Children & Teens

This booklet will prove itself valuable over the next few days and months as you and your child(ren) begin the grieving process. Taking the time to read and use the suggestions offered here may seem difficult and confusing as you, too, are dealing with...

8 pages. As children grow and mature, they ask more detailed questions and need more complete answers. The best time to do any death education is when the event arises, whether it’s the bee on the sidewalk, the bird in the street, or a dead pet...

After a Suicide Death: An Activity Book for Grieving Kids Explains suicide events to children focusing on reasons people choose to die such as terrible pain, loneliness, lack of stabilizing chemicals in the brain, or mixed up feelings. Suggests ways to...

Water Bugs and Dragonflies Hardcover: Explaining Death to Young Children Talking to children about death can be hard. Water Bugs and Dragonflies, a perennial bestseller with over 150,000 copies printed, can help you to answer their questions...

Good-bye My Friend: Grieving the Loss of a Pet This compassionate book comforts those who are grieving the death of a pet by acknowledging the need, as well as the right, to grieve the loss of a beloved companion. The authors explain (in 32 well-written...

A Story of Love and Grief Shared by Thumpy, the Bunny Revised 2023! Thumpy shares the hurt and questions when his sister dies. This story provides an opportunity for children and adults to express their emotions and learn about life, death, grief and...

Since My Brother Died / Desde Que Murío Mi Hermano Includes both English and Spanish translation of a caregiver’s section, teacher’s section, and a story for children. In this book, the child talks about how things are different since...

Fuego En Mi Corazón, Hielo En Mis Venas: Un diario para adultos jóvenes que experimentan una pérdida (Fire in My Heart - Spanish) This is a journal for young adults and teenagers experiencing a lossThe cover has slits to allow the...

Digital Version By Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne PhD and illustrated by Alan Quiñonez Pandemics, disasters, wars, terrorism, shootings: How to help children respond with resilience to the big bad news that trouble our world? The illustrated...

Facing Change:  Falling Apart and Coming Together Again in the Teen Years Founded on the belief that young adults can make effective choices that can transform pain into resilience, the author provides an abundance of information and coping choices...

REVISED 2022 From “A Note to Parents and Caregivers”:“This activity book is for children who have had someone significant die in their life.  Children today are faced with uncertainty and have many thoughts and feelings about their...

Para niños y niñas cuyo hermanito y hermanita murio antes de nacer (No New Baby - Spanish) For siblings who have a brother or sister die before birth. This storybook talks about the different feelings children have and answers some of the...

A workbook for the cancer patient or the child whose family member has cancer. Covers all kinds of feelings and openings for creative ideas. From the inside of the book: “If you are a school age child dealing with a diagnosis of cancer, this book...

The purpose of this book is to assist school personnel, primarily the classroom teacher, in being a positive, significant caregiver for the bereaved students. This book is also meant to aid parents of grieving students and to provide help for the student...

Lifetimes: The beautiful way to explain death to children From the back of the book:“When the death of a relative, a friend, or a pet happens or is about to happen…how can we help a child to understand?" Lifetimes is a moving book for...

Children Can Learn to Cope with Loss and Change This book will help families communicate and evaluate a child's understanding and feelings about family change while teaching basic concepts of illness and healthy coping skills. Book Information Author:...

** PLEASE NOTE THIS BOOK IS PRINT ON DEMAND, SO THERE MIGHT BE A DELAY IN SHIPPING (ABOUT 3 WEEKS IF WE'RE OUT OF STOCK) ** A special book for children ages 6 and older who have experienced the death of someone special. The interactive format invites...

Someone you love has died. This is probably a very sad and very hard time for you. The painful thoughts and feelings you have inside you are called grief. You need to let those thoughts and feelings out.  Letting our your grief is called mourning...

Teens grieve differently from adults and often get lost in the shuffle after the death of a loved one. Weird Is Normal When Teenagers Grieve is unique because it is a self-help book for grieving teens written by an actively grieving teen. Author Jenny...

"I'm scared I'll forget you..." From the perspective of a young child, Joanna Rowland artfully describes what it is like to remember and grieve a loved one who has died. The child in the story creates a memory box to keep mementos and written memories of...