Bereavement Books for Children
A list of books which tackle the difficult subjects of bereavement and loss
This is a list of books which tackle the difficult subjects of bereavement and loss. We believe that grieving children may be able to relate to stories in the books or find comfort and answers to some of their worries or questions in relation to their experience:
- Badger’s Parting Gift – By Susan Varley
- We Were Gonna Have A Baby, But We Had An Angel Instead – By Pat Schwiebert
- A Star For Bobby – By Helen Keenor
- Dear Grandma Bunny – By Dick Bruna
- Waterbugs and Dragonflies – By Doris Stickney
- Always and Forever – By Alan Durant, Debi Gliori
- Angel Chase and His Mommy’s Sign – By Colleen Severance
- Ethan’s Butterflies – By Christine Jonas-Simpson
- Someone Came Before You – By Pat Schwiebert
- Remembering Our Baby – By Patti Keough
- No New Baby – By Marylin Eyre
- When Dinosaurs Die – A guide to understanding death – By L.C Brown& M. Brown
- The Next Place Golden Valley – By W. Hansen
- Where’s Jess – By M. Johnson
- Lifetimes – By B. Mellanie
- Gentle Willow – By J. C. Mills
- A Time To Grieve – By Carol Staudachor
- The Lonely Tree – By Nicolas Halliday
- The Grandad Tree – By Trish Cooke
- The Heart And The Bottle – By Oliver Jeffers
- Finding Hope When Dreams Have Shattered – By Ted Bowman
- No Matter What – By Debi Gliori
- Harry And Hopper – By Margaret Wild
- Muddles, Puddles And Sunshine – By Diana Crossly
- The Scar – By Charlotte Mourdlic
- Rabbityness – By Jo Empson
- The Copper Tree – By Harry Robinson
- The Bear And The Wildcat – By Kazumi Yumoto
- The Great Big Book Of Feelings – By Mary Hoffmen
- Grandpa – By John Burningham
- Grandpa’s Boat – By Michael Catchpool
- Moonshadow – By Gillian Lobel
- Grandma And Grandpa’s Garden – By Neil Griffiths
- Up In Heaven – By Emma Chichester Clark
- Little Bears Grandad – By Nigel Gray
- Princess And The Castle – By Caroline Birch
- Duck, Death And Tulip – By Wolf Erlbruch
- Aunt Mary’s Rose – By Douglas Wood
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