Suggested Books


for Children and Young People

Books for children and young people who have lost a loved one

Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine

by Diana Crossley

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The Paper Dolls

by Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb

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You Will Be Okay

by Julie Stokes (for older children to read)

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Someone I Know Has Died

by Trish Phillips

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Missing Mummy

by Rebecca Cobb

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Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?

by Elke and Alex Barber

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Benny's Hat

by Juliet Clare Bell and Dave Gray

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The Coat I Wear

by Mel Maxwell

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Remembering...

by Dianne Leutner

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Books for children and young people before and after a loved one has died

The Invisible String

by Patrice Karst

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Michael Rosen's Sad Book

by Michael Rosen

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The River

by Tom Percival

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Badger's Parting Gifts

by Susan Varley

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A Shelter for Sadness

by Anne Booth and David Litchfield

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Under the Love Umbrella

by Davina Bell

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The Garden of Hope

by Isabel Otter and Katie Rewse

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Explaining life and death to children and young people

Lifetimes

by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen

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Why Do Things Die?

by Katie Daynes

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The Fall of Freddie the Leaf

by Leo Buscaglia

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Time is a Flower

by Julie Morstad

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