Titles others have read and recommend. They may be helpful to you. Try your local library.

Click on any of the titles to see a brief description of the book. Books have a rough reading age noted. The books deal with death, grief, emotions, sadness and loss. Sad but not bad.

Most of the books and authors can be found on the internet. Just google the title, name or isbn. Some of the picture books can be read on line too, or as e-books.

Many are children’s picture books. Yes! Recommended for any one grieving for a loved one, young or old. Family members of all ages can read and share together. Simply written and poignantly illustrated, these titles can share death and sorrow in a positive, understanding way for anyone coping with grief and feelings after a terrible loss. These can be affirming and helpful to older readers too.

Be involved :
If you can recommend a book on death/ grief send the details to Keren Marsh (see contacts)

If you wish to purchase any of these books. This fabulously special bookshop in Whanganui would be happy to help:

Paige’s Book Gallery.
60 Guyton St.
Whanganui.
Phone 06 348 9095
hello@paigesbooks.com

• After Alexander - PDF 98kb
• A Shelter for Sadness - PDF 138kb
• A Sky of Diamonds - PDF 76kb
• Cleo - PDF 305kb
• Cleo and Rob - PDF 304kb
• Cry Heart But Never Break - PDF 78kb
• Everyone Walks Away - PDF 98kb
• Everywhere And All Around - PDF 119kb
• Grief On The Run - PDF 147kb
• I Am Love - PDF 144kb
• I Had A Brother - PDF 84kb
• Lasting Love - PDF 79kb
• Life Is Like The Wind - PDF 89kb
• Lifting The Cloud - PDF 33kb
• My Elephant Is Blue - PDF 52kb
• Resilient Grieving - 243kb
• Something Very Sad Happened - 142 kb
• The Biggest Thing Of All - PDF 391kb
• Many Shapes of Clay - PDF 74kb