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Death of a Parent: Book List

 
                                                   Suggested 
Book                                                    Ages 
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THE THREE BIRDS; by Marinus Van den Berg; 
Magination Press, 1994                                   3-8 

SAYING GOODBYE TO DADDY; by Judith Vigna; A.  
Whitman, 1991                                            4-9 

EVERETT ANDERSON'S GOODBYE; by Lucille Clifton; 
Henry Holt, 1983                                         5-8 

RACHEL AND THE UPSIDE DOWN HEART; by Eileen 
Douglas; Price Stern Sloan, 1990                         5-9 

A QUILT FOR ELIZABETH; by Benette Tiffault; 
Centering Corporation, 1992                             5-11 

GERANIUM MORNING; by E. Sandy Powell; CarolRhoda 
Books, 1990                                             5-11 

SAD BUT O.K... MY DADDY DIED TODAY: A CHILD'S 
VIEW OF DEATH; by Barbara Frisbie Juneau; Blue 
Dolphin, 1988                                           6-12 

HOW IT FEELS WHEN A PARENT DIES; by Jill 
Krementz; Knopf, 1988                                   7-16 

DAD! WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME? by Dorothy Frost; 
Herald Press, 1991                                      8-12 

LEARNING TO SAY GOOD-BY:  WHEN A PARENT DIES; by 
Eda Leshan; Macmillan, 1976                             8-12 

PORTRAIT OF IVAN; by Paula Fox; Macmillan, 1987         9-12 

DICEY'S SONG; by Cynthia Voight; Atheneum, 1982          11+ 

A SEASON IN BETWEEN; by Jan Greenberg; Farrar, 
Strauss and Giroux, 1979                               11-13 

A PLACE APART; by Paula Fox; Farrar, Strauss and 
Giroux, 1980                                             12+ 

TIGER EYES; by Judy Blume; Macmillan, 1981               12+ 

MAMA'S GOING TO BUY YOU A MOCKINGBIRD; by Jean 
Little; Penguin, 1984                                  12-18 

A FORMAL FEELING; by Zibby O'Neal; Penguin, 1990       13-18 

THE GRIEVING CHILD; by Helen Fitzgerald; Simon & 
Schuster, 1992                                         Adult

WHY DID DADDY DIE? HELPING A CHILD COPE WITH THE 
LOSS OF A PARENT; by Linda Alderman; Simon & 
Schuster, 1989                                         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