General

• Concerning Death: A Practical Guide for the Living - by Dr. Earl A. Grollman, Beacon Press 

• Dead is a Four-Letter Word - by Lynn L. Melby, Dabney Publishing

• Death: The Final Stage of Growth - by Elisabeth Kubler Ross, Macmillan Company

• Explaining Death to Children - by Dr. Earl A. Grollman, Beacon Press

• The Funeral: Vestige or Value? - by Paul E. Irian, Abingden Press

• Good Grief - by Granger E. Westberg, Fortress Press

• Grief and the Meaning of the Funeral - by Otto Margolis, et al. MSS Information Corporation

• Healing Grief - by Amy Hillyard, Medic Publishing

• Healing the Pain of Everyday Loss - by Ira J. Tanner, Winston Press

• Helping Children Cope with Grief - by Dr. Alan Wolfelt, Accelerated Development

• Living When a Loved One has Died - by Dr. Earl A. Grollman, Beacon Press

• On Death and Dying - by Elisabeth Kubler Ross, McMillan Company

• Psychology of Death - by Robert Kastenbuam, Macmillan Company

• Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent & Child - by Dr. Earl A. Grollman, Beacon Press

• Telling a Child About Death - by Edgar N. Jackson, Channel Press

• What Helped Me When My Loved One Died - by Edited by Dr. Earl A. Grollman, Beacon Press

• When Bad Things Happen to Good People - by Harold Kushner, Avon Books

• Yourself to Grieve When Going to Pieces Holds You Together: You can Find Healing When You Allow Yourself to Grieve - by William A. Miller, Augsberg Publishing House 

• Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal - by Dr. Alan Wolfelt, Accelerated Development

• How to Survive the Loss of a Love: Fifty-Eight Things to Do When There Is Nothing to Be Done - by Melba Colgrove, Harold H. Bloomfield, and Peter McWilliams.

• Advice on Dying and Living a Better Life - by His Holiness, The Dalai Lama.

• Beyond Grief: A Guide to Recovering From the Death of a Loved One - by Carol Staudacher.

• Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One - by Ann Smolin and John Guinan.

• Grief's Courageous Journey: A Workbook - by S. Caplan and G. Lang.

• Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens: 100 Practical Ideas - by Alan D. Wolfelt.

• Men & Grief - by Carol Staudacher.

• The Grief Recovery Handbook: A Step-by-Step Program for Moving Beyond Loss - by John W. James and Frank Cherry.

For children
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf - by Leo F. Buscaglia

For adults
The Grief Recovery Handbook - by John W. James and Russell Friedman

For teens
Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers : How to Cope With Losing Someone You Love - by Earl A. Grollman

Most of these books can be found at your local library,
at Amazon.com, or Barnes and Noble.

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