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Books for Grieving Children and Teens

UW Organ and Tissue Donation suggests the following books as helpful grief resources for children and teens.

 

 

Title  Author
Am I Still a Sister?  Alice Sims 

Badger's Parting Gifts 

Susan Farley 
Bereaved Children and Teens Earl Groolman 
Bridge to Terabithia  Katherine Paterson
Fall of Freddie the Leaf  Leo Buscaglis 
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens: 100 Practical Ideas  Alan D. Wolfelt
How to Live "Almost" Happily with Teenagers Lois and Joel Davitz 
Learning to Say Goodbye Edna LeShan 
Last Week My Brother Anthony Died Martha Whitmore Hickman 
The Memory Box Kirsten McLaughlin 
The Memory String Eve Bunting 
No New Baby Marilyn Grite 
Rachel and the Upside Down Heart Eileen Douglas 
Remember Our Baby Patti Kevough
Straight Talk About Death with Teenagers Earl A. Grollman 
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney Judith Viorst 
Unspoken Grief: Coping with Childhood Sibling Loss Helen Rosen 
Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children Doris Stickney