Support & guidance Films, books and resources Books and resources Activity books and resources to support bereaved children A Child's Grief: Supporting a child when someone has died Winston's Wish This specialist book offers practical guidance and resources for any adult who is supporting a child after someone has died. It covers a range of topics, including talking to children (especially primary school age children) about death and the feelings, thoughts and behaviours grieving children may have. Buy from our shop Angry Arthur Hiawyn Oram This original anger management book has been helping frustrated children work through their anger and understand their emotions. Recommended for ages 3 to 5 years. Buy from Amazon Beyond the Rainbow: A Workbook for Children in the Advanced Stages of a Very Serious Illness Marge Heegard This book provides children and their caregivers a broad range of opportunities to express thoughts and feelings related to advanced stages of a life-threatening illness. The book has a warm interactive quality to it. Through the creative activities it offers, children can learn to communicate more openly about their illness, develop coping skills, express personal wishes, foster hope, and share thoughts and concerns about death. Buy from Amazon Beyond the Rough Rock: Supporting a Child Who Has Been Bereaved Through Suicide Di Stubbs and Julie Stokes This booklet offers practical advice for families in the immediate days and weeks when suicide has been the cause of death. It aims to give parents and professionals the confidence to involve children in discussions about the nature of a death by suicide. Buy from our shop Finding Your Own Way to Grieve: A Creative Activity Workbook for Kids and Teens on the Autism Spectrum Karla Helbert A creative activity workbook for grieving children and teens on the Autistic Spectrum. The clear concise language will help adults communicate with children around the abstract concepts of death and grief. Buy from Amazon Grief in Children: A Handbook for Adults Atle Dyregov This fully updated second edition of “Grief in Children” explains children’s understanding of death at different ages and gives a detailed outline of exactly how the adults around them can best help them cope. Buy from Amazon Kids' Helpful Guide: When a Loved One Dies by Suicide (Lessons in Loss) Deborah Brown This journal is packed with tailor-made activities designed to help children aged 7-11 manage the loss of a loved one to suicide. It offers a creative and supportive space for children to process their feelings.An accompanying an Adult Support Guide, providing support for the adult who may work with the child is also available to purchase. This guide offers insights and advice to help adults facilitate the child's use of the journal and provide additional emotional support. Buy from Amazon Life is Like the Wind Shona Innes and Írisz Agócs Introducing the concept of death, Like is Like the Wind offers a gentle and direct approach to the emotional issues children face. Written by clinical child psychologist, Shona Innes, the book encourages young children to talk about their feelings with others. Recommended for ages 3 to 7 years. Buy from Amazon Little Elephant Visits the Hospice A children’s activity, information and emotional processing book designed with leading palliative care professionals and child psychologists to support children as they negotiate the palliative care system with someone special to them. Buy from musicinhospices.org Luna’s Red Hat Emmi Smid This book tells the story of Luna, whose mum died by suicide one year ago and she still finds it difficult to understand why. Dad talks to her and explains what happened, and together they think about all the happy memories they have of Mum. This book is designed to be read with children age 6+ who have experienced the loss of a loved one by suicide. It includes a guide for parents and professionals. Buy from Amazon Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine: Your Activity Book to Help When Someone Has Died Winston’s Wish Offering practical and sensitive support for bereaved children, this book suggests a helpful series of activities and exercises accompanied by the friendly characters of Bee and Bear. It aims to help children make sense of their experience by reflecting on different aspects of their grief. Buy from our shop My Dad and Me Kirsten Rees and Emma Block. Created with input from two brothers supported by Child Bereavement UK. A lovely, downloadable, illustrated booklet in which children can write, draw, remember and talk about their memories of their dad. Free to download from Child Bereavement UK My Mum and Me Created with input from two sisters supported by Child Bereavement UK. A lovely, downloadable, illustrated booklet in which children can write, draw, remember and talk about their memories of their mum. Free to download from Child Bereavement UK Never Too Young To Grieve: Supporting bereaved children under five Winston's Wish This specialist book is designed for parents, carers, childcare professionals and other adults supporting children under five who have experienced the death of a parent or carer. It offers information and ideas as well as activities to help young children following a bereavement and covers a range of issues that may affect a child when their parent dies. Buy from our shop Ollie the Octopus Loss and Bereavement Activity Book: A Therapeutic Story with Activities Dr Karen Treisman This activity book has been developed by expert child Psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Karen Treisman. The first part of the book is a colourful illustrated therapeutic story about Ollie the Octopus, with a focus on Ollie making sense of and processing the loss of his mum, Orla. This is followed by a wealth of creative activities and colourful photocopiable worksheets for children and the people supporting them to explore aspects of loss, grief, death, and bereavement, and how to find ways to understand and cope with them. Buy from Amazon Supporting children when a baby has died Sands Booklet mainly for parents but useful for anyone who comes into contact with a child whose baby brother or sister has died before, at, or soon after birth. It includes information about the needs of older children and teenagers bereaved in this way. Available to download from Sands Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child Earl Grollman This guide to helping children cope with death includes an illustrated, read-along story, and discusses coping with a child’s anger, denial or guilt, and how to discuss funerals, cemeteries and grief. Buy from Amazon The Huge Bag of Worries Virgina Ironside This reassuring picture book is designed to encourage children to open up about their fears and anxieties to help manage their feelings during stressful times. Recommended for ages 4 to 8 years. Buy from Amazon When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief - Workbook M Heegard This work book was designed to teach basic concepts of death and help children understand and express the many feelings they have when someone special dies. Communication is increased and coping skills are developed as they illustrate their books with their personal story. Buy from Amazon Manage Cookie Preferences