Death of a Parent: Resource List
Books for Children
Ages 4 to 8
- Everett Anderson's Goodbye; by Lucille Clifton; Henry
Holt, 1983
- Geranium Morning; by E. Sandy Powell; CarolRhoda Books,
2001
- The Three Birds; by Marinus Van den Berg; Magination
Press, 1994
- The Healing Tree; Kathleen Hemery; Centering Corp., 2001
- A Quilt for Elizabeth; by Benette Tiffault; Centering
Corporation, 1992
- Rachel and the Upside Down Heart; by Eileen Douglas;
Price Stern Sloan, 1990
- Saying Goodbye to Daddy; by Judith Vigna; A. Whitman,
1991
- Sunflowers & Rainbows for Tia: Saying Goodbye to Daddy;
Alesia Alexander Greene; Centering Corporation, 1999
Ages 9 to 12
- Dad! Why Did You Leave Me? by Dorothy Frost; Herald
Press, 1992
- A Formal Feeling; by Zibby O'Neal; Penguin, 1990
- In the Quiet; Adrienne Ross; Delacorte Press, 2000
- A Place Apart; by Paula Fox; Farrar, Strauss and Giroux,
1995
- Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird; by Jean Little;
Penguin, 1984
- Tiger Eyes; by Judy Blume; Econo-Clad Books, 1995
Books for Adults
- Guiding Your Child Through Grief; by Mary Ann Emswiler;
Bantam Books, 2000
- The Grieving Child; by Helen Fitzgerald; Simon &
Schuster, 1992
- When a Parent is Sick: Helping Parents Explain Serious
Illness to Children; by Joan Hamilton; Rotterfield Press,
2001
Compiled by Catherine Smith, MLS, medical librarian at the Family Health Library, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.
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