Children's Books on Death & Dying

The Ice House

By Sherwood, Monica

What Happened to Daddy's Body?: Explaining What Happens After Death in Words Very Young Children Can Understand

By Elke Barber, Alex Barber, Anna Jarvis

Turtle Boy

By M. Evan Wolkenstein

Purity

By Jackson Pearce

SAYING GOODBYE TO A PET

Rosie: Coming to Terms with the Death of a Sibling

By Stephanie Jeffs, Jacquie Thomas

You Will Be Okay: Find Strength, Stay Hopeful and Get to Grips With Grief

By Julie Stokes

Missing Jack

By Rebecca Elliott

The Secret Deep

By Lindsay Galvin

Remembering Mrs. Rossi

By Amy hest, Heather Maione

Letters to Leo

By Amy hest, Julia Denos

Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children

By Bryan Mellonie, Robert Ingpen

The Secret Sunshine Project

By Benjamin Dean

The Book of Stolen Dreams

By David Farr, Kristina Kister

A Gangster Stole My Trunks

By Tom Vaughan

After

By Morris Gleitzman

Fleshmarket

By Morgan, Nicola

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

By Robin Stevens

Losing a Loved One

By Angela Neustatter

Firesong

By Vashti Hardy, George Ermos

Bindi Babes

By Dhami, Narinder, Narinder Dhami

There May Be a Castle

By Piers Torday

Stormwalker

By Mike Revell

Death Sets Sail

By Robin Stevens

The Heart and the Bottle

By Oliver Jeffers

Always and Forever

By Alan Durant, Debi Gliori

An Island of Our Own

By Sally Nicholls

Are You Sad, Little Bear?: A book about learning how to say goodbye

By Rachel Rivett, Tina MacNaughton

Too Much Punch for Judy

By Mark Wheeller

The Forgettery

By Rachel Ip, Laura Hughes