Jervis Public Library Children's Room presents

Books for Tough Times
A Death in the Family
(including pets)
Books for adults to share with children during tough times or when difficult issues arise.
Many are located in the Parenting Collection in the Jervis Public Library Children’s Room;
the rest are in the regular children’s collection. Click on the titles below to view the library catalog record.

Bahr ~ If Nathan Were Here (friend) ~ E BAH

Barron ~ Where is Grandpa? ~ E BAR

Brisson ~ I Remember Miss Perry (teacher) ~ J FIC BRI

Brown ~ When Dinosaurs Die ~ J155.937 BRO

Bunting ~ Rudi’s Pond (classmate) ~ E BUN

Buscaglia ~ The Fall of Freddie the Leaf ~ J128.5 BUS

Carlstrom ~ Blow Me a Kiss, Miss Lily (friend) ~ E CAR

Clifton ~ Everett Anderson’s Goodbye (parent) ~ E CLI

Coerr ~ Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes ~ J362.78 COE

Cooke ~ The Grandad Tree ~ E COO

Demas ~ Saying Goodbye to Lulu (pet) ~ E DEM

Durant ~ Always and Forever ~ E DUR

Fraustino ~ The Hickory Chair (grandmother) ~ E FRA

Harris ~ Goodbye, Mousie (pet) ~ E HAR

Haynes ~ Grandma’s Gone to Live in the Stars ~ E HAY

Holden ~ Gran-gran’s Best Trick ~ J155.937 HOL

Johnston ~ That Summer ~ JQ128.5 JOH

Kaplan ~ Waiting to Sing (mother) ~ E KAP

Kroll ~ Fireflies, Peach Pies and Lullabies (grandmother) ~ E KRO

Mellonie ~ Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children ~ J155.937 MEL

Napoli ~ Flamingo Dream (father) ~ E NAP

Nobisso ~ Grandpa Loved ~ E NOB

Old ~ Stacy Had a Little Sister ~ E OLD

Parker ~ Jasper’s Day (pet) ~ JQ FIC PAR

Portnoy ~ Where Do People Go When They Die? ~ E POR

Rofes ~ The Kids’ Book about Death and Dying ~ J155.937 ROF

Rogers ~ When a Pet Dies ~ JQ155.937 ROG

Rylant ~ Cat Heaven ~ E RYL

Rylant ~ Dog Heaven ~ E RYL

Shriver ~ What’s Heaven? ~ J128.5 SHR

Simon ~ The Saddest Time ~ J155.937 SIM

Stickney ~ Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children ~ J306.9 STI

Turner ~ A Little Bit of Rob (sibling) ~ E TUR

Viorst ~ The Tenth Good Thing About Barney ~ E VIO

Woodson ~ Sweet, Sweet Memory (grandfather) ~ E WOO