EAPL Youth Services Reading Lists

Grief & Loss

Explore stories that help children navigate grief and loss with compassion and understanding. This reading list offers gentle tales and comforting resources to support kids during challenging times, fostering healing and resilience.

The memory box : a book about grief

A garden of creatures

One wave at a time : a story about grief and healing

The blue house dog

Chester Raccoon and the acorn full of memories

Always and forever

Friendship quilt

I remember Miss Perry

Where Lily isn't

The memory string

Many shapes of clay

Ten beautiful things

The goodbye book

Papa's gift : a inspirational story of love and loss

The tenth good thing about Barney

Sammy in the sky

Alfie and the birthday surprise

Big cat, little cat

Grandmother's visit

Looking for Atlantis

My old pal, Oscar

Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs

The dragonfly door

The heaven of animals

The yellow suitcase

The biggest thing of all

The hare-shaped hole

Saying good-bye to Uncle Joe : what to expect when someone you love dies

When dinosaurs die : a guide to understanding death

Death is stupid

Life is like the wind

You and a death in your family

Is nothing something? : kids' questions and zen answers about life, death, family, friendship, and everything in between

Each little bird that sings

Jude Banks, superhero

The stars beneath our feet

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