Gran-Gran's Best Trick: A Story for Children Who Have Lost Someone They Love -- by Michael Chesworth, L. Dwight Holden (Authors) (Book - Child)
"A child recounts his special relationships with his grandfather and the difficulty of coping with his death from cancer." -Card Catalog Description
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
The Saddest Time -- by Jacqueline Rogers, Norma Simon (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Explains death as the inevitable end of life and provides three situations in which children experience powerful emotions when someone close has died." [--from the publisher]
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
There Are Two Kinds of Terrible -- by Peggy Mann (Author) (Book - Child)
"After his beloved mother dies of cancer, a boy must learn to relate to hsi father who has withdrawn into his own shell of suffering."
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Coping With Suicide: A Resource Book for Teenagers and Young Adults -- by Judie Smith (Author) (Book - Child)
"A discussion of teenage suicide, the reasons, the warning signs, the importance of communicating feelings, and the ways the survivors deal with grief. " -Card Catalog Description
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Giving Tree -- by Shel Silverstein (Author) (Book - Child)
" "Once there was a little tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
The Cay -- by Theodore Taylor (Author) (Book - Child)
"This award-winning novel remains a powerful classic of prejudice, love, survival. In 1942, 11-year-old Phillip Enright lives with his parents on the Dutch Island of Curacao, but when the war moves...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Where the Lilies Bloom -- by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Mary Call has promised her dying father to keep her brother and sisters together forever on the mountain, and never take any from strangers. She is determined to keep her word. No matter what. At...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)