BEREAVEMENT BOOKS
Books and Games often stimulate conversation in families affected by an illness. Below is a listing of resources we have found to be useful with the families we serve. Many of these books are available at our office in our Resource Library. We also have therapeutic games for children to enjoy.
The Grieving Child
By Helen Fitzgerald
A book for parents, teachers or professionals that explains childhood grief
The Grieving Teen
By Helen Fitzgerald
A book for teens, parents, teachers or professionals that addresses the specific issues of teen grief
When Someone Very Special Dies
By Marge Heegaard
Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief - A cartoon book to be illustrated by children that teaches the concept of death and helps children understand and express the many feelings they have when someone special dies
My Memory Book
By Gretchen Gaines-Lane, LCSW-C
A workbook and journal that helps children explore their feelings about the death of a loved one
Heaven’s Not a Crying Place
By Joey O’Connor
Teaching Your Child about Funerals, Death, and the Life Beyond - A book for parents, teachers and professionals to help kids learn to trust God and celebrate life and to deal with, learn from, and have hope in the face of death
Confronting the Cow
By Chris Donner
A work written by a husband and father who lost his wife to breast cancer. The author shares his struggle with becoming a single parent and dealing with his own grief while helping his young children deal with theirs. Not written as an “advice” book, but more as a “sharing” of his experience book