1. Kids Dealing with Death - Preschool (ages 2-4)
2. Kids Dealing with Death - Young Children (ages 5-8)
3. Kids Dealing with Death - Older Children (ages 9-12)
4. Kids Dealing with Death - Teens
5. Kids Dealing with Divorce - Preschool (ages 2-4)
6. Kids Dealing with Divorce - Young Children (ages 5-8)
7. Kids Dealing with Divorce - Older Children (ages 9-12)
8. Kids Dealing with Divorce - Teens
9. Kids Dealing with Illness - Preschool (ages 2-4)
10. Kids Dealing with Illness - Young Children (ages 5-8)
11. Kids Dealing with Illness - Older Children (ages 9-12)
1. Kids Dealing with Death - Preschool (ages 2-4)
- Good Bye Moussie by Robie Harris, 2001 (death of a pet)
- Lifetimes by Brian Mellonie and Robert Ingpen, Bantam Books, 1983.
- It Must Have Hurt A lot by Doris Sanford. Multnomath Press, 1986. (death of a pet)
- The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia. Henry Holt and Company, 1982.
- Badger’s Parting Gifts by Susan Varley. Lothrop, Lee & Shephard Books, New York, 1984.
- Never Say GoodBye by Lea Gillespie Gant. Tommy Nelson: Nashville, Tenn., 2003.
2. Kids Dealing with Death - Young Children (ages 5-8)
- When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Kransy Brown & Marc Brown, Little Brown & Company, 1996.
- I Miss You by Pat Thomas. Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 2001.
- Sad Isn’t Bad by Michaelene Mundy. One Caring Place, 1998.
- My Guardian Angel in my Mourning by Regina Ann Shay, 1996.
- The Brightest Star by Kathleen Maresh Hemery, 1998.
- When Your Grandparent Dies by Victoria Ryan. One Caring Place, 2002.
- Mad Isn’t Bad by Michaelene Mundy. One Caring Place, 1999.
- Lighthouse by Robert Munsch. North Winds Press, 2003.
3. Kids Dealing with Death - Older Children (ages 9-12)
- My Mom is Dying by Jill Westberg McNamara. Augsburg Press, 1994.
- Sarah’s Grandma Goes to Heaven by Maribeth Boelts. Zondervan, 2004.
- Healing your Grieving Heart for Kids by Alan Wolfelt. Companion Press, 2001.
- Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss by Pat Schwiebert & Chuck DeKlyen, 1999.
- Everett Anderson’s Goodbye by Lucille Clifton. Henry Holt Press, 1983.
- Someone I Loved Died by Christine Harder Tangvald. Chariot Books, 1988.
- Balloons for Trevor by Anne Good Cave. Concordia Publishing House, 1988.
- Emma Says Goodbye by Carolyn Nystrom. Lion Publishing Company, 1990.
- If Nathan Were Here by Mary Bahr, Eerdmans Books, 2000.
- My Grandma has gone to Heaven by Alex S. Foxhall. Christian Art Publishers, 2002.
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4. Kids Dealing with Death - Teens
- Death is a Hard to Life With by Janet Bode. Dell, New York, 1993.
- Teenagers Talk About Grief by June Cerza Kolf Baker Book House, 1990.
5. Kids Dealing with Divorce - Preschool (ages 2-4)
- Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie. Aladdin Paperbacks, 1990.
- It’s Not Your Fault Koko Bear by Vicki Lansky. Book Peddlers, 1998.
- Dinosaurs Divorce. A Guide for Changing Families by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown. Little Brown & Company, 1986.
6. Kids Dealing with Divorce - Young Children (ages 5-8)
* Daddy’s Getting Married by Jennifer-Moore Mallinos. Barron’s Books, 2006.
* My Family’s Changing by Pat Thomas. Barron’s Books, 1999.
* Please Come Home by Doris Sanford. Multnomah Press, 1985.
* On the Day His Daddy Left by Eric J. Adams & Kathleen Adams. Albert Whitman & Co., 2000.
* When my Parents Forgot How to Be Friends by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos. Barron’s Books, 2005.
* With my Mom, With my Dad by Maribeth Boelts. Zonderkids, 2004.
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7. Kids Dealing with Divorce - Older Children (ages 9-12)
- When Mom and Dad Divorce. A Kid’s Resource by Emily Menendez-Apente. Elf-Help Books,
- One Caring Place, 1999.
- Mom and Dad Break Up by Joan Singleton Prestine. Fearon Teacher Aids, 1996.
8. Kids Dealing with Divorce - Teens
- What in the World Do you Do When Your Parents Divorce by Kent Winchester and Roberta Beyer. Free Spirit Publishing, 2001.
9. Kids Dealing with Illness - Preschool (ages 2-4)
- Lifetimes by Brian Mellonie and Robert Ingpen, Bantam Books, 1983.
- Tickles Tabitha’s Cancer-tanerous Mommy by Amelia Frahm, 2001.
- Mama’s Going to Heaven Soon by Kathe Martin Copeland.
- My Trip to the Hospital by Mercer Mayer. Harper Collins Publishers, 2005.
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10. Kids Dealing with Illness - Young Children (ages 5-8)
- Sad Isn’t Bad by Michaelene Mundy. One Caring Place, 1998.
- Mad Isn’t Bad by Michaelene Mundy. One Caring Place, 1999.
- My Mommy’s Cancer by Cindy Cohen, 1999.
- When Someone You Love Has Cancer by Alaric Lewis, 2005.
- Do I Have to Go to the Hospital? by Pat Thomas. Barron’s Books, 2006.
- Jessica’s X-ray by Pat Zonta. Firefly Books, 2006.
11. Kids Dealing with Illness - Older Children (ages 9-12)
- My Mom is Dying by Jill Westberg McNamara. Augsburg Press, 1994.
- The Year my Mother Was Bald by Ann Speltz, 2003.
- When Pete’s Dad Got Sick by Kathleen Long Bostrom. Zonderkids, 2004.
- When You’re Sick or in the Hospital by Tom McGrath. Elf-Help Books, One Caring Place, 2002.
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All these books are suggested reading material and may not express the opinions of House of Hope staff or Directors.
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