Top 10 Coping With Death Books

When a child loses someone special to them to sickness, accident, or old age, it can be hard to know how to cope with the resulting uncharted emotions and questions. Whether they've lost a favorite pet, a friend, or a family member, we'e gathered the best books to help bring a child comfort, understanding, and coping mechanisms through this difficult time in their life.

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chapter • 282 Pages
Where the Red Fern Grows
6.7
#1 in Series
coping with deathᐧhuntingᐧhuman-animal relationships
picture • 36 Pages
The Invisible String
5.0
Series
picture • 32 Pages
The Goodbye Book
4.8
picture • 32 Pages
I'll Always Love You
4.5
picture • 40 Pages
Saying Goodbye to Lulu
3.5
picture • 40 Pages
Lifetimes
3.0
chapter • 208 Pages
The Afterwards
chapter • 352 Pages
Waiting for Augusta
picture • 32 Pages
My Old Pal, Oscar
picture • 32 Pages
The Heart and the Bottle
5.5
Books about wishes
See Books
picture • 36 Pages
My Bison
4.8
picture • 32 Pages
The Dead Bird
2.0
chapter • 480 Pages
The Astonishing Color of After
secretsᐧdeath, grief, and bereavementᐧfamily historyᐧcoping with death
picture • 32 Pages
Wherever You Are
5.9
chapter • 369 Pages
Mayday
5.0
picture • 32 Pages
No Matter what
4.9
picture • 28 Pages
I Miss You
4.3
Series
picture • 32 Pages
A Terrible Thing Happened
3.5
chapter • 158 Pages
Old Yeller
coping with deathᐧhuman-animal relationships
picture • 56 Pages
Finn's Feather
picture • 32 Pages
One Wave at a Time
picture • 32 Pages
Grandpa's Top Threes
6.4
chapter • 177 Pages
Island of the Blue Dolphins
5.4
#1 in Series
survival storiesᐧself-relianceᐧcoping with death
picture • 40 Pages
The President Sang Amazing Grace
4.8
chapter • 385 Pages
A Home for Goddesses and Dogs
3.0
dogsᐧfamilyᐧgrief
chapter • 288 Pages
The Memory of Forgotten Things
solar eclipsesᐧcoping with deathᐧmemoryᐧwishes
picture • 40 Pages
Ida, Always
6.0
chapter • 128 Pages
Bridge to Terabithia
5.8
death, grief, and bereavementᐧimagination and playᐧmaking friends
picture • 32 Pages
Grandpa's Stories
4.9
picture • 32 Pages
Always Remember
4.5
picture • 32 Pages
Gentle Willow
3.3
chapter • 352 Pages
The Thing About Jellyfish
jellyfishᐧself-discoveryᐧimaginationᐧcoping with death
picture • 48 Pages
A Stone for Sascha
Graphic Nov.
chapter • 24 Pages
Goodbye to Goldie
Series
picture • 36 Pages
111 Trees
5.8
#22 in Series
picture • 1 Pages
Liplap's Wish
5.3
chapter • 336 Pages
Beginners Welcome
5.0
coping with deathᐧfriendshipᐧtrying new things
picture • 32 Pages
What's Heaven?
3.0
chapter • 400 Pages
Bronze and Sunflower
lonelinessᐧadoptionᐧrural livingᐧcoping with death
chapter • 184 Pages
Charlotte's Web
5.8
coping with deathᐧhelping othersᐧfriendship
picture • 32 Pages
Something Very Sad Happened
5.0
picture • 32 Pages
The Memory Box
4.8
picture • 32 Pages
Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs
4.0
Books about friendship
See Books
picture • 36 Pages
Someone I Love Died
chapter • 240 Pages
The Girl with More Than One Heart
chapter • 224 Pages
Mr. Gedrick and Me
6.5
wishesᐧfamily lifeᐧcoping with deathᐧnannies
picture • 32 Pages
A Stopwatch from Grampa
5.3
grandpaᐧcoping with death
picture • 32 Pages
The Great Henry Hopendower
5.0
picture • 48 Pages
Rabbit and the Motorbike
4.3
chapter • 416 Pages
Counting by 7s
coping with deathᐧgriefᐧconnecting with othersᐧAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

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