Water Bugs & Dragonflies - Explaining Death to Young Children by Doris Stickney
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Alice's Dad: A Book for Children Who Grieve ALICE'S DAD Bill Merrington Kevin Mayhew ISBN 1 84003 374 6 A paperback written for early teens with a few line drawings. The book explores the whole subject of life and death by looking back and looking forwards. It is described as a book for children who grieve. It tells the story of a girl after her Dad has died
Always and Forever ALWAYS AND FOREVER Alan Durant Picture Corgi ISBN 978 0 552 54877 9 A large format picture book with beautiful bright pictures. The story is about all the animals who live in the wood. It explores what happens when fox dies. Gradually all the animals remember stories about fox and what he taught them
A Taste of Blackberries (Puffin Books) A TASTE OF BLACKBERRIES Doris Buchanan Smith Puffin Books ISBN 0 14 032020 2 This is a paperback book written for young teens. It has a few line drawings. It tells the story of a group of friends out blackberry picking. One of them is stung by a bee, has a bad reaction and dies. The story follows his friends as they try to make sense of what has happened
Badger's Parting Gifts BADGER'S PARTING GIFT Susan Varley Picture Lions ISBN 0 00 662398 0 A large paperback picture book. It tells the story of Badger who lives in the woods with his friends. One day Badger dies and everyone is very sad. His friends then gradually remember all the things he taught them, and how he lives on in their memory
BEN AND THE NEW LIFE Regine Schindler St Paul Publications ISBN 085439 303 X A hard back picture book for the older young child. This book explores life and death and how life carries on after a death
Christopher's Story CHRISTOPHER'S STORY Elisabeth Reuter Hutchinson ISBN 0 09 174141 6 A large hard backed book with clear coloured pictures. This book tells the story about Christopher who is diagnosed with leukaemia. It follows his journey through hospital, treatment, hair loss, and recovery. It faces hard issues with the death of a child in hospital. Christopher recovers and goes home
Come Back, Grandma (Red Fox Picture Books) COME BACK, GRANDMA Sue Limb Red Fox ISBN 0 09 921951 4 A large paperback picture book. A beautifully illustrated picture book exploring the issue of the death of a grandmother. The pictures are clear and full of detail and there are not many words
Death and Dying (Let's Talk About) DEATH AND DYING Pete Sanders Gloucester Press ISBN 0 7496 0431 X A hard back picture book. The pictures are all photos. This book is in a series called 'Let's talk about', and is aimed at older primary school children. It explores all aspects of death and dying
Death Customs (Religious Topics) DEATH CUSTOMS Jon Mayled Wayland ISBN 0 85078 719 X A hard back picture book in the series 'Religious Topics for Schools'. This book looks at the different customs of different faiths around and after the time of death. It is illustrated with photographs
Death in a Nut DEATH IN A NUT Maddern and Hess Frances Lincoln Children's Books ISBN 1 84507 081 X A large hard back picture book. This book looks at what would happen if 'death' was put in a nut and was no longer there. The book shows that without death there can be no life, so death is released and life returns to normal
Emma Says Goodbye (The Lion Care Series) EMMA SAYS GOODBYE Carolyn Nystrom Lion Care Series ISBN 9 780745 916088 A hard back picture book. This book tells the story about a young girl whose aunt comes to stay. She is very fond of her aunt who is a young woman. Gradually the aunt becomes very ill with cancer and eventually dies. The book has very beautiful coloured pictures. There is a strong Christian message about life death and resurrection
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Feelings (Piccolo Books) FEELING Aliki MacMillian Children's Books ISBN 0 330 29408 3 A paperback picture book. This book explores the subject of feelings. It is beautifully illustrated with detailed pictures which encourage further discussion
Goodbye and Keep Cold (Lions) GOODBYE AND KEEP COLD Jenny Davis Lions ISBN 0 00 673386 7 A paperback novel for an older child. A story about a girl whose father dies in a mining accident, and the difficulty she has when her mother wants to remarry
Goodbye, Mousie GOODBYE MOUSIE Robie H Harris Pocket Books ISBN 0 743 46213 0 A paperback picture book. A beautifully illustrated story about a little boy who has a pet mouse that dies
God Is Always with Me GOD IS ALWAYS WITH ME Helen Caswell Lutterworth press ISBN 0 7188 2796 1 A small paperback book with coloured pictures. The story follows a little girl as she explores the issues of how life changes and how animals and people die. The image of a caterpillar and butterfly is used as a way of explaining death and life after death. The whole book is underpinned by a message of God's love
Grandad's Prayers of the Earth GRANDDAD'S PRAYER OF THE EARTH Douglas Wood Walker Books ISBN 0 7445 5648 1 A beautifully illustrated large hard back book. A grandson walks with his grandfather in the country and the grandfather speaks of the prayers of the earth. How everything is a prayer, and how people's prayers are the best. The grandfather dies and the child is left feeling very sad and finds it hard to pray. One day many years later the child, now much grown, goes into the country and sits and prays and finds peace
Grandad... (Helping Hands) GRANDAD I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU De Bode and Broere Evans Brothers Ltd ISBN 0 237 52042 7 A large paperback picture book. This book tells the story of a family coping with a grandfather's death. It has clear pictures illustrating the sadness that is around, the undertaker, the coffin and the funeral
Gran's Grave (Little Lions) GRAN'S GRAVE Wendy Green Little Lion ISBN 0 7459 1556 6 A small paperback picture book. The boy in the story has a gerbil that dies. After the animal's death the boy feels very sad and talks to his grandfather about how he felt when his grandmother died.
Grandpa's Slide Show (Picture Puffin) GRANDPA'S SLIDE SHOW Deborah Gould Picture puffins ISBN 0 14 050871 6 A paperback picture book. This book tells the story of two grandchildren and how they love to stay with their grandparents. After a while the grandfather dies. The story follows the children through the illness, death, and funeral and on afterwards with life without their grandfather
Granpa GRANPA John Burningham Puffin books ISBN 0 14 050841 A large format picture book. This book tells the story of a child's relationship with his grandfather in pictures. It ends with a picture of the grandfather's empty chair
Hope for the Flowers HOPE FOR THE FLOWERS Trina Paulus Paulist press ISBN 0 8091 1754 1 A paperback book written for older children and adults. This book is about the journey of a caterpillar and what happens on the way to becoming a butterfly
How It Feels When a Parent Dies HOW IT FEELS WHEN A PARENT DIES Jill Krementz Gollancz Children's Paperbacks ISBN 0 575 05183 3 A paperback book illustrated with photographs. This is a collection of real life stories told by children and young people about the death of a parent.
I'll Always Love You (Knight Books) I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Hans Wilhelm Picture Knight ISBN 0 340 40153 2 A paperback picture book. A delightful book looking at the death of a dog, illustrated with beautiful pictures
I Miss You: First Look at Death (First Look at Books) I MISS YOU Pat Thomas Barron's ISBN 0 7641 1764 5 A large format paperback picture book. This book is aimed at young children and explores the issue of death. It looks at a bird's death and then goes into some detail about what happens when someone dies, looking at the funeral and the feeling that might be around afterwards
I Never Told Her I Loved Her (Livewire) I NEVER TOLD HER I LOVED HER Sandra Chick Livewire ISBN 0 7043 4912 4 A paperback book written for teenagers. It tells the story of young girl's journey through grief after the death of her mum. It explores some difficult issues such as guilt and anger
I Will Remember You I WILL REMEMBER YOU Laura Dower Scholastic Inc ISBN 0 439 13961 9
Jenny and Grandpa: What Is It Like to Be Old? (The Lion Care Series) JENNY AND GRANDPA Carolyn Nystrom A Lion Book ISBN 9 780745 927602 This is a paperback picture book aimed at the older young child. This book explores the issues of getting old. The grandfather in the book becomes ill and although he survives he has a conversation with his granddaughter about dying. The book has a strong Christian message
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Laura's Granny: Explaining Death to Children LAURA'S GRANNY Sarah Brown Scripture Union ISBN 0 86201 982 6 A slim paperback picture book. A book with simple line drawings that explores what happens when a grandmother dies from a Christian perspective
Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird (Puffin Story Books) MAMA'S GOING TO BUY A MOCKINGBIRD Jean Little Puffin Books ISBN 0 14 031737 6 A paperback book for young teens. This is a story about a boy whose father is ill and dies and how he lives on afterwards
Remembering Mum (Choices) REMEMBERING MUM Ginny Perkins & Leon Morris A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 3381 6 A hard back picture book using real photos to tell the story of life for two children after their mother dies
Remembering My Brother (Children's and Educational) REMEMBERING MY BROTHER Ginny Perkins & Leon Morris A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 4541 5 A hard back book illustrated with photographs. It tell the story of how a family cope after the death of a child
SAM'S STORY Fiona Chin-Yee Project Sam Publishing Company ISBN 0 921540 00 1 A paperback picture book. This book tells the story of a cot death. The story is told from the point of view of the dead baby's sibling. It illustrates how a child needs to be involved in the events unfolding. It includes and section for parents
Someone I Love Died (Please Help Me God Series) SOMEONE I LOVE DIES Christine Tangvald Chariot Books ISBN 1 55513 490 4 A hard back picture book. This is in a series called 'Please help me, God'. It gives a very clear God based message about life, death and life after death. It explores an evangelical explanation about death, and is very focused on the Bible and prayer
The Death of a Child: A Book for Families THE DEATH OF A CHILD Tessa Wilkinson Julia MacRae ISBN 1 85681 250 2 A paperback book written in two parts. The first part is written for parents to read after a child has died from an illness. The second part is written for children to read and is illustrated. The whole book is illustrated with gentle line drawings
The Hideaway: Book for Children Who Grieve THE HIDEAWAY Bill Merrington Kevin Mayhew ISBN 1 84003 182 4 A paperback written for early teens with a few line drawings. The book explores the whole subject of life and death by looking back and looking forwards. It is described as book for children who grieve. It tells the story of a boy after his mum has dies
The Next Place (Gift Books) THE NEXT PLACE Warren Hanson Mission Publishing Ltd ISBN 0 85953 634 3 A hard back large picture book. This book endeavours to explore what heaven is like. It has beautiful illustrations which try to capture the abstract idea of heaven
Velveteen Rabbit (Carousel Books) THE VELVETEEN RABBIT William Nicholson Carousel ISBN 0 552 52056 X A paperback book with a few pictures written for an older child. This book is the story of a toy rabbit given to a boy for Christmas. It follows the journey of the rabbit and the boy and explores the love they have for each other
Toby's Tiny Tot TOBY'S TINY TOT Jacqueline Savage Bosun Publications ISBN 0 9546932 4 8 A paperback picture book. This book tells the story about a child coping in a family when there has been a stillbirth.
Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Children WATER BUGS AND DRAGONFLIES Doris Stickney Mowbrays ISBN 0 264 66904 5 This book comes as a hard back and a small paperback picture book. The book tells the story of the water bug and dragonflies and uses them to explain life, death and life after death
What Happens When We Die? (Bible Early Learning) WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE? Carolyn Nystrom Candle Books ISBN 1 85985 499 0 A tiny paperback picture book. A simple little book that explores the subject of death from a Christian point of view using Bible quotes to explain the Christian beliefs
What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies? WHAT ON EARTH DO YOU DO WHEN SOMEONE DIES? Trevor Romain Free Spirit Publishing ISBN 1 57542 055 4 A small paperback book illustrated with line drawings. This book explores the many issues and questions that children may want to ask about death
Death (What's Happening?) WHAT IS HAPPENING? DEATH Karen Bryant Mole Wayland ISBN 0 7502 0398 6 A very small paperback picture book in the 'Bible Early Learning' series. The book looks at the subject of death, the death of a bird, and the death of a person. There are Bible quotes to illustrate the Christian understand of death
When Dad Died WHEN DAD/MUM DIES Sheila Hollins and Lester Sireling Silent Books ISBN 1 85183 019 7 Paperback picture books. These books, one about a mother's death the other about a father's, have been specifically written for people with learning disabilities. There are few words and simple pictures which can be used to aid discussion and explanation
When Uncle Bob Died (Dinosaur) WHEN UNCLE BOB DIED Althea Dinosaur Publications ISBN 0 85122 727 9 A paperback picture book. This book is a simple story about the death of an uncle, following the news of his death, his funeral and how the family react afterwards
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