Recommended Reading for Children
GRAN GRAN’S BEST TRICK
By Dwight Holden
Deals sensitively with the illness and death of a grandparent who has cancer. The child is allowed to be part of life, death and family.
TEENAGERS FACE TO FACE WITH BEREAVEMENT
By Gravelle & Haskins
Seventeen young adults discuss the death of parents, siblings, and friends in this sensitive and caring book. Candid and hopeful.
HOW IT FEELS WHEN A PARENT DIES
By Jill Krementz
A beautiful, informative collection of photographs with thoughts and felings of eighteen children ages 7-16, whose parents died.
LEARNING TO SAY GOOD-BYE
By Edna LeShan
A wise and caring classic written directly to youth to help them overcome the problems they face when losing a parent.
Other Books
- Always My Brother – Jean Reagan
- Badger’s Parting Gifts – Susan Varley
- My Many Colored Days- Dr. Seuss
- Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs – Connie de Paola
- The Next Place – Warren Hanson
- The Tenth Good Thing about Barney – Judith Viorst
- When Dinosaurs Die – Laurie Krasney Brown and Marc Brown
These books and more are available at the Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area
lending library.
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