Guides for the Bereaved and their Loved Ones – General

  • Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing in Your Heart, by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
  • Grief One Day at a Time: 365 Meditations to Help You Heal After Loss, by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
  • Finding the Words: How to Talk with Children and Teens About Death, Suicide, Funerals, Homicide, Cremation, and Other End-of-Life Matters, by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
  • A grief observed by CS Lewis
  • On Grief and Grieving: Finding the meaning of grief through the five stages of Loss – Elisabeth Kubler Ross
  • No one cries the wrong way by Joe Kempf
  • In Memoriam by Henri Nouwen
  • Trusting God Through Tears by John Thomas Burton

 

Guides for the Bereaved and their Loved Ones – Children

  • Death, Grief, and Loss: A Guide for Parents, Caregivers, Educators, Counsellors, and Other Helpers to Talk about Difficult Topics, by Dallas Shirley, M.Ed., RCC and illustrated by Amanada Shirley and Dallas Shirley
  • My Many, many, Many Feelings: A Guide for Parents, Caregivers, Educators, Counsellors, and Other Helpers to Talk about Difficult Topics, by Dallas Shirley, M.Ed., RCC and illustrated by Amanada Shirley and Dallas Shirley
  • Alderman, L. Why Did Daddy Die? New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1989.
  • Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf. New York, NY: Henry Holt, 1982.
  • Grollman, Earl A. Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1976.
  • LeShan, Eda. Learning to Say Goodbye: When a Parent Dies. New York, NY: Macmillan, 1976.
  • O’Toole, Donna. Teens Facing Loss and Grief. 1994.
  • White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1952.