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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):

 

 

 

 

 

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