Websites

Use Google or your favorite search engine to reference the following:

General:

• American Cancer Society: ACS:Coping with Grief and Loss
• AARP
• BeliefNet
• bmj.com – British Medical Journal/series of ten articles of different losses
• Buddhanet
• Caring Connections
• Children with AIDS Project
• Discovery Counseling Center
• Griefcompanion.org
• Grief’s Journey
• GriefLossRecovery
• GriefNet
• Hospice Foundation of America: HFA Grief and Loss Resources
• HospiceNet
• National Institute on Aging: Age Page: Mourning the Death of a Spouse
• WidowNet
• SilentGrief

Help for Children:

• Kidsaid
• Rainbows

Children's Grieving

• The Dougy Center
• Kara

Child Loss:

• APlacetoRemember
• Assoc. of SIDS & Infant Mortality
• BabyLoss
• Baby Steps
• Compassionate Friends
• March of Dimes: Grief and Loss: The Loss of a Baby

Pet Loss:

• Assoc. for Pet Loss & Bereavement
• Harmony Animal Hospital, Pet Loss
• Petloss.com

Suicide:

• 1000deaths.com
• save.org

Books

Adult

• A Year to Live, Levine, Stephen
• After He’s Gone: A Guide for Widowed or Divorced Women, Sowell, Barbara/Tom and Schwisow, Donnette
• As You Grieve, Zerah, Aaron
• Beyond Grief: A Guide for Recovering from the Death of a Loved One, Viorst, Judith
• Child Loss: When a Child Dies, Pregent, Carol
• Children and Grief: When A Parent Dies, Worden, J. William
• Consolation: The Spiritual Journey Beyond Grief, (Judaism) Lamm Maurice
• Focusing, Gendlan, Eugene T.
• Grief Recovery Handbook, James, John W., and Cherry, Frank
• Graceful Exits: How Great Being Die, Blackman, Sushila
• Final Gifts, Callanan, Maggie
• Final Journey: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life, Callanan, Maggie
• Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness, Lynn, M.D. Joanne,, Harrold M.D., Joan,
• Healing into Life and Death, Levine, Stephen
• House of Sand and Fog, Dubus III, Andre
• How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies, Rando, Therese
• How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter, Nuland, Sherwin B.
• I’m Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows/Widowers Can Cope, Feinberg, Linda
• Living in the Light of Death: On the Art of Being Truly Alive, Rosenberg, Larry
• Living When a Loved One Has Died (poems), Grollman. Rabbi Earl A.
• Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times (excellent), Wolpe, Rabbi David
• Man’s Search for Meaning, Frankl, Victor
• Men and Grief, Staudacher, Carol
• Rainbow in the Stone, Neimeyer, Robert (Selected poems)
• Safe Passage: Words to Help Grieving (short readings), Fumia, Molly
• Sorrow, Alegria Claribel (poems/spousal loss)
• Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death, Yalom Irwin D.
• Swallowed by a Snake: The gift of Masculine Side of Healing, Golden, Thomas
• Surviving Grief: Learning to Live Again, Sanders, Catherine M.
• The Art of Dying: A Comprehensive Guide to your Physical Emotional and Spiritual Concerns, Weenolsen, Patricia
• The Courage to Grieve, Tatelbaum, Judy
• The Dying Time: Practical Wisdom for the Dying and Their Caretakers, Furman, Joan & McNabb, David
• The End of Life Handbook: A Compassionate Guide to Connecting with and Caring for a Dying Loved One, Feldman, Dave & Laser, S. Andrew
• The Four Things that Matter Most: A book about Living, Byock, M.D., Ira
• The Gift of Grief: finding peace, transformation and renewed life after sorrow, Gewirtz, Mathhew.
• The Grace in Dying, Singh, Kathleen Dowling
• The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning, Lamm, Maurice
• The Journey through Grief, Wolfert, Alan
• Final Chapter: The Needs of the Dying (10th Ed), A Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort and Love to Life, Kessler, David
• Understanding Your Grief: A Journal to Complete, Wolfelt, Allan
• What Dying People Want: Practical Wisdom for the End of Life, Kuhl, M.D., David
• When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Kushner, Harold
• When God and Grief Meet: True Stories of Comfort and Courage, Eib, Lynn
• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Hard Times, Chodron, Pema
• When Your Soul Aches: Hope & Help for Women Who have Lost Their Husbands, Rabey, Lois
• Who Dies? Levine, Stephen and Ondrea
• Widow to Widow, Rebuilding your Life, Ginsburg, Genevieve Davis
• Women in Mourning: Stories of Grieving Women, Clayton, Jean

Pre-school and Early Elementary

• A Quilt for Elizabeth. Tiffault, B.
• Everett Anderson's Goodbye. Clifton, Lucille
• Jasper's Day. Parker, Marjorie Blain. (About terminally ill dog who is part of a loving family)
• Last Week My Brother Anthony Died. Hickman, M.W.
• Lifetimes. Mellonie, Bryan and Robert Ingpen
• Saying Goodbye to Daddy. Vigna, Judith
• Talking About Death. Grollman, Earl A. (This is a most practical guide for parents and other adults who are faced with explaining death to a child.)
• The Happy Funeral. Bunting, E.
• When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death. Brown, Laurie Krasny and Marc Brown
• Why Did Grandpa Die? Shook-Hazen, B.

For Elementary School Children

• A Taste of Blackberries, Smith, D. B.
• Dusty Was My Friend. Claudy, A.F. (Story of an eight-year-old boy whose ten-year-old friend died in a car accident.)
• Emily's Sad Happy Season, Lowden-Golightly, S.
• Mustard. Graeber, C. (Aging and death of a cat.)
• Poppy's Chair, Graeber, C.
• Saying Goodbye to Grandma, Thomas, J. R.
• Talking about Death: A dialogue between Parent and Child, Grollman, Earl A.
• The Accident. Carrick, C. (Little boy's reaction to his dog being run over by a truck).

Older Elementary and Middle School Children

• Bridge to Terabithia, Paterson, K.
• Lanky Longlegs, Lorenzen, K. .
• Sun & Spoon, Henkes, Kevin
• Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss, Schiebert, Pat and Deklyen, Chuck
• You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye, Hermes, P.
• Where the Balloons Go, Coleman, Paul

Middle School Children

• Beat the Turtle Drum, Greene, C. (Book for children who have lost a sibling.)
• Child’s View of Grief, Wolfert, Alan D. (Concise resource for parents of grieving kids explores several key principles for helping children cope with grief.)
• Puggy Brown Ears' Purr Song, Fausey, Linda. (This is a beautifully illustrated story about a cat's loss of his best cat friend.)
• Tiger Eyes, Blume, Judy

Teens

• A Matter of Time, Schotter, R.
• Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins : A Journal for Teenagers Experiencing a Loss,Traisman, Enid Samuel
• Healing Your Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Teens, Wolfert, Alan D.,
• Helping Teens Work Through Grief, Perschy, Mary Kelly
• Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers: How to Cope With Losing Someone You Love, Grollman, Earl A.
• The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends, Fitzgerald, Helen
• When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving & Healing, Gootman, Marilyn E.