Bereavement and Terminal Illness (Youth Reading)
Young Child
The Fall of Freddy the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages, Buscaglia, Leo. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982
Last Week My Brother Anthony Died, Hickman, Martha. Abingdon, Tennessee: 1984
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children, Mellonie, Bryan, and Robert Ingpen. New York: Bantam Books, 1983
Thumpy's Story: A Story of Love and Grief Shared, Nancy Dodge
I Had a Friend Named Peter Peter; Talking to Children about the Death of a Friend, Janice Cohn and Gail Ownes
My Brother Matthew, Mary Thompson, Woodbine House, 1992.
School-aged children
What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies? Romain, Trevor. Minneapolis MN: Free Spirit Publishing, 1999
The Empty Place: A Child’s Guide Through Grief, Temes, Roberta, PhD. Far Hills, New Jersey: New Horizon Press, 1992
Charlotte’s Web, White, E.B. New York: Harper, 1952
Hang Tough Mathew, Lancaster, Paulist Press, New Jersey, 1985.
KidsAid web site KidsAid is a safe place for kids to share and to help each other deal with grief about any of their losses.
Sargeant's Heaven Icy Frantz.
Teenagers
Teenagers Face to Face with Bereavement, Ravelle, Karen, and Charles Haskins. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: J. Messner, 2000
Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love, Grollman, Earl. Boston: Beacon Press, 1993
When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving & Healing, Marilyn E. Gootman, Pamela Espeland (Editor), Deborah Prothrow-Stith
Indeterminate Age Group
Talking with Angel: About Illness, Death and Survival, Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino, Floris Books, 2005, ISBN 9780863154928 website
Living When a Loved One Has Died, Grollman, Earl A., Beacon Press, Boston, 1977
Letters I Never Wrote, Conversations I Never Had, Charles Ben Bissell Tilden Press, NY, 1983.
Painting the Sunsets With the Angels, Vann Wesson
The Everlasting Snowman, Darden & Adams
Gentle Willow: A Story for Children about Dying, Joyce C. Mills
On the Wings of a Butterfly, Marilyn Maple
Remember the Secret, Eisabeth Kubler Ross
Links to more lists of bereavement books
Centering Corporation, Compassionate Friends Lists more than 350 books and videos on coping with serious illness, loss, and grief.