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Death, General: Book List

 
                                                   Suggested 
Book                                                    Ages 
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THE EMPTY PLACE; by Roberta Temes, Ph.D.; Small 
Horizons, 1992                                           3-8 

THE FALL OF FREDDIE THE LEAF; by Leo Buscalia; 
Slack, 1982                                              3-8 

WATER BUGS AND DRAGONFLIES; by Doris Stickney; 
Pilgrim Press, 1982                                      3-8 

ABOUT DYING: AN OPEN FAMILY BOOK FOR PARENTS 
AND CHILDREN TOGETHER; by Sara Stein; Walker, 
1983                                                     4-8 

THE DEAD BIRD; by Margaret Wise Brown; Addison-
Wesley, 1958                                             4-8 

GENTLE WILLOW; by Joyce Mills; Magination Press, 
1993                                                     4-8 

GOODBYE RUNE; by Marit Kaldhol and Wenche Oyen; 
Kane/Miller Book Pub., 1987                              4-8 

TALKING ABOUT DEATH; by Earl A. Grollman; 
Beacon, 1990                                         4-Adult 

VERY BEST OF FRIENDS; by Margaret Wild; Harcourt 
Brace Jovanovich, 1990                                   5-8 

A BUNCH OF BALLOONS; by Dorothy Ferguson; 
Centering Corporation, 1992                              5-8 

THE SADDEST TIME; by Norma Simon; A. Whitman, 
1992                                                     5-9 

BADGER'S PARTING GIFTS; by Susan Varley; William 
Morrow, 1985                                            5-10 

I HAD A FRIEND NAMED PETER; by Janice Cohn; 
William Morrow, 1987                                    5-10 

WHEN I DIE WILL I GET BETTER? by Joeri and Piet 
Breebaart; Peter Bedrick Books, 1993                    5-10 

REMEMBER THE SECRET; by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross; 
Celestial Arts, 1998                                    5-11 

FIRST SNOW; by Helen Coutant; Knopf, 1974                6-9 

TELL ME ABOUT DEATH, TELL ME ABOUT FUNERALS; by 
Elizabeth Corley; Grammatical Sciences, 1973            6-10 

BLEW AND THE DEATH OF THE MAG; by Wendy Lichtman; 
Freestone, 1975                                         6-11 

TALKING ABOUT DEATH: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN PARENT 
AND CHILD; by Earl Grollman; Beacon Press, 1970         6-12 

CHARLOTTE'S WEB; by E.B. White; Harper and Row, 
1952                                                    7-10 

THE BIG WAVE; by Pearl Buck; J. Day Co., 1948           8-12 

DEATH IS NATURAL; by Lawrence Pringle; Four 
Winds Press, 1977                                       8-12 

THE KIDS' BOOK ABOUT DEATH AND DYING (BY AND FOR 
KIDS); by Eric Rofes; Little Brown & Co., 1985          8-15 

BEAT THE TURTLE DRUM; by Constance Green; Viking 
Press, 1976                                             9-12 

LITTLE MEN; by Louisa May Alcott; Macmillan, 
1963                                                    9-12 

LITTLE WOMEN; by Louisa May Alcott; World, 1969         9-12 

BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA; by Katherine Paterson; 
Harper and Row, 1977                                    9-14 

FOREVER FRIENDS; by Candy Boyd; Viking/Penguin, 
1985                                                   10-12 

A TASTE OF BLACKBERRIES; by Doris Smith; 
Scholastic, 1976                                       10-12 

ON MY HONOR; by Marion Dane Bauer; Dell, 1986          10-14 

I KNOW I MADE IT HAPPEN; by Lynn Blackburn; 
Centering Corporation, 1991                              ---

TEENAGERS TALK ABOUT GRIEF; by Jene C. Kolf; 
Baker Book House, 1990                                  Teen 

BECAUSE YOU CARE: PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR HELPING 
THOSE WHO GRIEVE; by Barbara Russell Chesser;  
Word Books, 1987                                       Adult

COPING WITH DEATH AND GRIEF; by Marge Eaton 
Heegaard; Lerner, 1990                                 Adult 

FOR THOSE WHO LIVE; HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH 
THE DEATH OF A BROTHER OR SISTER; by Kathy 
Latour; Centering Corp., 1987                          Adult 

HOW DO WE TELL THE CHILDREN? A PARENTS GUIDE TO 
HELPING CHILDREN COPE WHEN SOMEONE DIES; by Dan 
Schaefer, Christine Lyons, and David Peretz; 
Newmarket Press, 1993                                  Adult 

LIFE & LOSS: A GUIDE TO HELP GRIEVING CHILDREN;
by Linda Goldman; Accelerated Development, 
1994 (ISBN: 1559590521)                                Adult

LIFETIMES: THE BEAUTIFUL WAY TO EXPLAIN DEATH 
TO CHILDREN; by Bryan Mellonie and Robert 
Ingpen; Bantam, 1987                                   Adult 

THE SEASONS OF GRIEF; by Dr. Donna A. Gaffney; 
Penguin, 1988                                          Adult 
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Compiled by Catherine Smith, MLS, medical librarian at the Family Health Library, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.
Copyright 1999 Clinical Reference Systems