Publications
Dr. Alan Wolfelt is the author of numerous books related to the value of funeral ceremony, including Creating Meaningful Funerals: A Guide For Families. To receive a comprehensive catalog of his resources about the value of funerals, call the Center For Loss and Life Transition at 970-226-6050 or visit www.centerforloss.com.
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Books for Children
Aarvy the Aardvark by Donna O’Toole
Bebe and Bobo bury a squirrel by Judith Kurth
Butterflies, Grampa, and Me by Bruce H. Conley
Freddie the Leaf by Leo F. Buscaglia, PhD
God, Why Did He Die? By Anne Haler
Grandpa Loved by Josephine Nobisso
How It Feels When a Parent Dies by Jill Krementz
Is It OK to Die? By Jane Levitt
It Must Hurt a Lot by Doris Sanford
Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen
My Grandpa Died Today by Joan Fassler
Tell Me Papa by Joy Johnson
Thumpy’s Story by Nancy Dodge
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For Children or Teenagers
A Child’s View of Death by Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD
Coping With Teenage Depression by Kathleen McCoy
Helping Children Cope with Grief by Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD
Five Cries of Youth by Merton Strommen
How to Live ‘Almost’ Happily With Teenagers by Lois and Joel Davitz
Sibling Grief by Marcia G. Scherago, MSW, LCSW
Straight Talk about Death With Teenagers by Earl A. Grollman
Who Makes Me Feel This Way? By Eda LeShan
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THE LOSS OF A SPOUSE
Endings and Beginnings by Sandra Hayward Albertson
How to Survive The Loss of Love by Melba Colgrove, Harold Bloomfield, and Peter McWilliams
Starting Over: Help For Young Widows and Widowers by Adele Rice Nudel
Suddenly Single by Hal Larson and Susan Larson
The Survival Guide for Widows by Betty Jane Wylie
Widow by Leslie Caine
Widowed by Dr. Joyce Brothers
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Understanding Death
Death, Dying, Grief, and Funerals by Richard Obershaw
Death: The Final Stage of Growth by Elizabeth Kubler Ross
On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler Ross
On Life after Death by Elisabeth Kubler Ross
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Understanding Grief
Don’t Take My Grief Away from Me by Doug Manning
Endings and Beginnings by Sandra Hayward Albertson
Getting Through the Night by Eugenia Price
Good Grief by Granger E. Westberg
Grief for A Season by Milddred Tengbom
Healling Grief by Amy Hillyard Jensen
Hinds’ Feet On High Places by Hannah Humard
Hope for the Bereaved by Therese S. Schoeneck
How to Survive The Loss Of A Love by Melba Colgrove, Harold Bloomfield and Peter McWilliams
Learning To Walk Alone by Ingrid Trobisch
Letters I Never Wrote; Conversations I Never Had by Charles Ben Bissell
Life Is Hello; Life IsGood-Bye by Allan Bozarth and Elizabeth Campbell
Living Through Mourning by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
Living Through Personal Crisis by Ann Kaiser Stearns
Living When a Loved One Has Died by Earl A. Grollman
Mourning Song by Joyce Landorf
Roses in December by Marilyn Willett Heavilin
The Courage to Grieve by Judith Tatelbaum
The Spiral of Grief by Diana J. McKendree
Time Out for Grief by Jean Gannon Jones
What Helped Me When My Loved One Died by Earl A. Grollman
What You Can Say When You Don’t Know What to Say by Lauren Briggs
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S Kushner
When Going to Pieces Holds You Together by William A. Miller
When Living Hurts by Sol Gordon
When Parents Died: A Guide For Adults by Edward Myers
Where Is God When It Hurts? By Philip Yancey
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Helping Others
What You Can Say When You Don’t Know What to Say by Lauren Briggs
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Infant Death
Children Die, Too by Joy Johnson and Dr. S.M. Johnson
Empty Arms: Coping After Miscarriage, Stillborn and Infant Death by Sherokee Ilse
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah Davis, PhD
For Better or Worse by Maribeth Wilder Doerr
Help for Bereaved Parents by Mildred Tengbotn
Newborn Death by Joy and Marvin Johnson
Roses in December by Marilyn Willet Heavilin
She Was Born; She Died by Marion Cohen
Still to Be Born by Pat Schweibert, RN and Paul Kirk, RN
The Bereaved Parent by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
The Grief of Parents When A Child Dies by Margaret Schandor Miles
Understanding Death Of A Wished-For Child by Glen W. Davidson
When a Baby Dies by Martha Jo Church, Helene Chazin, and Faith Ewald
When Hello Means Good-Bye by Pat Schweibert, RN and Paul Kirk, RN
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Parental Grief
Danny, I Miss You So by Margie Erbe
Good-Bye, My Son, Hello by Adolfo Quezada
Healing A Father’s Grief by William H. Scha.tz
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Reinvesting and Growing
A Friend Is Someone Special by Frederick Drimmer
A Gift to Myself by Charles L. Whitfield, MD
Coming Back by Ann Kaiser Stearns
Happiness Is a Choice by Frank Minirth, MD and Pal Meier, MD
Healing The Child Within by Charles L. Whitfield, MD
Living, Loving and Learning by Leo F. Buscaglia, PhD
Love, Medicine and Miracles by Bernie S. Siegel. MD
The Joy of Feeling Good by William A. Miller
The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck, MD
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Suicide
After a Suicide by Susan Kuklin
After Suicide by James Hewett
Suicide of A Child by Joy and Marvin Johnson and Adina Wrobleski
Talking About Suicide by Earl A. Grollman and Sharon H. Grollman
Too Young To Die by Francine Klagsbrun
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This bibliography represents readings suggested by numerous sources. If you find an inaccuracy in any of these listings, let us know. If you have read any of these books and wish to make a comment about how helpful they were, let us know so that we might post your comment for the benefit of others looking for an appropriate guide. Also if you know of a book or books that you think should be added to our list, please let us know that as well. In addition to the ways of reaching us listed on the ‘Contact Us’ page of this web site, you may also reach us by e-mail at: MMountain@centurytel.net, or MountainFuneralHome@yahoo.com.
