For Children

Books

When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief (Drawing Out Feelings) by Marge Heegaard.

My Heart Hurts: A Grief Workbook for Children by Karen Jaggers

Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope: A Read Aloud Story for People of All Ages About Loving and Losing, Friendship and Hope by Donna R. O'Toole

Where Are You? A Child's Book About Loss by Laura Olivieri 

Always Remember by Cece Meng 

The Invisible String by Patrice Karst

Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved 

The Grief Bubble: Helping Kids Explore and Understand Grief by Kerry Debay

When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness: Children Can Learn to Cope with Loss and Change by Marge Heegaard

The Sad Dragon: A Dragon Book About Grief and Loss. A Cute Children Story To Help Kids Understand The Loss Of A Loved One, and How To Get Through Difficult Time

by Steve Herman 

A Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M Holmes  and  Sasha J Mudlaff

Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing With Loss (Elf-Help Books for Kids)

by Michaelene Mundy

My Grief Journey: Coloring Book and Journal FOR KIDS by Laura Diehl and Kath Brinkman

The Fox and the Feather: A children's book for the grieving heart by Kendall Lanning 

Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Lossby Pat Schwiebert  and Chuck DeKlyen

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages by Leo Buscaglia

My Superhero Grandpa by Michele McAvoy

The Memory Box: A Book About Grief by Joanna Rowland and Thea Baker

I Miss You: Grief and Mental Health Books for Kids (A First Look at…Series)  by Pat Thomas and Lesley Harker

The Goodbye Book by Todd Parr 

I'll Always Love You by Hans Wilhelm 

The Dragonfly Story: Explaining the death of a loved one to children and families

by Kelly and  Helen Braid

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola

Ida, Always by Caron Levis and Charles Santoso

Something Very Sad Happened: A Toddler’s Guide to Understanding Death by Bonnie Zucker and Kim Fleming

Always and Forever by Alan Durant  (Author)

Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan Mellonie  and  Robert Ingpen

The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers 

Samantha Jane's Missing Smile: A Story About Coping With the Loss of a Parent

by Julie Kaplow and Donna Pincus

When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death (Dino Tales: Life Guides for Families)

by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown 

Badger's Parting Gifts by Susan Varley

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst and Erik Blegvad

We were gonna have a baby, but we had an angel instead by Pat Schwiebert  and Taylor Bills 

If Nathan Were Here by Mary Bahr and Karen A. Jarome

What On Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies? by Trevor Romain 

Chester Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories by Audrey Penn and  Barbara L. Gibson

The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros and Dana Wulfekotte