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When Dinosaurs Die
Badger's Parting Gifts
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf

Recommended Books for Children Ages 3-8

Brown, L.k. & M, When Dinosaurs Die: Guide to Understanding Death, Little Brown & Co., 1996

Mellonie, B & Ingpen, R., Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children, Bantam Books, 1983

Sanford, D., About Death, Multhnomah Press, 1986

Vorst, J., The Tenth Good Thing About Barney, Athenaeum, 1971

Recommended Books for Children Ages 9-12

Douglas, E., Rachael and the Upside Down Heart, Stern and Sloan, 1990

Krementz, Jill, How It Feels When a Parent Dies, Alfred A. Knopf 1983

Sims, A., Am I Still A Sister? Starilne Printing, 1992

White, E.B., Charlotte's Web, Harper and Row, 1952

Varley, S., Badger's Parting Gift, Mulberry Books, 1984

Recommended Books for Children Ages 13 and Over

Fry, V., A Part of Me Died, Too, Dutton Children's Books, 1995

Gootman, M.E., When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens about Grieving and Healing , Free Spirit Publishing, 1994

Recommended Reading for All Ages

Buscaglia, Leo, The Fall of Freddie the Leaf, Holt, Rinehart

Exupery, Antoine de Saint, The Little Prince, Harcourt, Brace, Javanovich

Hague, Michael, The Velveteen Rabbit, Holt, Rinehart, Winston

Paulus, Trina, Hope for the Flowers, Paulist Press

Silverstein, Shel, The Giving Tree, Harper and Row

Links to More Resources

Centering Corporation, a family owned and operated business that is dedicated to serving the needs of those healing from loss. A good source for books.

Compassion Books, Over 400 resources and books for sale on-line to help children and adults through serious illness, death, loss, grief and bereavement.

KIDSAID is a safe place on-line for kids to share and to help each other deal with grief about any of their losses.

GriefNet is an Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss.

GROWW - Grief Recovery ONLINE for ALL Bereaved

Barkley and Eve Store - Karen Carney's Books

Other Centers for Grieving Children and Families

The Center for Grieving Children, Portland, Maine

Fernside, A Center for Grieving Children in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Dougy Center in Portland, Oregon

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