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There are many books available that can help us understand how children grieve and the type of support that is needed. The list below is not exhaustive and there are also books in our library that you can borrow.
Our publications for Schools, Health, parents and Churches are described below. The are handbooks in A5 format. To order these contact us.
Alternatively you can telephone us to order your books on 01209 210624
“Remember Me”
A hanbook that covers Bereavement & Critical Incident in schools. A brightly illustrated handbook for all staff in schools and Early Years settings, with photocopyiable pages.
"Remember Me Too"
A handbook for heatlhcare professionals in the same format as above. This will help staff to identify when a child may be grieving, including traumatic grief reactions and ideas of how to support them. Ideal as a reference book for busy healthcare professionals.
"Remember Me Always"
A handbook to help parents who are newly bereaved. Helps parnents to explain funerals, burial and cremation to children. Includes ideas for supporting children thorugh suicide and other deaths.
"Where's Molly Now?" 
A handbook for clergy and pastoral staff to assist them in supporting familes and children within their parish and congregation.
Price £4.00 + p&p
Recommended books
Coping with Loss
Elliot P (1997),Picadilly Press, ISBN 1 85340 453 5
Helping Children Cope With Grief
Wells R, (1988), Sheldon Press
Grief and Bereavement: Understanding Children
Couldrick A, Sobell Publications, Oxford
Grief In Children (A Hand book for Adults)
Dyregov A (1991) Kingsley Publications. Explains children’s understanding of death at different ages and how adults can help them. ISBN 18530 2113X)
Forever In My Heart Levine,J.
A story workbook to help children participate in life as a parent dies.
Forgotten Mourners:
Guidelines for working with bereaved children. Pennalls M et al (1995) Jessica Kingsley
Communicating with children and adults
Petrie P,(ISBN 0 340 49457 3)
I saw it happen
A workbook for adults working with children who have witnessed events involving violence, such as kidnappings, murders, fires and traumatic accidents. Deaton.W.
Helping Children Cope With Grief
This book is for anyone who wants to help a child who is coping with grief. The author uses her experience for the problems of terminal illness or sudden death. Wells R, Sheldon Press (ISBN 0 85969 559 X)
Interventions with Grieving Chidren
Smith SC & Pennells M, Jessica Kingsley Publication, ISBN 1 85302 285 3
Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine Winston’s Wish
A book of activities and exercises to offer an outlet for difficult feelings to be expressed and for children to reflect on their grief experience
Talking with Young People and Children adbout Death and Dying
Turner M, ISBN 1 85302 563 1
Then, Now and Always
A well-referenced manual of interventions when working with bereaved children. Stokes JA (ISBN 0-9539123-5-3)
The Grieving Child
Fitzgerald H A useful guide for parents to keep on the shelf as a reference for supporting grieving children. (ISBN: 0133632261)
Books for children aged three to five years
A dragon in your heart
A book written by a mother who has cancer to explain to her five year old daughter as clearly and simply as possible about her illness and the effects.
Frog & the birdsong
Frog discovers a blackbird lying motionless in the grass and asks his friends about it. The animals begin to understand death and the beauty of life.
I Feel: Frightened, Angry, Sad
These three seperate books examine these emotions in a reassuring way.
I Miss You
A First Look at death
Missing Mum
Story about Lucy and her worries about who will look after her when her mum is in hospital.
Recommended videos
Famous Fred
A video that talks about a cat dying.Universal U PRC
Giving Sorrow Words, Managing bereavement in Schools
PO Box 197, CARDIFF CF5 2WF.
Grief in the family
Childhood Bereavement network. Animated film-exploring issues for the whole family, particularly useful for younger children and families to help them look at bereavement and the effects on everybody.
It will be ‘OK’
Childhood Bereavement Network. A video made by teenagers for teenagers talking about their experiences of grief and what helped them during the difficult days.
Life Goes On
A video of young people talking about their experiences of death, the effects and how they coped. Emerald Films St Margaret’s Hospice TAUNTON
Someone died -”It happened to me”
The Child Bereavement Trust. A video for children in which children & teenagers talk about their experiences
When A Child Grieves
The Child Bereavement Trust 1997, Harleyford Estate, Henley Road MARLOW, BUCKS SL7 2DX. A video for parents and professionals
Further book and video recommendations
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