Grief books for children

  • Grief is an Elephant  by Tamara Ellis Smith (all ages)

  • The Goodbye Book by Todd Parr (ages 0-3)

  • Soaring with Angels: A Sibling’s Story of Infant Loss  by Polly Zielonka (age 3+)

  • Someone Came Before You  by Pat Schwiebert (age 3+)

  • The ABC’s Of Grief: Emotions & Feelings  by Jessica Correnti (age 3+)

  • My Sibling Still: for those who’ve lost a sibling to miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death  by Megan Lacourrege (age 3+)

  • The Invisible String by Patrice Karst (ages 3-7+)

  • Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children by Doris Stickney (ages 3-8+)

  • Why Do Things Die by Katie Daynes (age 4+)

  • The Memory Box: A Book About Grief by Joanna Rowland (ages 4-8+)

  • When Someone Dies: A Children’s Mindful How -To Guide on Grief and Loss  by Andrea Dorn (ages 4-10+)

  • Grief is a Mess by Jackie Schuld (ages 4-10)

  • When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Krasny Brown (ages 4-10)

  • Charlotte and the Quiet Place by Deborah Sosin (ages 4-10)

  • The Memory Tree by Britta Teckentrup (ages 4-10)

  • Badger’s Parting Gifts by Susan Varley (ages 4-10)

  • Why Do I Feel So Sad? by Tracy Lambert (ages 4-10)

  • Up Here  by Katie Swanson (ages 4-12+)

  • The Next Place  by Warren Hanson (age 5+)

  • The Moon Is Always Round  by Jonathan Gibson (ages 5-6+)

  • The Grieving Teen by Helen Fitzgerald (ages 11-18)

  • Grieving For The Sibling You Lost by Erica Goldblatt Hyatt (ages 11-18)

  • Healing Your Grieving Heart For Teens by Alan Wolfelt (ages 11-18)

  • The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore (ages 11-18)