Death of a Grandparent: Resource List

Books for Children

Ages 3 to 8

• Animal Crackers; by Bridget Marshall; Centering Corporation, 1998
• Annie and the Old One; by Miska Miles; Econo-Clad Books, 1999
• Badger's Parting Gifts; by Susan Varley; Econo-Clad Books, 1999
• Bye, Mis' Lela; by Dorothy Carter; Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998
• Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs; by Tomie dePaola; Puffin, 2000
• Grandad Bill's Song; by Jane Yolen; Putnam, 1998
• Grandma, I'll Miss You; by Kathryn Slattery; Chariot Books, 1993
• Grandma's Gone to Live in the Stars; by Max Haynes; Albert Whitman, 2000
• My Grandma Died: A Child's Story About Death and Loss; by Lory Britain; Parenting Press, 2003
• My Grandson Lew; by Charlotte Zolotw; Harper, 2001
• Poppy's Chair; by Karen Hesse; Scholastic, 2000
• The Grandad Tree; by Trish Cooke; Candlewick Press, 2000
• The Hickory Chair; by Lisa Fraustino; Arthur Levine Books, 2000
• When Your Grandparent Dies: A Child’s Guide to Good Grief; by Victoria Ryan; Abbey Press, 2002
• Where is Grandpa?; by T.A. Barron; Philomel Books, 2000

Ages 9 to 12

• Grandfather Hurant Lives Forever; by Susanna Pitzer; illustrated by Kyra Teis; Centering Corporation, 2001
• Sun & Spoon; by Kevin Henkes, 1997

Young Adult

• After the Rain; by Norma Fox Mazer; Econo-Clad, 1999