Recommended Books for Children Experiencing a Loss or Trauma amazon.com

The Tree that Survived the Winter, Mary Fahy, Paulist Press. 1989 (All ages though adult)

Take Time to Relax! Nancy Carlson, puffin Books, 1991. ISBN # 0-14-054242-6. Ask for soft cover edition.

The Knight Who Was Afraid of the Dark, Barbara Shook Hazen, Dial Books for Young Readers. ISBN # 0-8037-0667-7. Ask for soft cover.

There's Something in My Attic, Mercer Mayer, Dial Books for Young Readers. ISBN #0-8037-0414-3. Ask for soft cover edition.

There's a Nightmare in My Closet, Mercer Mayer, Dial Books for Young Readers. ISBN # 0-8037-8574-7.

I hear a Noise, Diane Goode, Dutton Children's Books (Puffin Unicorn Book), NY. 1988. ISBN # 0-525-44884-5.

When Someone Very Special Dies, Marge Heegaard. Woodland Press, 1988. ISBN # 0-96-20502-0-2.

When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death, Laurie Krasny Brown and Mark Brown, Little Brown and Company, 1996.

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story for All Ages. Leo Buscaglia, Ph.D. 1982. SLACK Inc. ISBN # 0-943432-89-8, or Henry Holt and Co. ISBN # 0-8050-1064-5.

Sunshine: More Meditations for Children, Maureen Garth, Collins Dove, 1994. ISBN # 1-86371-406-5.

Compiled by Jayne Crisp, CTS, CVAS. 1999. Email:JCrisp@aol.com, Call 864-294-0761 for additional information on child trauma.

Additional information and trauma recovery tips can be found at:

National Center for Victims of Crime

Parents of Murdered Children

National Organization for Victim Assistance