READING RESOURCES FOR PARENTS WHO HAVE LOST A CHILD
FAMILY LIFE OFFICE LIBRARY (FLO)
BOOK: Empty Arms
AUTHOR: Sherokee IIse
BOOK: Misty, Our Monetary Child
AUTHOR: Carol Gift
BOOK: Bridges: Grief Support for Parents
AUTHOR: Bergan Mercy Hospital
BOOK: Limited Life, Lasting Love
AUTHOR: Eileen McGrath
BOOK: In Memorian
Author: Henri Nouwen
Summary:
- The author shares his intensely personal feelings at the time of a loved one's death.
- A moving account that deepens into the story of a life of faith in which we see the profound relationship between death and faith.
- Covers a strength and comfort to the bereaved, and significant pastoral value to all who minister to the dying and their loved ones.
NOT IN THE FLO LIBRARY
BOOK: Finding Your Way After Your Child Dies
AUTHOR: Phyllis Vos and Kenneth Wezeman
BIBLIOGRAPHY for Adults and Children dealing with a loss due to divorce or death
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
ISBN # |
Pub Date |
PUBLISHER |
TOPIC |
101 Ways To Be A Long-Distance Super-Dad |
Newman, George |
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Adult/Parent |
A Parent Alone |
Bosco, Antoinette |
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Adult/Parent |
Are You Listening Lord? |
Peggy S, Margaret Wise |
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Adult/Parent |
Divorce and After |
Bohannon, Paul |
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Adult/Parent |
Divorce and Remarriage |
Doherty, Dennis J. |
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Adult/Parent |
Divorce and Remarriage: Towards A New Catholic Teaching |
Herder, Victor Pospishil |
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Adult/Parent |
Divorce Without Victims |
Berger, M.D. Stuart |
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Adult/Parent |
Divorce, the Church and Remarriage |
Emerson, James |
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Adult/Parent |
Escape From Marriage |
Cantor, Donald |
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Adult/Parent |
Explaining Divorce to Children |
Grollman, Earl A |
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Adult/Parent |
Growing Up Divorced: Children of the Eighties |
Francis, Dale |
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Adult/Parent |
Healing Your Grieving Heart – 100 Practical Ideas for Kids |
Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. |
1-879651-19-X |
2000 |
Companion Press |
Adult/Parent |
Helping Children Cope With Death, Guidelines and Resources |
Wass, Hannelore & Corr, Charles A |
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Adult/Parent |
How Do We Tell the Children? |
Schaefer, Don & Lyons, Christine |
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Adult/Parent |
I’m Divorced |
Buck, Peggy S. |
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Adult/Parent |
Kids Worry Too [English & Spanish] |
Child Life Promotions |
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Child Life Promotions |
Adult/Parent |
Making Your Children Mind Without Losing Yours |
Leman, Kevin |
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Adult/Parent |
Man’s Search for Meaning |
Frankl, Victor |
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Adult/Parent |
Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making Shared Custody Work |
Ricci, Isolina |
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Adult/Parent |
On Children and Death |
Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth |
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Adult/Parent |
On With the Show |
Aiello, Barbara & Shulman, Jeffrey |
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Adult/Parent |
Saturday Parent |
Rowlands, Peter |
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Adult/Parent |
Single Parenting |
Atlas, Stephen L. |
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Adult/Parent |
Successful Single Parenting |
Bosco, Antoinette |
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Adult/Parent |
Talking About Divorce and Separation |
Grollman, Earl A. |
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Adult/Parent |
The Parents Book About Divorce |
Gardner, Richard |
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Adult/Parent |
Traits of a Healthy Family |
Curran, Dolores |
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Adult/Parent |
When Marriage Ends |
Becker, Russel |
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Adult/Parent |
When You Are A Single Parent |
Jeanne Hunt |
0-86716-519-7 |
2003 |
St Anthony Messenger Press |
Adult/Parent |
When You Are A Single Parent |
DiGiulio, Robert |
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Adult/Parent |
You Say You’re Depressed |
Deffner, Donald L. |
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Adult/Parent |
You’re Divorced, But Your Children Aren’t |
Duncan, T. Roger and Darlene |
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Adult/Parent |
Surviving the Breakup: How Children and Parents Cope With Divorce |
Wallerstein, Judith & Kelly, Joan |
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Adult/Parent t |
Swallowed by a Snake – The gift of the masculine side of healing |
Thomas R. Golden |
0-9654649-0-3 |
1996 |
Golden Haling Publishing |
Adult/Parent t |
Saying Goodbye to Daddy |
Judith Vigna |
0-8075-7253-5 |
1991 |
Albert Whitmand & Company |
Elementary |
A Friend Can Help |
Berger, Terry |
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Elementary |
A Letter to a Child With Cancer |
Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth |
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Elementary |
A New Mother for Martha |
Green, Phyllis |
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Elementary |
Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope |
O’Toole, Donnna |
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1989 |
Rainbow Connection, 477 Hanna Branch, Burnsville, NC 28714 |
Elementary |
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,No Good, Very Bad Day |
Viorst, Judith |
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Elementary |
Always, Always |
Dragonwagon, Crescent |
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Elementary |
Angel’s Mother’s Boyfriend |
Delton, Judy |
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Elementary |
Annie and the Old One |
Miles, Misaka |
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Elementary |
Annie’s Four Grannies |
Kroll, Steven |
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Elementary |
Boy, Was I Mad |
Hitte, Kathryn |
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Elementary |
Boys and Girls Book About Divorce |
Gardner, Richard |
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Elementary |
Coping When Your Family Falls Apart |
Booher, Diana Daniels |
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Elementary |
Daddy Doesn’t Live Here Anymore: A Book About Divorce |
Boegehold, Betty |
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1985 |
A Golden Book, New York Western Publishing, Inc., Racine WI 53404 |
Elementary |
DeDe Takes Charge |
Hurwitz, Johanna |
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Elementary |
Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families |
Brown, Laurene K. and Brown, Marc |
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1986 |
Joy Street Books, Little Brown & Company Bosten Toronto |
Elementary |
Do Dogs Go To Heaven? |
Kotrosits, Lynn M. |
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Elementary |
Emily and the Klunky Baby and the Next Door Dog |
Lexau, Joan |
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Elementary |
Emma Says Goodbye |
Nystrom, Carolyn |
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Elementary |
Everett Anderson’s Goodbye |
Clifton, Lucille |
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1983 |
Henry Holt & Company, NY, NY |
Elementary |
First Snow |
Coultant, Helen |
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Elementary |
Frederick |
Lionni, Leo |
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Elementary |
Garden of Broken Glass |
Neville, Emily Cheney |
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Elementary |
Geranium Morning |
Powell, Sandy |
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1990 |
Carol Rhoda Books, Minneapolis MN |
Elementary |
God Cares When I’m All Tired Out |
Murphy, Elspeth Campbell |
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Elementary |
God Cares When Somebody Hurts Me |
Murphy, Elspeth Campbell |
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Elementary |
God Makes Us Different |
Caswell, Helen |
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Elementary |
God Says “You’re OK!” |
Paolini, Mary |
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1979 |
Regina Press, NY, NY |
Elementary |
God, Where’s My Daddy? |
Furrey, Donna Marie |
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1985 |
Concordia Publishing house, 3558 So Jefferson Ave, St. Louis MO 63188 |
Elementary |
Good-bye Daddy |
Tretiak, Susie |
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1982 |
Susie Tretiak, Omaha, NE |
Elementary |
Growing Time |
Warburg, Sandol Stoddard |
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Elementary |
Hang Tough |
Lancaster, Matthew |
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Elementary |
He Wasn’t Too Young |
Youngman, Christine |
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Elementary |
Help Me Understand |
Mumford, Amy Ross |
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1984 |
Accent Expressions |
Elementary |
How Does It Feel When Your Parents Get Divorced? |
Berger, Terry |
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Elementary |
How It Feels When Parent Dies |
Krementz, Jill |
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1986 |
Alfred A. Knopf, NY, NY |
Elementary |
How It Feels When Parents Divorce |
Krementz, Jill |
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1984 |
Alfred A. Knopf, NY, NY |
Elementary |
How To Get It Together When Your Parents Are Coming Apart |
Richards, Arlene & Wills, Irene |
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Elementary |
I Have Two Families |
Helmering, Doris Wild |
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1981 |
Abingdon Press, Nashville TN |
Elementary |
I’ll Fix Anthony |
Viorst, Judith |
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Elementary |
In the Middle – What To Do When Your Parents Divorce |
Kehle, Mary |
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1987 |
Harold Shaw Publishers, Weaton |
Elementary |
It’s Not the End of the World |
Blume, Judy |
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Elementary |
Jam Day |
Joosse, Barbara M. |
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Elementary |
Jennifer Has Two Daddies |
Galloway, Priscilla |
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Elementary |
Kids Are Non-Divorceable |
Bonkowski, Sara |
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Elementary |
Kids Book on Divorce |
Rofes, E. |
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1984 |
Vintage Books, a Division of Random House |
Elementary |
Learning to Say Goodbye: When A Parent Dies |
LeShan, Eda |
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Elementary |
Living with Death |
Cera, Mary Jane |
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1985 |
Sheed & Ward, PO Box 40292 |
Elementary |
Love Away My Hurt – a Child’s Book about Death |
Mumford, Amy Ross & Danhauer, Karen E. |
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1983 |
Accent Expressions Printing III |
Elementary |
Martha’s New Daddy |
Steele, Danielle |
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Elementary |
Mike’s Lonely Summer- A Child’s Guide Through Divorce |
Nystrom, Carolyn |
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A Lion book, Lion Publishing Corp, 10885 Textile Rd, Belleville,MI 48111 |
Elementary |
Mom and Dad Don’t Live Together Anymore |
Tangvald, Christine Harder |
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Elementary |
Mom Is Single |
Pairs, Lena |
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1980 |
Children’s Press, Chicago, IL |
Elementary |
Mommy and Daddy Are Divorced |
Perry, Patricia & Lynch, Marietta |
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1978 |
Dail books for Young Readers |
Elementary |
Mustard |
Graeber, Charlotte |
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Elementary |
My Dad Lives In A Downtown Hotel |
Mann, Peggy |
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Elementary |
My Grandmother Died |
Hogan, Bernice |
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Elementary |
My Grandson, Lew |
Zolotow, Charlotte S. |
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Elementary |
My Other-Mother, My Other-Father |
Sobol, Harriet Langsam |
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Elementary |
Nana Upstairs, and Nana Downstairs |
DePaoloa, Tomie |
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Elementary |
One More Time |
Baum, Louis |
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Elementary |
Our Family Got A Divorce |
Phillips, Carolyn E |
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1979 |
Regal Books for Young Readers, NY, NY |
Elementary |
Our Family Got A Step-parent |
Phillips, Carolyn E. |
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Elementary |
Please Come Home – A Child’s Book about Divorce |
Sanford, Doris |
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1985 |
Multnomah Press, Portland, OR |
Elementary |
Reaching for Rainbows |
Weems, Ann |
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Elementary |
Someone I Love Died |
Tangvald, Christine Harder |
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Elementary |
Sometimes I Have to Cry |
Murphy, Elspeth Campbell |
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Elementary |
Surviving Your Parents’ Divorce |
Boeckman, Charles |
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Elementary |
The Accident |
Carrick, Carol |
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Elementary |
The Dead Bird |
Brown Buck, |
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Elementary |
The Divorce Workbook: A Guide for Kids and Families |
Ives, S.; Fassler, D.; Lash, M. |
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Elementary |
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf |
Buscaglia, Leo |
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Elementary |
The Kids’ Book of Divorce: By, For and About Kids |
Fayerweather Street School |
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Elementary |
The Red Balloon (about trust) |
Lamorisee, Albert |
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Elementary |
The Snowman |
Briggs, Raymond |
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Elementary |
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney |
Viorst, Judith |
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Elementary |
There Is A Rainbow Behind Every Dark Cloud |
Jampolsky, Gerald & Taylor, Pat |
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Elementary |
Too Many Names |
Peterson, Jeri |
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Elementary |
Tuff Stuff (dying boy’s thoughts) |
Wilt, Joy |
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Elementary |
Two Homes To Live In – A Child’s Eye View of Divorce |
Hazen, Barbara Shook |
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Human Sciences Press, Inc. 72 Fifth Ave, NY, NY 10011 |
Elementary |
Two Special Cards |
Lisker, Sonia |
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Elementary |
What To Do When Mom and Dan Divorce |
Ryan, Trevor |
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1986 |
Abingon Press, Nashville, TN |
Elementary |
What Will I Tell The Children [English & Spanish] |
Child Life Promotions |
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Child Life Promotions |
Elementary |
What’s Going to Happen to Me? When Parents Separate or Divorce |
LeShan, Eda |
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Elementary |
When Your Grandparent Dies |
Victoria Ryan |
0-87029-364-8 |
2002 |
Abby Press |
Elementary |
Where Do I Belong? |
Bradley, Buff |
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Elementary |
Where Do I Fit In? |
Noble, June |
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1981 |
Holt-Rinehart & Winston |
Elementary |
Where Has Grandpa Gone? Helping Children ope With Loss and Grief |
Opp, Ruth |
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Elementary |
Why Did Grandpa Die? |
Hazen, Barbara Shook |
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Elementary |
Why Did He Die? |
Harris, Audrey |
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Elementary |
Just Me And My Dad |
Mayer, Mercer |
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A Golden Book, Western Publishing Co. Racine, WI 53404 |
Elementary Self Esteem |
Just Me And My Mom |
Mayer, Mercer |
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A Golden Book, Western Publishing Co. Racine, WI 53404 |
Elementary Self Esteem |
My Mother’s Getting Married |
Descher, Joan |
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1986 |
Dial books |
Elementary Step Families |
What Kind of Family Is This? A Book About Step Families. |
Seuling, Barbara |
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1985 |
A Golden Book, Western Publishing Co., Racine WI |
Elementary Step-Families |
Getting On With It. |
Slepian, Jan |
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High School |
Holding Me Here |
Conrad, Pam |
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High School |
How to Live With A Single Parent |
Gilbert, Sara |
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High School |
Just the Two of Us |
Colman, Hila |
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High School |
Personal Business |
Leroe, Ellen W. |
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High School |
Putting It Together: Teenagers Talk About Family Break-ups |
McGuire, Paula |
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High School |
Split Decision: Facing Divorce |
Miner, Jane Claypool |
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High School |
Teens Are Non-Divorceable |
Bonkowski, Sara |
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High School |
A Divorce Dictionary |
Glass, Stuart |
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Parent/Child |
Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child |
Grollman, Earl A. |
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Parent/Child |
A Look at Divorce (Non-fiction) |
Forrai, Maria S. |
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Young Children |
Divorce is A Grown-up Problem |
Sinberg, Janet |
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Young Children |
On Death |
Stein, Sara Bonnet |
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Young Children |
On Divorce |
Stein, Sara Bonnet |
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Young Children |
Where Is Daddy? The Story of Divorce |
Goff, Beth |
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1969 |
Beacon Press, Boston MA |
Young Children |
A Season of Grief |
Ann Dawson |
0-87793-978-0 |
2002 |
Ave Maria Press |
Adult |
In Times of Grieving – Prayers of Comfort and Consolation |
Robert M. Hamma |
1-59471-016-3 |
2004 |
Ave Maria Press |
Adult |
Growth In Faith When A Catholic Marriage Fails |
Antoniette Bosco |
1-933066-04-0 |
2006 |
Catholic Book Publishing Resurrection Press |
Adult |
Everyday Epiphanies |
Melannie Svoboda, SND |
0-89622-730-8 |
1997 |
Twenty-Third Publication |
Adult |
Finding Your Way through Divorce |
Kathy Brewer Gorham |
10-1-59471-074-0 |
2006 |
Ave Maria Press |
Adult |
Everett Anderson’s Goodbye |
Clifton, Lucille |
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1983 |
Henry Holt & Company, NY, NY |
Grief |
God Knows You’re Grieving – Things to help you through |
Joan Guntzelman |
1-893732-39-8 |
2001 |
Sorin Books |
Adult |
As You Grieve – Consoling Words from Around the World |
Aaron Zerah |
1-893732-36-3 |
2001 |
Sorin Books |
Adult |
Swallowed by a Snake – The gift of the masculine side of healing |
Thomas R. Golden |
0-9654649-0-3 |
1996 |
Golden Haling Publishing |
Adult |
Healing Your Grieving Heart – 100 Practical Ideas for Kids |
Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. |
1-879651-19-X |
2000 |
Companion Press |
Adult/Parent |
When Your Grandparent Dies |
Victoria Ryan |
0-87029-364-8 |
2002 |
Abby Press |
Elementary |
When You Are A Single Parent |
Jeanne Hunt |
0-86716-519-7 |
2003 |
St Anthony Messenger Press |
Adult/Parent |
Catholic Annulment – Spiritual Healing |
Dennis & Kay Flowers |
0-7648-0883 |
2001 |
Liquori |
Adult |
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Recovering After Loss |
Bob Deits |
MJF boos |
How to Recover from Grief |
Richard Lewis Detrich & Nicola J. Steele |
Valley Forge, PA |
Living When A Loved One has Died |
Earl Grollman |
Beacon Press, Boston |
The Grief Recover Handbook |
John W. James & Frank Cherry |
Harper & Row, NY |
How to Go On Living When Someone you Loves Dies |
Theresa A. Rando |
Bantam Books |
Growing Through Divorce |
Jim Smoke |
Harvest House Publishers |
Getting to the Other Side of Grief |
Susan Zonnebelt-Smeenge & Robert C. De Vries |
Baker Books 2002 |
The Legend of the Ebber |
Nan Zastrow |
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Finding Your Way After Your Spouse Dies |
Marta Felber 800-798-0100 |
Wings - A Grief Education Minstrywww.wingsgrief.org |
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