Resources
When Someone Very Special Dies by Marge Heegaard
REFLECTION: A practical format for allowing children to understand the concept of death and develop coping skills for life, this book is designed for young readers to illustrate.
The Goodbye Boat by Mary Joslin
NOVEL/STORY: A very simple illustrative story of the sorrow of seeing the goodbye boat take a friend away.
Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine by Diana Crossley
REFLECTION: A book offering practical and sensitive support for bereaved children.
Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael Rosen
BOOK: A beautifully illustrated read for adults and children about love and loss which explains why it's ok to be sad sometimes.
The Snowdrop Tree by Ema Lou Rowe
NOVEL/STORY: How to help a child through bereavement; a story with outdoor activities for adults and children to share.
The Bereavement Journey®: Offer the Programme
TRAINING COURSES: A proven way to help bereaved people in your community, with all the resources, information and support you need provided to make delivery easy.
Return to Him
REFLECTION: A book to guide muslims through bereavement. The 99 Names of Allah, are used to present a grief recovery process.
Fevered Sleep
ARTS/THEATRE: Fevered Sleep are an arts project on a mission to make the world a more caring, curious, compassionate place - one unlikely art project at a time…
The Swan Song Project
ARTS/THEATRE: The Swan Song Project gives people facing end of life and those surrounding them the opportunity to write and record their own original song.
I’ll Write Your Name on Every Beach by Susan Auerbach
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A Mother’s quest for comfort, clarity and courage after suicide loss.
On Grief and Grieving by David Kessler and Elisabeth Kubler Ross
FACTUAL: A well respected book that outlines some experiences that some bereaved people may experience.
Love and Loss: The Roots of Grief and It’s Complication by C Parkes Murray
FACTUAL: By understanding the nature and pattern of loving can we begin to understand the problems of grieving.
Yvonne Tulloch, Faith Questions in Bereavement
REFLECTION: Written by AtaLoss' CEO Rev. Cannon Yvonne Tulloch for anyone who has been bereaved at any time, or anyone who is interested in the faith questions that naturally arise when someone dies.
With the End in Mind: Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial by Kathryn Mannix
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A book of stories from the bedsides of patients facing death, Kathryn shares the experiences that have enabled her to see dying as something we can plan for.
Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving by Julia Samuel
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: In Julia Samuel's book we hear stories from those who have experienced great love and great loss - and survived.
The Path Not Chosen (CWR) by Wendy Bray
REFLECTION: A beautifully illustrated full-colour booklet for the bereaved.
Philip Yancey When Life Hurts
BOOK: Book designed to help those for whom life hurts as they struggle to understand God's place in their pain.
Rainbows Through the Rain: An Anthology of Hope by Fiona Castle
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A book about the depths of grief and the possibility of hope.
Beauty from Ashes by Jennifer Rees Larcombe
REFLECTION: A book of Christian religious readings for times of loss.
Acquainted with Grief, Encouraging Meditations for Times of Loss by Faye Landrum
FACTUAL: This is a great gift book for anyone who is hurting from a death, divorce, or separation.
Where is God When it Hurts? by Philip Yancey
REFLECTION: Using examples from the Bible as well as the author's personal experiences, this expanded edition speaks to everyone for whom life sometimes doesn't make sense.

