Children Books on Grief and Emotions

Children’s Books for Grief

• When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death by Laurie Brown and Marc Brown
• The Dragonfly Door by John Adams and Barbara Gibson
• The Dragonfly Secret by John Adams and Barbara Gibson
• Gram’s Song by Karyn Henley
• Someone I Love Died by Christine Tangvald
• I Miss You: A First Look at Death by Pat Thomas
• Grandad’s Prayer of the Earth by Douglas Wood
• Tear Soup by Pat Schweibert, Chuck DeKlyen and Taylor Bills
• Water Bgs & Dragonflies – Explaining Death to Young Children by Doris Stickney
• A Place in My Heart – Understanding Loss by Annette Aubrey

Children’s Books on Emotions

• The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
• When I Feel Angry by Cornelia Spelman
• When I Feel Sad by Cornelia Spelman
• When I Miss You by Cornelia Spelman
• When I Feel Good about Myself by Cornelia Spelman
• When I Feel Jealous by Cornelia Spelman
• When I Care about Others by Cornelia Spelman
• Share and Take Turns by Cheri Meiners
• When Sophie Gets Angry…Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang
• Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods that Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis
• What Makes Me Happy by Catherine Anholt and Laurence Anholt
• Feelings by Aliki (Reading Rainbow)
• My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss