
External links to community grief resources:
Psychology Today article
Books for kids:
ONE WAVE AT A TIME; A story about grief & healing by Holly Thompson
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THE MEMORY BOOK; A book about grief by Joanna Rowland
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LIFETIMES: The beautiful way to explain death to children by Bryan Mellonie & Robert Ingpen (read to several VV classrooms)
WHAT ON EARTH DO YOU DO WHEN SOMEONE DIES by Trevor Romain
HOW IT FEELS WHEN A PARENT DIES by Jill Krementz
THE HELLO GOODBYE WINDOW by Norton Juster & Chris Raschka
WHEN SOMEONE DIES by Sharon Greenlee
ON THE WINGS OF A BUTTERFULY: A STORY ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH by Marilyn Maple, Ph.D.
IT MUST HURT A LOT: A CHILD'S BOOK ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH by Doris Sanford
GRAN-GRAN'S BEST TRICK: A STORY FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE LOST SOMEONE THEY LOVE by L. Dwight Holden, M.D.
SAYING GOODBYE TO DADDY by Judith Vigna
THE SADDEST TIME by Norma Simon
GENTLE WILLOW: A STORY FOR CHILDREN ABOUT DYING by Joyce Mills
EVERETT ANDERSON'S GOODBYE by Lucille Clifton
LOSING UNCLE TIM by MaryKate Jordan
WHEN DINOSAURS DIE: A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING DEATH by Lauren Kransy & Marc Brown
TEAR SOUP: A RECIPE FOR HEALING AFTER LOSS by Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF ME IN JAMEY by Diana M. Amadeo
Books for parents:
THE GRIEVING CHILD:A PARENT'S GUIDE by Helen Fitzgerald
NO TIME TO SAY GOODBYE: SURVIVING THE SUICIDE OF A LOVED ONE by Carla Fine
KEYS TO HELPING CHILDREN DEAL WITH DEATH AND GRIEF by Joy Johnson
HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE by William C. Kroen, Ph.D., LMHC
TALKING ABOUT DEATH: A DIALOGE BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD by Carl. A. Grollman
External grief resource lists (for kids):