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Helpful Resources

We encourage health professionals to also view the list of Helpful Resources for Parents/Carers and Children on this website. Please note that children should be supervised by a parent, carer or health professional when reading stories about death and dying. Many children will have questions that require guidance from an adult to help the child have a better understanding of grief and loss in a developmentally age appropriate way.

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Coping with Grief

Author: Mal and Di McKissock
Available from: https://kidshealth.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/coping-grief-5th-edition
The Private Worlds of Dying Children

The Private Worlds of Dying Children

Author: Myra Bluebond-Lagner
Available from: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-private-worlds-of-dying-children-myra-bluebond-langner/book/9780691028200.html
What's Dead Mean? book cover

What's Dead Mean?

Author: Doris Zagdanski
Available from: https://www.allaboutgrief.com/
Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children book cover

Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children

Author: Liana Lowenstein
Available from: https://www.booktopia.com.au/creative-interventions-for-bereaved-children-liana-lowenstein/book/9780968519929.html
When Someone Very Special Dies book cover

When Someone Very Special Dies

Author: Marge Heegaard
Available from: https://kidshealth.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/when-someone-very-special-dies
The Worst Loss book cover

The Worst Loss

Author: Barbara Rosof
Available from: https://kidshealth.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/worst-loss
When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness book cover

When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness

Author: Marge Heegaard
Available from: https://kidshealth.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/when-someone-has-very-serious-illness
Beyond the Rainbow book cover

Beyond the Rainbow: A Workbook for Children in the Advanced Stages of a Very Serious Illness

Author: Marge Eaton Heegaard
Available from: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Rainbow-Workbook-Children-Advanced/dp/1577491297
The Empty Room: Understanding Sibling Loss book cover

The Empty Room: Understanding Sibling Loss

Author: Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn
Available from: https://kidshealth.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/empty-room-understanding-sibling-loss