For Adults
Emswiler, Mary Ann.  Guiding Your Child through Grief.
James, John W.  When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses.
Schaefer, Dan.  How Do We Tell the Children? A Step-by-Step Guide for Helping Children Two to Teen Cope When Someone Dies.

For Children
Books with information about grief and loss can be found under the numbers J155.9 and J306.9.

Friends
Picture Books / Juvenile Fiction / Teen Fiction

Picture Books
Bunting, Eve.  Rudi's Pond.
Carlstrom, Nancy White.  Blow Me a Kiss, Miss Lilly.
Durant, Alan.  Always and Forever.
Fritts, Mary Bahr.  If Nathan Were Here.
Puttock, Simon.  A Story for Hippo: A Book about Loss.
Varley, Susan.  Badger's Parting Gifts.
Weigelt, Udo.  Bear's Last Journey.

Juvenile Fiction
Boyd, Candy Dawson.  Breadsticks and Blessing Places.
Bunting, Eve.  The Empty Window.
Caseley, Judith.  Dorothy's Darkest Days.
Fletcher, Ralph J.  Flying Solo.
Koss, Amy Goldman.  Stolen Words.
Monsell, Mary Elise.  Toohy and Wood.
Paterson, Katherine.  Bridge to Terabithia.

Teen Fiction
Deaver, Julie Reece.  Say Goodnight, Gracie.
Gilbert, Sheri L.  The Legacy of Gloria Russell.
Haddad, C. A.  The Last Ride.
Howe, James, ed.  The Color of Absence: 12 Stories about Loss and Hope.
Hurwin, Davida.  A Time for Dancing: A Novel.
Irwin, Hadley.  So Long at the Fair.
Windsor, Patricia.  The Summer Before.
Yumoto, Kazumi.  The Friends.
 

Grandparents
Picture Books / Juvenile Fiction / Teen Fiction

Picture Books
Aliki.  The Two of Them.
Barron, T. A.  Where Is Grandpa?
Boyden, Linda.  The Blue Roses.
Burningham, John.  Granpa.
Caseley, Judith.  When Grandpa Came to Stay.
Cooke, Trish.  The Grandad Tree.
Coville, Bruce.  My Grandfather's House.
dePaola, Tomie.  Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs.
Doray, Malika.  One More Wednesday.
Engel, Diana.  Eleanor, Arthur, and Claire.
Fox, Mem.  Sophie.
Fraustino, Lisa Rowe.  The Hickory Chair.
Gould, Deborah.  Grandpa's Slide Show.
Grindley, Sally.  A Flag for Grandma.
Haynes, Max.  Grandma's Gone to Live in the Stars.
Hines, Anna Grossnickle.  Remember the Butterflies.
Hopkinson, Deborah.  Bluebird Summer.
Kadono, Eiko.  Grandpa's Soup.
le Tord, Bijou.  My Grandma Leonie.
London, Jonathan.  Liplap's Wish.
Monk, Isabell.  Blackberry Stew.
Plourde, Lynn.  Thank You, Grandpa.
Russo, Marisabina.  Grandpa Abe.
Scheller, Melanie.  My Grandfather's Hat.
Thomas, Jane Resh.  Saying Good-Bye to Grandma.
Whelan, Gloria.  Bringing the Farmhouse Home.
Wild, Margaret.  Old Pig.
Wright, Betty Ren.  The Cat Next Door.
Yolen, Jane.  Grandad Bill's Song.
Zolotow, Charlotte.  My Grandson Lew.

Juvenile Fiction
Clifford, Eth.  The Remembering Box.
Henkes, Kevin.  Sun & Spoon.
Hermes, Patricia.  Sweet By and By.
Jukes, Mavis.  Blackberries in the Dark.
Mazer, Norma Fox.  After the Rain.
McGhee, Alison.  Snap: A Novel.
Murphy, Claire Rudolf.  Gold Star Sister.
Smith, Barbara A.  Somewhere Just Beyond.
Willner-Pardo, Gina.  Hunting Grandma's Treasures.

Teen Fiction
Bowler, Tim.  River Boy.
Howe, James, ed.  The Color of Absence: 12 Stories about Loss and Hope.
l'Engle, Madeleine.  A Ring of Endless Light.
Yumoto, Kazumi.  The Spring Tone.


Parents
Picture Books / Beginning Readers / Juvenile Fiction / Teen Fiction

Picture Books
Bunting, Eve.  The Memory String.
Kaplan, Howard.  Waiting to Sing.
Lanton, Sandy.  Daddy's Chair.
Madenski, Melissa.  Some of the Pieces.
Napoli, Donna Jo.  Flamingo Dream.
Vigna, Judith.  Saying Goodbye to Daddy.

Beginning Readers
Porte, Barbara Ann.  Harry's Mom.

Juvenile Fiction
Adler, C. S.  Daddy's Climbing Tree.
Angell, Judie.  Ronnie and Rosey.
Beckhorn, Susan Williams.  The Kingfisher's Gift.
Brisson, Pat.  Sky Memories.
Carrick, Carol.  Upside down Cake.
Caseley, Judith.  Praying to A. L.
Cleaver, Vera.  Grover.
deClements, Barthe.  The Fourth Grade Wizards.
Dragonwagon, Crescent.  Winter Holding Spring.
Greenfield, Eloise.  Sister.
Hurwitz, Johanna.  Ozzie on His Own.
Kidd, Diana.  Onion Tears.
Kornblatt, Marc.  Understanding Buddy.
Lindquist, Sarah Hart.  Wander.
Martin, Ann M.  With You and Without You.
Moulton, Deborah.  Summer Girl.
Paterson, Katherine.  Flip-Flop Girl.
Rodowsky, Colby F.  The Turnabout Shop.
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley.  Spyhole Secrets.
Stevenson, Laura Caroline.  Happily after All.
Stone, Phoebe.  All the Blue Moons at the Wallace Hotel.
Whelan, Gloria.  Forgive the River, Forgive the Sky.
Wunderli, Stephen.  The Heartbeat of Halftime.

Teen Fiction
Abelove, Joan.  Saying It out Loud: A Novel.
Blume, Judy.  Tiger Eyes: A Novel.
Brooks, Martha.  Two Moons in August: A Novel.
Coman, Carolyn.  Tell Me Everything.
Crowe, Carole.  Waiting for Dolphins.
deFelice, Cynthia C.  Devil's Bridge.
Ellsworth, Loretta.  The Shrouding Woman.
Friend, Natasha.  Perfect.
Haas, Jessie.  Unbroken.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson.  Takeoffs and Landings.
Hermes, Patricia.  You Shouldn't Have to Say Good-Bye.
Holt, Kimberly Willis.  Keeper of the Night.
Holubitsky, Katherine.  Alone at Ninety Foot.
Howe, James, ed.  The Color of Absence: 12 Stories about Loss and Hope.
Joosse, Barbara M.  Pieces of the Picture.
Klass, David.  The Atami Dragons.
Mazer, Harry.  When the Phone Rang.
Mazer, Norma Fox.  Girlhearts.
Moon, Pat.  The Spying Game.
Oneal, Zibby.  A Formal Feeling: A Novel.
Peck, Richard.  Father Figure: A Novel.
Polikoff, Barbara Garland.  Life's a Funny Proposition, Horatio.
Rodowsky, Colby F.  Not Quite a Stranger.
Rottman, S. L.  Rough Waters.
Van Leeuwen, Jean.  Lucy Was There...
Willey, Margaret.  Facing the Music.
Williams, Carol Lynch.  Carolina Autumn.
Wood, June Rae. Turtle on a Fence Post.
Wooldridge, Frosty.  Strike Three! Take Your Base.

Nonfiction
Dennison, Amy.  Our Dad Died: The True Story of Three Kids Whose Lives Changed.


Pets
Picture Books / Juvenile Fiction / Teen Fiction

Picture Books
Adoff, Arnold.  The Return of Rex and Ethel.
Demas, Corinne.  Saying Goodbye to Lulu.
diSalvo-Ryan, DyAnne.  A Dog Like Jack.
Harris, Robie H.  Goodbye, Mousie.
Hill, Frances.  The Bug Cemetery.
Hughes, Shirley.  Alfie and the Birthday Surprise.
Keller, Holly.  Goodbye, Max.
Lyon, George Ella.  Ada's Pal.
Pank, Rachel.  Under the Blackberries.
Parker, Marjorie.  Jasper's Day.
Rylant, Cynthia.  Cat Heaven.
Rylant, Cynthia.  Dog Heaven.
Simmonds, Posy.  Fred.
Smith, Maggie.  Desser, the Best Ever Cat.
Tobias, Tobi.  Petey.
Viorst, Judith.  The Tenth Good Thing about Barney.
Wallace-Brodeur, Ruth.  Goodbye, Mitch.
Wilhelm, Hans.  I'll Always Love You.
Zolotow, Charlotte.  The Old Dog.

Juvenile Fiction
Carrick, Carol.  The Accident.
Gackenbach, Dick.  Do You Love Me?
Stolz, Mary.  King Emmett the Second.
Updike, David.  The Sounds of Summer.
Wallace, Bill.  No Dogs Allowed!

Teen Fiction
Howe, James, ed.  The Color of Absence: 12 Stories about Loss and Hope.
 

Siblings
Picture Books / Juvenile Fiction / Teen Fiction

Picture Books
Johnston, Tony.  That Summer.

Juvenile Fiction
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.  Halfway to the Sky.
Carey, Janet Lee.  Wenny Has Wings.
Cleaver, Vera.  Belle Pruitt.
Couloumbis, Audrey.  Getting Near to Baby.
Deans, Sis Boulos.  Every Day and All the Time.
Ellis, Sarah.  A Family Project.
Franklin, Kristine L.  Lone Wolf.
Greene, Constance C.  Beat the Turtle Drum.
Hermes, Patricia.  Nobody's Fault?
Katz, Susan.  Snowdrops for Cousin Ruth.
Kidd, Diana.  Onion Tears.
MacLachlan, Patricia.  Baby.
Marino, Jan.  Eighty-eight Steps to September.
Maynard, Bill.  Rock River.
Myers, Anna.  Red-Dirt Jessie.
Park, Barbara.  Mick Harte Was Here.
Recorvits, Helen.  Goodbye, Walter Malinski.
Vogel, Ilse Margret.  My Twin Sister Erika.
Wallace-Brodeur, Ruth.  Blue Eyes Better.

Teen Fiction
Banks, Kate.  Walk Softly, Rachel.
Bunting, Eve.  A Sudden Silence.
Coman, Carolyn.  Many Stones.
Dreyer, Ann L.  After Elaine.
Fritz, April Young.  Waiting to Disappear.
Grant, Cynthia D.  Phoenix Rising, or How to Survive Your Life.
Griffin, Adele.  The Other Shepards.
Griffin, Adele.  Rainy Season.
Howe, James, ed.  The Color of Absence: 12 Stories about Loss and Hope.
Kadohata, Cynthia.  Kira-Kira.
Lowry, Lois.  A Summer to Die.
Mahy, Margaret.  Memory.
Ray, Delia.  Ghost Girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain Story.
Rodowsky, Colby.  Remembering Mog.
Thesman, Jean.  Calling the Swan.
Van Leeuwen, Jean.  Lucy Was There...
Williams, Carol Lynch.  Carolina Autumn.
Wilson, Nancy Hope.  Flapjack Waltzes.