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“Child” & “Youth” Grieving
Abel, Ernest L. America's 25 top killers. Hillside, NJ; Aldershot Hants, U.K.:
Enslow Publishers, 1991. 144p. 25 causes of death in the United States with
treatment & prevention.
Altman, Linda Jacobs. Death:
an introduction to medical-ethical dilemmas. Berkely Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2000. Death issues like prolonging life,
euthanasia, religious and funeral customs for youth.
Bender, David L., & Richard Hagen, eds. Death & dying: opposing viewpoints. St. Paul, MI: Greenhaven Press, 1980 & 1985. How, when & what death is with discussion activities.
Bradley, Buff. Endings, a book about death. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1979; New
York: Lippincott, 1985. 191p.
Death and dying, euthanasia, abortion, suicide, immortality, and
afterlife for youth.
Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako and the thousand paper cranes. Paintings by Ronald Himler. New York:
Putnam, 1977. 64p. Illustrated by Ed Young; New York:
Putnam, 1993. Hospitalized with
the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against
time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a
sick person will become healthy. Sadako
Sasaki (1943-1955).
Coleman, William L. When someone you love dies. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1994.
124p. Death, Christianity for
youth.
Emory, Jerry. Dirty, rotten, dead? Illustrated by T. Taylor Bruce. New York:
Harcourt Brace, 1996. 48p. Biodegradation for youth.
Flynn, Jessie. Holidays and special days. Illustrated by Donna Abrams. Edison, NJ:
J. Flynn, 1994. Grief for youth.
Gaffron, Norma. Dealing with death. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 1989.
111p. Biological, emotional,
cultural & legal aspects of death for youth.
Gardner, Richard A. The boys and girls book about one-parent
families. Illustrated by Alfred
Lowenheim. New York: Putnam, 1978. 236p.
Hyde, Margaret Oldroyd, & Lawrence E. Hyde. Meeting death. New York:
Walker, 1989. 129p. Helping youth face the dead & dying.
Joslin, Mary. The goodbye boat. Illustrated by Claire St. Louis Little. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 1998. How
death is not an end for a child.
Klein, Stanley. The final mystery. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974.
85p. How various cultures &
religions deal with death.
Knox, Jean McBee. Death and dying. Introduction by C. Everett Koop. New York:
Chelsea House Publishers, 1989.
104p. Death & dying with
dignity as perceived through the ages for youth.
Landau, Elaine. Death, everyone's heritage. New York:
J. Messner, 1976. 127p. Including euthanasia, dying, suicide &
terminally ill for youth.
Langone, John. Death is a noun; a view of the end of life.
Boston: Little, Brown,
1972. 228p. Biological meaning of death, survivors & euthanasia, abortion, murder, suicide, and
immortality for youth.
Lifton, Robert Jay, & Eric Olson.
Living and dying. New York:
Praeger, 1974. 156p. Psychological & culture of death for
youth.
MacGregor, Cynthia. Why do people die?: helping your child understand--with love and
illustrations. Illustrations by
David Clark. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Group, 1998.
Marsoli, Lisa Ann. Things to know about death and dying. Illustrations by Roberta Collier. Photographs by Joanne Fink. Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett Company, 1985.
48p. Short discussions on death,
suicide, hospices, funerals, mourning practices & obituaries for youth.
Marxhausen, Joanne. If I should die, if I should live. Art by Benjamin Marxhausen. St. Louis:
Concordia Pub. House, 1975.
48p. Examines death from the
perspective of the Christian who looks forward to everlasting life for a child.
McGuire, Leslie. Death and illness. Vero Beach, FL: Rourke Corp., 1990. 62p.
How various young persons dealt with various kinds of death.
McHugh, Mary. Young people talk about death. New York:
Watts, 1980. 112p. How young people experienced various kinds
and aspects of death.
McKissack, Pat, & Fredrick McKissack. God makes all things new. Illustrated by Ching. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1993. Youth.
Morehead, Debby. A special place for Charlee: a child's companion through pet loss. Illustrated by Karen Cannon. Broomfield, CO: Partners in Publishing, 1996.
Moser, Adolph. Don't despair on Thursdays!: the children's grief-management book. Illustrated by David Melton. Kansas City, MO: Landmark Editions, 1996.
61p. For children with people or
pets die.
Nystrom, Carolyn. What happens when we die? Illustrated by Eira Reeves. Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1981.
32p. 1992, 29p. Short descriptions of death, heaven, and
Christ's death and resurrection.
Pringle, Laurence P. Death is natural. New York:
Four Winds Press, 1977; New
York: Morrow Junior Books, 1991. 54p.
A simple discussion of death as it applies to the plant and animal
kingdom.
Sanders, Pete, & Steve Myers.
Death and dying. London;
New York: Gloucester Press,
1991; Brookfield, CT: Copper Beech Books, 1998. 32p.
Children.
Segerberg, Osborn. Living with death. New York:
Dutton, 1976. 132p. Attitudes toward death throughout history
& implications of modern technology on when and how we die & cope. Youth.
Simon, Seymour. Life and death in nature. Illustrated by Hal Just. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1976. 40p. Death in the plant and animal world and
shows how plants and animals serve as food for other animals and how plants
absorb decayed matter.