Resources | House Of Hope

1. Kids Dealing with Death – Preschool (ages 2-4)
2. Kids Dealing with Death – Young Children (ages 5-8)
3. Kids Dealing with Death – Older Children (ages 9-12)
4. Kids Dealing with Death – Teens
5. Kids Dealing with Divorce – Preschool (ages 2-4)
6. Kids Dealing with Divorce – Young Children (ages 5-8)
7. Kids Dealing with Divorce – Older Children (ages 9-12)
8. Kids Dealing with Divorce – Teens
9. Kids Dealing with Illness – Preschool (ages 2-4)
10. Kids Dealing with Illness – Young Children (ages 5-8)
11. Kids Dealing with Illness – Older Children (ages 9-12)

1. Kids Dealing with Death – Preschool (ages 2-4)

Good Bye Moussie by Robie Harris, 2001 (death of a pet)
Lifetimes by Brian Mellonie and Robert Ingpen, Bantam Books, 1983.
It Must Have Hurt A lot by Doris Sanford. Multnomath Press, 1986. (death of a pet)
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia. Henry Holt and Company, 1982.
Badger’s Parting Gifts by Susan Varley. Lothrop, Lee & Shephard Books, New York, 1984.
Never Say GoodBye by Lea Gillespie Gant. Tommy Nelson: Nashville, Tenn., 2003.

2. Kids Dealing with Death – Young Children (ages 5-8)

When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Kransy Brown & Marc Brown, Little Brown & Company, 1996.
I Miss You by Pat Thomas. Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 2001.
Sad Isn’t Bad by Michaelene Mundy. One Caring Place, 1998.
My Guardian Angel in my Mourning by Regina Ann Shay, 1996.
The Brightest Star by Kathleen Maresh Hemery, 1998.
When Your Grandparent Dies by Victoria Ryan. One Caring Place, 2002.
Mad Isn’t Bad by Michaelene Mundy. One Caring Place, 1999.
Lighthouse by Robert Munsch. North Winds Press, 2003.

3. Kids Dealing with Death – Older Children (ages 9-12)

My Mom is Dying by Jill Westberg McNamara. Augsburg Press, 1994.
Sarah’s Grandma Goes to Heaven by Maribeth Boelts. Zondervan, 2004.
Healing your Grieving Heart for Kids by Alan Wolfelt. Companion Press, 2001.
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss by Pat Schwiebert & Chuck DeKlyen, 1999.
Everett Anderson’s Goodbye by Lucille Clifton. Henry Holt Press, 1983.
Someone I Loved Died by Christine Harder Tangvald. Chariot Books, 1988.
Balloons for Trevor by Anne Good Cave. Concordia Publishing House, 1988.
Emma Says Goodbye by Carolyn Nystrom. Lion Publishing Company, 1990.
If Nathan Were Here by Mary Bahr, Eerdmans Books, 2000.
My Grandma has gone to Heaven by Alex S. Foxhall. Christian Art Publishers, 2002.

4. Kids Dealing with Death – Teens

Death is a Hard to Life With by Janet Bode. Dell, New York, 1993.
Teenagers Talk About Grief by June Cerza Kolf Baker Book House, 1990.

5. Kids Dealing with Divorce – Preschool (ages 2-4)

Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie. Aladdin Paperbacks, 1990.
It’s Not Your Fault Koko Bear by Vicki Lansky. Book Peddlers, 1998.
Dinosaurs Divorce. A Guide for Changing Families by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown. Little Brown & Company, 1986.

6. Kids Dealing with Divorce – Young Children (ages 5-8)

* Daddy’s Getting Married by Jennifer-Moore Mallinos. Barron’s Books, 2006.
* My Family’s Changing by Pat Thomas. Barron’s Books, 1999.
* Please Come Home by Doris Sanford. Multnomah Press, 1985.
* On the Day His Daddy Left by Eric J. Adams & Kathleen Adams. Albert Whitman & Co., 2000.
* When my Parents Forgot How to Be Friends by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos. Barron’s Books, 2005.
* With my Mom, With my Dad by Maribeth Boelts. Zonderkids, 2004.

7. Kids Dealing with Divorce – Older Children (ages 9-12)

When Mom and Dad Divorce. A Kid’s Resource by Emily Menendez-Apente. Elf-Help Books,
One Caring Place, 1999.
Mom and Dad Break Up by Joan Singleton Prestine. Fearon Teacher Aids, 1996.

8. Kids Dealing with Divorce – Teens

What in the World Do you Do When Your Parents Divorce by Kent Winchester and Roberta Beyer. Free Spirit Publishing, 2001.

9. Kids Dealing with Illness – Preschool (ages 2-4)

Lifetimes by Brian Mellonie and Robert Ingpen, Bantam Books, 1983.
Tickles Tabitha’s Cancer-tanerous Mommy by Amelia Frahm, 2001.
Mama’s Going to Heaven Soon by Kathe Martin Copeland.
My Trip to the Hospital by Mercer Mayer. Harper Collins Publishers, 2005.

10. Kids Dealing with Illness – Young Children (ages 5-8)

Sad Isn’t Bad by Michaelene Mundy. One Caring Place, 1998.
Mad Isn’t Bad by Michaelene Mundy. One Caring Place, 1999.
My Mommy’s Cancer by Cindy Cohen, 1999.
When Someone You Love Has Cancer by Alaric Lewis, 2005.
Do I Have to Go to the Hospital? by Pat Thomas. Barron’s Books, 2006.
Jessica’s X-ray by Pat Zonta. Firefly Books, 2006.

11. Kids Dealing with Illness – Older Children (ages 9-12)

My Mom is Dying by Jill Westberg McNamara. Augsburg Press, 1994.
The Year my Mother Was Bald by Ann Speltz, 2003.
When Pete’s Dad Got Sick by Kathleen Long Bostrom. Zonderkids, 2004.
When You’re Sick or in the Hospital by Tom McGrath. Elf-Help Books, One Caring Place, 2002.

All these books are suggested reading material and may not express the opinions of House of Hope staff or Directors.