Advice for Dealing with a Grieving Child

As Emma Walton Hamilton, best-selling children’s book author and contributor to the @ your library website, pointed out in her recent article The Right Book at the Right Time, "A well-written and well-timed book that addresses an issue or problem a child is wrestling with can be a godsend for the whole family".

We've compiled some resources to help deal with one of life's most difficult challenges, coping with the death of a loved one.

Best Children's Book.com has compiled a bibliography of  Children's Books About Death recommended most often by bibliotherapists.

The Barr Harris Children's Grief Center has a list of Recommended Books About Death and Grief for Children and Adolescents

The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry has created a pamphlet: Facts for Families: Children and Grief (PDF)

The American Hospice Foundation has Resoures for Grieving Children available for a variety of age groups, as well as the article Guidelines for Parents to Help Their Children Through Grief by Helen Fitzgerald, CT.

The Barr-Harris Children's Grief Center

Recommended Books About Death and Grief
For Children and Adolescents

The Barr-Harris Children's Grief Center

Recommended Books About Death and Grief
For Children and Adolescents

The Barr-Harris Children's Grief Center

Recommended Books About Death and Grief
For Children and Adolescents

The Barr-Harris Children's Grief Center

Recommended Books About Death and Grief
For Children and Adolescents