On this page you will find information about or links to:
- our bereavement booklet
- our children’s and young people’s bereavement booklets
- the Register Office booklet What to do after a death
- books and other resources for children and young people who have lost someone
- books for adults about child bereavement (these are aimed at adults supporting children who have been bereaved)
- books for adults to support their own bereavement
- books recommended in the bereavement resources section of the Natural Death Handbook
Marie Curie Cancer Care Bereavement booklet
The Marie Curie Bereavement booklet contains information and advice about emotional and practical issues to help you through a bereavement. Chapters include:
Download the Bereavement booklet (pdf 175KB, new window)
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If you would like a printed copy of the booklet, please call us on 0800 716 146, or write to:
Supporter Services,
Marie Curie Cancer Care,
89 Albert Embankment,
London
SE1 7TP.
When you contact us, please tell us that you saw the booklet on our website.
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Marie Curie Cancer Care bereavement booklets for children and young people
When someone close has died, children and young people need information and support. Parents who are also experiencing loss and sadness may find it difficult to know the best way to support their children and how find the right words. Our bereavement booklets for children and young people, and for parents, may be useful to you.
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Register Office booklet: ‘What to do after a death'
Below are links to the booklet ‘What to do after a death’ which should be given to you by the Registrar in England, Wales and Scotland when you register a death. (In Northern Ireland a folder of useful information from various sources should be provided by the Registrar when you register a death.)
What to do after a death in England and Wales (booklet D49 - Department of Works and Pensions)
What to do after a death in England and Wales (bilingual English and Welsh version)
What to do after a death in Scotland: practical advice for times of bereavement (Scottish Executive)
What to do after a death in Scotland: Social Security Supplement (booklet D49S - Department of Works and Pensions)
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Books and other resources for younger children who have been bereaved
Heaven by Nicholas Allan
(published by Red Fox, 2006)
0099488140 £5.99
Nana upstairs and Nana downstairs by Tomie de Paola
(published by Putnam Publishing Group, 2000)
0698118367 £3.53
Fred by Posy Simmonds
(published by Red Fox, 1998)
0099264129 £5.99
The tenth good thing about Barney by Judith Viorst
(published by Aladdin, 1987)
0689712030 £2.99
Evie and the man who helped God by Michael Foreman
(published by Andersen Press, 2003)
184270219X £10.99
The huge bag of worries by Virginia Ironside
(published by Hodder Children’s Books, 2004)
0340903171 £5.99
Love you forever by Robert Munsch
(published by Red Fox, 2001)
009926689X £5.99
Dr Dog by Babette Cole
(published by Red Fox, 1996)
0099650819 £5.99
Laura’s star by Klaus Baumgart
(published by Little Tiger Press, 2000)
1854306960 £5.99
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Books for older children and teenagers
Two weeks with the Queen by Morris Gleitzman
(published by Puffin Books, 1999)
014130300X £4.99
Lifetimes: a beautiful way to explain death to children by Bryan Mellonie
(published by Bantam Books, 1983)
0553344021 £6.92
The soul bird by Michal Snunit
(published by Constable and Robinson, 2004)
1841198978 £4.99
The secret C: straight talking about cancer by Julie Stokes
(published by Winston’s Wish, 2000)
0953912302 £5.10
Charlotte’s web by E.B.White
(published by Puffin Books, 2003)
0141317345 £5.99
The cat mummy by Jacqueline Wilson
(published by Corgi Childrens, 2002) 044086416X £4.99
Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson
(published by Corgi Yearling, 2007)
0440867800 £5.99
Double act by Jacqueline Wilson
(published by Corgi Yearling, 2006)
0440867592 £5.99
Straight talk about death for teenagers by Earl Grollman
(published by Beacon Press, 1993)
0807025011 £10.99
Still here with me: teenagers and children on losing a parent by Suzanne Sjoqvist,
Translated by Margaret Myers
(published by Jessica Kingsley, 2007)
978 1 84310 501 5 £13.99
Muddles, puddles and sunshine is a workbook for bereaved children by Winston’s Wish. You can find more information about the workbook or purchase it on the Winston’s Wish publications pages.
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Videos
Grief in the family is a 14-minute animated video and booklet from Leeds Animation Workshop looking at ways children and young people respond to grief and what adults around them can do to help. You can find more information about the video and a link to the order form at Leeds Animation Workshop.
The Child Bereavement Charity produces Someone died: it happened to me, a video for children and young people. Girls and boys aged seven to 18 talk about their feelings when someone important in their life dies.
The charity also produces When a Child Grieves - a double training video incorporating the children's video Someone died: it happened to me. This double video is recommended for viewing for family or professionals where a family or a child is bereaved
The Childhood Bereavement Network produces A death in the lives of … , a video showing a group of young people aged 13 to 16 from a range of backgrounds talking about the kind of support they needed to help them cope with bereavement, and It will be ok, a video in which 13 to 18 year olds talk about their bereavements. You can find more information about these videos and a downloadable order form at the Childhood Bereavement Network’s publications page.
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Books and other resources for adults supporting children who have been bereaved
Grief in children: a handbook for adults by Atle Dyregrov
(published by Jessica Kingsley, 1991)
185302113X £12.95
Healing children’s grief: surviving a parent’s death from cancer by Grace Christ
(published by Oxford University Press, 2000)
0195105915 £19.99
Never too young to know: death in children’s lives by Phyllis Silverman
(published by Oxford University Press, 1999)
0195109554 £13.99
Children and grief: when a parent dies by William Worden
(published by Guilford Publications, 2002)
1572307463 £17.95
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Books for adults to support their own bereavement
A grief observed by C S Lewis
(published by Faber & Faber, 1966)
0571066240 £6.99
You’ll get over it: the rage of bereavement by Virginia Ironside
(published by Penguin, 1997)
0140236082 £8.99
Seven choices: finding daylight after loss shatters your world by Elizabeth Neeld
(published by Little, Brown & Company, 2006)
0446690503 £10.99
Through grief: bereavement journey by Elizabeth Collick
(published by Darton, Longman & Todd, 1986)
0232516820 £7.95
All in the end is harvest: an anthology for those who grieve
(published by Darton, Longman & Todd, 1984)
0232516243 £8.95
The presence by Dannie Abse
(published by Hutchinson, 2007)
0091796334 £15.99
The courage to grieve: creative living, recovery and growth through grief by Judy Tatelbaum
(published by William Heinemann, 1993)
0749309369 £7.99
Time to grieve: how to come through bereavement to recovery and growth by Michael Dunn
(published by How To Books Ltd., 2006)
1845280814 £12.99
Living with bereavement by Alex James
(published by Elliot Right Way Books, 1978) 0716021668 £4.99
Grieving: a beginner’s guide by Jerusha McCormack
(published by Darton, Longman & Todd, 2005)
023252629X £10.95
We need to talk about the funeral by Jane Morrell
(published by Accent Press, 2007)
1906125015 £14.99
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Books recommended in the Natural Death Handbook
In the presence of grief - helping family members resolve death, dying and bereavement issues by Dorothy S. Becvar
(published by Guilford Press, 2003)
1572309377 £17.95
Messages and miracles - extraordinary experiences of the bereaved by Louis LaGrand (published by Llewellyn, 2000)
1567184065 £10.99
Life after loss: finding hope through life after life by Raymond Moody and Dianne Arcangel (published by Harper, 2002)
0062517309 £6.89
Grace and grit: spiritual healing in the life and death of Treya Killam Wilber by Ken Wilber (published by Gateway, 2001)
071713234X £14.99
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