Book List
Book List for Grief & Loss
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)