Books to Help Children When Someone Dies

1.    All God’s Creatures Go To Heaven  by N.A. Noel
2.    I’ll Always Love You    by Hans Wilhelm
3.    Remember the Secret  by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
4.    Lifetimes by B Mellonie and R. Ingpen
5.    When Dinosaurs Die  by L Krasny Brown
6.    The Fall of Freddie the Leaf  by Leo Buscaglia
7.    When someone very special dies by M. Heegaard – workbook for children.

Other Related Readings:

Talking about Death a dialogue between parent and child by Earl Grollman…good to recommend to parents.

Grief’s Courageous Journey by S. Caplan and G. Lang. (more adult based but can be used with kids.)

Kids book about Death and Dying E. Rofes  ( good reference for working with kids with this experience)

When Things Fall Apart by Pema Choldren (Written by a Buddhist nun)