Grief Library
Holidays and Special Events
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Healing Your Holiday Grief: 100 Practical Ideas
Ideas to help the bereaved mourn, celebrate and heal as they keep treasured holiday traditions and create meaningful new ones.
110 pages -
Holiday Blues: A Self-help Manual on Grief Through the Holidays
Easy-to-read booklet to help grievers manage their grief during the holidays and on other special occasions.
31 pages -
Thoughts for the Holidays: Finding Permission to Grieve
Shares special ways to cope, remember and survive the hurdles that the holiday season can present.
22 pages
Adults Helping Children
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A Child’s View of Grief: A Guide for Parents, Teachers and Counselors
Concise, informative guide that explains how children grieve. A must-read for adults who want to help young people cope with grief.
54 pages -
A Teacher’s Guide to the Grieving Student
A useful pamphlet for teachers or anyone working with schools. Includes common reactions to grief, types of loss and guidelines and suggestions of books and articles about grief for children and adults.
33 pages -
Bereavement Counseling in the School Setting
Guidance for school-based professionals on how to assist bereaved students through grief and best practices for a school grieving the death of a student.
114 pages -
Grief Comes to Class: An Educator’s Guide
Assists school personnel with how to be caregivers for bereaved students.
48 pages -
The Grieving Student: A Teacher’s Guide
Practical guidebook for teachers in providing sensitive support to students of all ages.
184 pages -
Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Death: What Children Need to Know
Explores children’s thoughts and feelings about death and provides guidance on how to respond to their questions with sensitive, honest, age-appropriate answers.
110 pages
Dealing With Bereavement
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The Art of Helping Others: Being Around, Being There, Being Wise
Provides guidance in developing the capacity and the process for helping others; written especially for those committed to youth work, community education, ministry and counseling.
173 pages -
Building Memories: Planning a Meaningful Funeral
Answers consumer questions about funerals – from “Why have a funeral?” to “What choices do we need to make?”
47 pages -
Creating Meaningful Funeral Experiences: A Guide for Caregivers
Insights and information about planning meaningful funeral ceremonies. Explores reasons why consumer attitudes toward funerals have changed.
80 pages -
Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies: A Guide for Families
An inspiring guide that helps families make decisions about the funeral they want and work with the funeral director to plan it.
80 pages -
The Good Funeral: Death, Grief and the Community of Care
Two of the most authoritative voices in the funeral industry, a preacher and a funeral director, discuss the current state of the funeral and the challenges facing “the good funeral,” including exclusion of the body and the growth of cremation.
237 pages -
Grievers Ask: Answers to Questions About Death and Loss
Presents clear responses to more than 150 common questions asked by grievers and examines the emotions behind questions about death and loss.
200 pages -
Healing a Friend’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas
Creative suggestions to help individuals reach out to help a grieving friend.
104 pages -
Healing Grief
Dispels common myths about grief and offers practical advice, encouragement and real-life examples to help the bereaved understand and cope with grief. Special guidance for men included.
74 pages -
Healing Your Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas
Help for anyone going through a healthy process of grieving.
105 pages -
Sacred Moments: A Minister Speaks About Funerals
Shares some of the profound lessons the author has learned while walking with people on their grief journeys.
31 pages -
When Your People Are Grieving
Help for pastors in assisting grievers during trying times.
176 pages
For Children
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Angel Birthdays: A Day to Remember. A New Way to Heal. A Celebration of Life.
Encourages children and adults to incorporate activities that help begin the healing process.
32 pages -
Everything Changes, But Love Endures: Explaining Hospice to Children
Children’s (ages 3+) series of coloring books that offers information, education and support for end-of-life challenges.
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Healing a Child’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas
Child-friendly ideas to help children mourn.
107 pages -
Honoring Our Loved Ones: Going to a Funeral
Children’s (ages 3+) series of coloring books that offers information, education and support for end-of-life challenges.
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How Do We Tell the Children? A Step-by-Step Guide for Helping Children and Teens Cope When Someone Dies (4th Edition)
Guidance for helping children cope with grief and trauma – from serious family illness to school violence or the death of a parent.
202 pages -
Kate, the Ghost Dog: Coping With the Death of a Pet
A story about learning to deal with the loss of a pet for children ages 8-13.
48 pages -
Kirby’s Ocean Friend: A Grief Therapy Tool for Young Children Who Have Lost a Parent
A touching story about the loss of a mother and growing up without her.
20 pages -
Kolie and the Funeral
A children’s coloring book that explains death and the funeral through simple pictures and terms that children can understand.
10 pages -
Our Special Garden: Understanding Cremation
Children’s (ages 3+) series of coloring books that offers information, education and support for end-of-life challenges.
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Precious Gifts: Organ and Tissue Donation
Children’s (ages 3+) series of coloring books that offers information, education and support for end-of-life challenges.
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Ride to the Stars: A Story for Children About Life, Loss and Love
The loss of a loved one is tragic, but with hope, healing and love comes an understanding of how a life is truly infinite as well.
32 pages -
Samantha Jane’s Missing Smile: A Story About Coping With the Loss of a Parent
Story to help children begin to understand the profoundly lifechanging event of losing a parent.
25 pages -
So Much to Think About When Someone You Care About Has Died
Meaningful activities for bereaved children to help them think about and express their feelings. Includes photo story, ready-to-design greeting cards, memory pages, games, activities and more.
25 pages -
They’re Part of the Family: Talk to Children About Pet Loss
Children’s (ages 3+) series of coloring books that offers information, education and support for end-of-life challenges.
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Together, We’ll Get Through This!
Children’s (ages 3+) series of coloring books that offers information, education and support for end-of-life challenges.
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What is the Meaning of Shiva? Jewish Mourning Rituals
Children’s (ages 3+) series of coloring books that offers information, education and support for end-of-life challenges.
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When Death Walks In
A gentle, thorough book for teens that looks at ways of facing grief, how grief affects us and what we can do. Speaks to teens in a language they will understand.
23 pages -
Zayde Comes to Live
Story of a young girl and her dying grandfather that sensitively explores death from a Jewish perspective.
29 pages
For Teens
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Common Threads of Teenage Grief: A Handbook for Healing
Information on teen grief and personal stories about loss; provides guidance for teens and the people involved in helping them with their grief.
112 pages -
Healing a Teen’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers
Offers ideas to help teens heal in a simple, easy-to-use format.
109 pages -
Teen Grief Relief: Parenting With Understanding, Support and Guidance
Provides parents with assistance they need to help a teen grieve; with stories, techniques and resources to survive and thrive after a painful loss.
Loss of Immediate Family
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For Better or Worse: A Handbook for Couples Whose Child Has Died
Help for couples who often have very different paths in the grief process.
22 pages -
Grieving for the Sibling You Lost: A Teen’s Guide to Coping With Grief and Finding Meaning After Loss
A guide for teens to help them understand their grief, deal with their emotions and find constructive ways to manage their loss.
176 pages -
Healing a Grandparent’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Grandchild Dies
A simple, easy-to-use format to help grandparents heal.
109 pages -
Healing a Parent’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Child Dies
A simple, easy-to-use format to help grieving parents.
109 pages -
Healing the Adult Child’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas
Creative ideas to help adults begin the healing process.
105 pages -
Healing Your Grieving Heart After a Military Death: 100 Practical Ideas for Families and Friends
Practical ideas to help those whose life has been touched by a military death.
128 pages -
Healing Your Grieving Heart After a Miscarriage: 100 Practical Ideas for Parents and Families
Compassionate guide offering ideas to help those grieving a miscarriage or any form of earlypregnancy loss.
112 pages -
The Lost Parent Club
Facing the first year of loss while learning to walk alongside your surviving parent.
196 pages -
Memories Too Few: A Letter to Parents About Pregnancy Loss
A personal message to parents who have experienced the death of a child during pregnancy. Few people understand the true depths of grief following miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death.
31 pages -
Partnered Grief
Compassionate resource for lesbian and gay individuals and their families who have lost a loved one examines healthy attitudes, grieving and moving forward.
21 pages -
Surviving the Folded Flag
Parents who have lost a son or daughter in battle share stories of coping, courage and faith.
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When a Man Faces Grief: 12 Practical Ideas to Help You Heal From Loss
A two-part exploration of male grief, with tips to help men find their path through grief.
32 pages
Suicide, Sudden and Tragic Death
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Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide
Provides insights, strategies and support for survivors affected by a suicide.
220 pages