Suggested Reading
- Grief and the Holidays
- Practical Matters to Deal with After Death of Loved One
- El dia de los Muertos
- Offering Condolences
- Personalizing Funerals
- Anticipatory Grief
- Loneliness
- Hope Writing a Eulogy
- Common Avoidance Patterns of Grief
- Dementia and Bereavement
- Disenfranchised Grief
- Healing Power of Humor
- Honoring Cultural Diversity at End of Life
- Unresolved Childhood Grief
- Benefits of Exercise
...And Others
For Adults: Helping Children Cope
- DeBay, Kerry The Grief Bubble
- Doerrfeld, Cori The Rabbit Listened.
- Dougy Center Helping the Grieving Student: A Guide for Teachers.
- Fitzgerald, Helen The Grieving Child; A Parent’s Guide.
- Goldman, L. Breaking the Silence: A Guide to Help Children with Complicated Grief—Suicide, Homicide, AIDS, Violence, and Abuse
- Grollman, Earl A. Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child.
- Heegaard, Marge When Something Terrible Happens.
- Heegaard, Marge When a Family is in Trouble: Children can cope with grief from drug and alcohol addiction.
- Heegaard, Marge When Someone Very Special Dies.
- Huntley, T. Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies
- Kroen, W.C. & Espeland, P. Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One: A Guide for Grownups
- National Alliance for Grieving Children When Someone Dies: A Child-Caregiver Activity Book
- O’Toole, Donna Growing Through Grief: A K-12 Curriculum to Help Young People Through all Kinds of Loss.
- Roberts, R. Recognizing and Responding: Infant and Toddler Grief
- Schaefer, Dan & Lyons, Christine How Do We Tell The Children, A Parents Guide To Helping Children Understand And Cope When Someone Dies.
- Wolfelt, Alan Helping Children Cope With Grief.
- Wolfelt, Alan Healing a Teen’s Grieving Heart.
- Wolfelt, Alan Understanding Grief.
For Adults
- Caplan, S. & Lang, G. Grief’s Courageous Journey: A Workbook
- Devine, M. It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand
- Gilbert, A. Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents
- Rando, T. How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
- Sandberg, S. & Grant, A. Option B
- Silverman, P. Widow to Widow: How the Bereaved Help One Another
- Stang, Heather. Mindfulness & Grief
For Teens
- Day, Karen A Million Miles From Boston
- Fitzgerald, H. The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends
- Fry, V. Part of Me Died Too: Stories of Creative Survival Among Bereaved Children and Teenagers
- Grollman, E. Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love
- Jacobs, J and Lorig, S. Chill and Spill Journal:A Place to Put It Down
- Ness, P. & Kay, J. A Monster Calls
- O’Toole, D. Facing Change & Coming Together Again in the Teen Years
- Schroder, Monika Be Light Like a Bird
- Traisman, E. Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins: A Journal for Teenagers Experiencing a Loss
- Tyson, Janet Common Threads of Teenage Grief.
For Children
- Alexander, S. Nadia the Willful
- Bo, A. I Must Tell You Something
- Brisson, P. Sky Memories
- Brown, L. Brown, M. When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death
- Burningham, John Grandpa
- Buscaglia, Leo The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
- Cammarata, Doreen Someone I love Died by Suicide
- Clifton, L. Everett Anderson’s Goodbye
- Cook, Julia Grief is like a Snowflake
- DePaola, Tomie Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
- Dodge, Nancy Thumpy’s Story; A Story of Love and Grief Shared
- Douglas, Eileen Rachel and the Upside Down Heart
- Fassler, Joan My Grandpa Died Today
- Gilbert, Shelly Chocolate Chipped: A Smelly Book About Grief
- Goldstein, Ray and Jody Where’s Jess?
- Hanson, Warren The Next Place
- Hazen, Barbara Why Did Grandpa Die?
- Karst, Patrice The Invisible String
- Krementz, Jill How It Feels When A Parent Dies
- LeShan, Eda Learning to Say Goodbye When A Parent Dies
- McNamara Westberg, Jill My Mom is Dying
- Mellonie, Bryan and Ingpen, Robert Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way To Explain Death to Children
- Mills, Joyce Gentle Willow: A Story for Children About Dying
- Parr, Todd The Goodbye Book
- Romond, J. Children Facing Grief: Letters from Bereaved Brothers and Sisters
- Schuld, Jackie Grief is a Mess
- Shriver, Maria What’s Heaven?
- Simon, N. The Saddest Time
- Simon, N. I Am Not a Crybaby
- Smith, Doris A Taste of Blackberries
- Viorst, J. The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
Suicide Grief
- Cobain, B. Dying to Be Free: A Healing Guide for Families After Suicide
- Fine, C. No Time for Goodbye: Surviving the Sudden Death of a Loved One
- Hsu, A. Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One’s Search for Comfort, Answers, and Hope
- Wolfelt, A. The Wildreness of Suicide Grief: Finding Your Way
Overdose Grief
- Carvlin, A. Untimely: Personal Stories of Loss Due to Substance Abuse
- Fine, C. No Time for Goodbye: Surviving the Sudden Death of a Loved One
- Minnich, M. The Grief Chronicles
- Wittberger, P., Wittberger, R. When a Child Dies from Drugs: Practical Help for Parents in Bereavement