guide to Grief and Loss
Author: Palmer
Summary: No Summary


Title: Geranium Morning
Author: Powell
Summary: Two friends who lose parents, one suddenly in an accident and one by illness, learn to deal with their grief.


Title: A Story for Hippo: A Book About Loss
Author: Puttock
Summary: 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.


Title: When a Pet Dies. 1988
Author: Rogers
Summary: Explores the feelings of frustration, sadness, and loneliness that a youngster may feel when a pet dies.


Title: Dancing on the Moon
Author: Roper
Summary: A young girl experiences jealousy when her brother is born, then anxiety and sadness when he dies. In a dream she flies to the moon to bring him back and make her parents happy again.


Title: Mama
Author: Schick
Summary: A child remembers special moments with Mama and starts to feel better after grieving over her death.


Title: Good-bye Vivi!
Author: Schneider
Summary: When Granny's beloved canary Vivi dies, the family comes to accept it, as well as the idea that some day they will lose Granny as well.


Title: The Saddest Time
Author: Simon
Summary: Explains death as the inevitable end of life and provides three situations in which children experience powerful emotions when someone close has died.


Title: I Miss You: A First Look at Death
Author: Thomas
Summary: No summary


Title: Goodbye Mitch
Author: Wallance-Brodeur
Summary: A young boy describes how he feels when the family cat dies.


Title: Grandad Bill's Song
Author: Yolen
Summary: A boy asks others how they felt when his grandfather died and then shares his own feelings.