Book List

Book List for Grief & Loss

Below is a list of books intended to help elementary children understand loss and manage grief. We have not personally read each of them, but all have been recommended by other school counselors and school psychologists.

Water Bugs & Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children by Doris Stickney

My Yellow Balloon by Tiffany Papageorge

Badger's Parting Gifts by Susan Varley

I Miss You by Pat Thomas

Grandad's Island by Benji Davies

When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death by Laurie Krasny Brown

The Invisible String by Patrice Karst

The Next Place by Warren Hanson

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst (recommended for pet loss)