When we are on our grief journey, we often times need different resources to help us along the way. This is a list that has different groups and organizations that have relevant information as well as different books for adults and children. I have read or had experience with each of the organizations or books!
Grief Organizations
The Dougy Center, Portland, Oregon
Journey of Hope, Plano, Texas
The Warm Place, Fort Worth, Texas
Bo’s Place, Houston, Texas
National Alliance of Grieving Children
Actively Moving Forward, a nationwide grief group for young adults
Children’s Books
When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Kransy Brown
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
I Miss You: A First Look at Death by Pat Thomas
Tear Soup by Chuck DeKlyen and Pat Schwiebert
Saying Goodbye to Daddy by Judith Vigna
Ida, Always by Caron Levis
Ben’s Flying Flowers by Inger M. Maier
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola
The Scar by Charlotte Moundlic
Always By My Side by Susan Kerner
After Charlotte’s Mom Died by Cornelia Spelman
Hugs on the Wind by Marsha Diane Arnold
Always and Forever by Alan Durant
Samantha Jane’s Missing Smile by Julie Kaplow
Badgers Parting Gifts by Susan Varley
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst