Book recommendations for professionals
The emotional wellbeing team at St Elizabeth Hospice have put together a list of published books of interest to help professionals support young people during the coronavirus pandemic.
| Publisher | ISBN | |
| Information Books | ||
| Helping Children with Loss (Margot Sunderland) | Speechmark | 978 0 86388 467 2 |
| A Guide to Developing Good Practice in Childhood Bereavement Services (Child Bereavement Network) | 1-904787-99-1 | |
| As Big as it Gets (Winstons Wish) | 953912396 | |
| Beyond the Rough Rock (Winston's Wish) | 0-9539123-7-X | |
| The Invisible Suitcase (Ian Woodroffe) | ||
| When Your Partner Dies: Supporting Your Children (Child Bereavement Charity) | ||
| Someone Close to You has Died (Candle, St Christophers Hospice) | 0 9528196 2 7 | |
| Helping Children with Fear (Margot Sunderland) | Speechmark | 978 0 86388 464 1 |
| Helping Children who Bottle Up their Feelings (Margot Sunderland) | Speechmark | 978 0 86388 457 3 |
| Helping Children who are Anxious or Obsessional (Margot Sunderland) | Speechmark | 978 0 86388 454 2 |
| Story Books | ||
| When Dinosaurs die (Laurie Brown) | Cherrytree Books | 1-84234-163-4 |
| The Fall of Freddy the Leaf (Leo Buscaglia) | Slack Inc | 0-8050-1064-5 |
| Badgers Parting Gifts (Susan Varley) | Collins | 0-00-664317-5 |
| Fred (Posy Simmonds) | Picture Puffins | 0-14-151965-8 |
| I'll Always Tell You (Hans Wilhelm) | Picture Knight | 0-340-40153-2 |
| We Love Them (Martin Wadell & Barbara Firth) | Walker | |
| Grandpa (John Burningham) | Puffin | 0-14-050841-4 |
| My Grandad (Sheila Isherwood) | Oxford Univerity Press | 0-19-272150-X |
| The Lonely Tree (Nicholas Halliday) | Halliday Books | 0-9539459-8-7 |
| Saying Goodbye to a Parent (Child Bereavement Trust) | Chrysalis Books | 1-84458-468-2 |
| It Must Hurt a Lot (Doris Sanford) | Multnomah Press | 0-88070-131-5 |
| Helping Children with Loss - a Guidebook (Margot Sunderland) | Speechmark | 978 0 86388 467 2 |
| When Somebody Dies (Sheila Hollings, Sandra Dowling & Noelle Blackman) | Gaskell/St George's Hospital | 1-901242-90-0 |
| My Brother and Me (Child Bereavement Charity) | 978-0-9521661-2-2 | |
| Sad Book (Michael Rosen) | Walker Books | 0-7445-9898-2 |
| Up in Heaven (Emma Chichester Clark) | Anderson Press | 978-1-84270-333-5 |
| No Matter What (Debi Gliori) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks | 0-7475-6331-4 |
| Laura's Star (Klaus Baumgart) | Magi Publications | 1-85430-480-1 |
| The Huge Bag of Worries (Virginia Ironside) | Hodder Childrens Books | 978-0-340-90317-9 |
| Feather Pillows (Rose Impey & Robin BellCorfield) | Collins | 0-00-664531-3 |
| I Miss My Sister (Child Bereavement Charity) | 978-0-9521661-1-5 | |
| It isn't Easy (Margaret Connolly) | Oxford Univerity Press | 0-19-279916-9 |
| Beginnings and Endings a with Lifetime in Between (Bryan Mellonie & Robert Ingpen) | Belitha Press | 1-85561-760-9 |
| I Miss You (Pat Thomas) | Wayland | 978-0-7502-6082-4 |
| Willy and the Wobbly House (Margot Sunderland) | Speechmark | 978 0 86388 498 6 |
| A Nifflenoo Called Nevermind (Margot Sunderland) | Speechmark | 978 0 86388 496 2 |
| Teenie Weenie in a Too Big World (Margot Sunderland) | Speechmark | 917 0 86388 460 3 |
| Why Do Things Die? (Lift the Flap First Questions & Answers): 1 (First Questions and Answers) | Usborne | 978-1474979887 |
| The Girl Who Lost the Light in Her Eyes: A Storybook to Support Children and Young People Who Experience Loss (Supporting Children and Young People Who Experience Loss) | Routledge | 978-0367524418 |
| Seeds of Hope Bereavement and Loss Activity Book: Helping Children and Young People Cope with Change Through Nature | Jessica Kinglsey | 978-1849055468 |
| Ollie the Octopus Loss and Bereavement Activity Book: A Therapeutic Story with Activities for Children Aged 5-10 (Therapeutic Treasures Collection) | Jessica Kinglsey | 978-1787757660 |
| Big Tree is Sick: A Story to Help Children Cope with the Serious Illness of a Loved One | Jessica Kinglsey | 978-1785922268 |
| Remembering Lucy: A Story about Loss and Grief in a School | Jessica Kinglsey | 978-1785923074 |
| Stewart’s Tree: A Book for Brothers and Sisters When a Baby Dies Shortly after Birth | Jessica Kinglsey | 978-1785923999 |
| Rafi’s Red Racing Car: Explaining Suicide and Grief to Young Children | Jessica Kinglsey | 978-1785922008 |
| Text Books | ||
| When Parents Die (Rebecca Abrams) | Rutledge | 0 415 20065 2 |
| Bereaved Children and Teens (Earl A Grollman) | Beacon Press | 0 8070 2307 8 |
| Helping Children to Manage Loss (Brenda Mallon) | Jessica Kingsley | 1 85302 605 0 |
| Using Story Telling as a Therapeutic Tool with Children (Margot Sunderland) | Speechmark | 978 0 86388 425 2 |
| Then, Now and Always (Julie Stokes) | Winston's Wish | 0 9539123 5 3 |
| Children and Grief (William Worden) | Guildford Press | 1 57230 148 1 |
| Healing Children's Grief (Grace Hyslop Christ) | OxfordUniverity Press | 0 19 510591 5 |
| The Little Book of Bereavement for Schools (Ian Gilbert) | Crown House Publishing | 978 184590464 7 |
| Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers (Earl A Grollman) | Beacon Press | 0 8070 2501 1 |
| Loss Change and Grief (Erica Brown) | David Fulton Publishers | 1 85346 465 1 |
| Grief in Children (Atle Dyregrov) | Jessica Kingsley | 978 1 84310 612 8 |
| Brief Interventions with Bereaved Children (Barbara Monroe & Frances Kraus) | OxfordUniverity Press | 0 19 852909 0 |
| What Do We Think About Death (Karen Bryant-Mole) | Wayland | 0 7502 2208 5 |
| Activity Books and Tools | ||
| Bright Spots Therapeutic Fun - Bereavement Healing Cards (Lisa Marie Arneson) | ||
| The Children Who Lived (Kathryn A Markell and Marc A Markell) | Rutledge | 978 0 415 95765 6 |
| Good Grief 1 - Exploring Feelings, Loss and Death with Under Elevens (Barbara Ward ) | Jessica Kingsley | 1 85302 324 8 |
| Good Grief 2 - Exploring Feelings, Loss and Death with Over Elevens ad Adults (Barbara Ward ) | Jessica Kingsley | 1 85302 340 X |
| Helping Children to Build Self Esteem (Deborah Plummer) | Jessica Kingsley | 978 1 84310 488 9 |
| Grief Encounter (Shelley Gilbert) | 1 904787 21 5 | |
| When Someone Very Special Dies (Marge Heegaard) | Woodland Press | |
| Remembering (Diane Leutner) | Child Bereavement Charity | 978 0 9521661 8 4 |
| Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine(Diana Crossley) | Winston's Wish | 978 1 903458 96 9 |
| When Someone Special Dies - for children under 7 (Child Bereavement Charity) | ||
| When Someone Special Dies - for children 7 - 11 (Child Bereavement Charity) | ||
| When Someone Special Dies -for young people (Child Bereavement Charity) | ||
| Out of the Blue (Julie Stokes & Paul Oxley() | Winston's Wish | 1 903458 71 4 |
| Remembering (Lorna Nelson & Tina Rae) | Sage Publications | 978 1 903458 96 9 |
| Finding a Way Through When Someone Close Has Died(Pat Mood & Lesley Whittaker) | Jessica Kingsley | 1 85302 920 3 |
| Talking with Children and Young People about Death and Dying (Mary Turner) | Jessica Kingsley | 1 85302 563 1 |
| Bothered - Helping Teenagers talk about their feelings Margot Sunderland) | Speechmark | 978 0 86388 908 0 |