Book Recommendations on Grief/Suicide/Abuse

Children will be exposed to grief, suicide and abuse. Bibliotherapy is the practice of using books to assist with counseling. Here is a list of books I received from a librarians list-serv related to bibliotherapy. Please note, I have not read these books. However, they were recommended by librarians.

· A Terrible Thing Happened - A story for children who have
witnessed violence or trauma / Margaret M. Holmes, Sasha J.
Mudlaff, and Cary Pillo

· After a suicide: an activity book for grieving kids /
The Dougy Center

· Algunas Partes No Son Para Compartir/ Julie Federico

· Get out of my life, but first could you drive me and
Cheryl to the mall? / Anthony Wolf

· Bullycide: death at playtime / Neil Marr and Tim Field

· But I didn’t say goodbye: Helping children and families
after a suicide / Barbara Rubel

· Chloris and the Creeps / Kin Platt

· David's Sword / David Elliott, Lee Elliott, and Marybeth
Elliott

· Digger Gets Help: A Story About Sexual Abuse for Children /
Lisa Brewer and Harper Althea

· Family secrets: five very important series / Susan Shreve

· Feeling Safe, Feeling Strong: How to Avoid Sexual Abuse
and What to Do If It Happens to You / Susan Neiburg Terkel
and Janice E. Rench

· Fresh girl / Jaeira Placide.

· Gossamer / Lois Lowry.

· Hear My Roar: A Story of Family Violence / Dr. Ty Hochban
and Vladyana Krykorka

· How could you do it Diane?  / Stella Pevsner

· I Can't Talk About It: A Child's Book About Sexual Abuse
(Hurts of Childhood Series) / Doris Sanford and Graci Evans

· I hadn't meant to tell you this / by Jacqueline Woodson.

· In The Wake Of Suicide; A Child's Journey / Diane Bouman
Kaulen MS

· It's My Body (Children's Safety & Abuse Prevention)/
Lory Freeman

· Joey Pigza loses control / by Jack Gantos.

· Jumping the scratch  /

· Kisses From Dolce: A Book for Children About Trusting
and Telling / Susan Komisar Hausman

· Lisa's Story: Neglect and the Police (Child Abuse Series) /
Deborah Anderson and Martha Finne

· Loving Touches / Lory Freeman and Carol Deach

· My Body Is Private / Linda Walvoord Girard and Rodney Pate

· My Body Is Special: A Family Book about Sexual Abuse
(Self-Help Books for Kids)/ Cynthia Geisen and R. W. Alley

· My Uncle Keith died /  carol Ann Loehr, James Mojonnier,
and Julianne Cosentino

· No More Secrets for Me: Sexual Abuse is a Secret No Child
Should Have to Keep / Oralee Wachter and Jane Aaron

· Not in Room 204 / Shannon Riggs

· Our Gracie Aunt / by Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrations
by Jon J. Muth.

· Pawns / Willo Davis Roberts

· Please Tell!: A Child's Story About Sexual Abuse /
Jessie Ottenweller

· Running before the wind / by Linda Woolverton.

· Silent to the bone / Konigsburg

· Some Parts are Not for Sharing/ Julie K. Federico

· Something Happened and I'm Scared to Tell: A Book for
Young Victims of Abuse / Patricia Kehoe

· Something Must Be Wrong with Me: A Boy's Book about
Sexual Abuse (Hurts of Childhood Series) / Doris Sanford
and Graci Evans

· Suicide of a child / Adina Wrobleski

· Take Care With Yourself: A Young Person's Guide to
Understanding, Preventing and Healing from the Hurts
of Child Abuse / Laurie A. White and
Steven L. Spencer

· Take Care With Yourself: A Young Person's Guide to
Understanding, Preventing, and Healing / Abuse by
Laurie A. White and Steven L. Spencer

· Tall tales / Karen Day.

· Tamara's Metamorphosis: A Book About Sexual Abuse /
Sarah Ali and Russel Banfield

· The Burning questions of Bingo Brown / Betsy Byars

· The Cloud Chamber / Joyce Maynard

· The Peer Partners Handbook: Helping Your Friends
Live Free from Violence, Drug Use, Teen Pregnancy & 
Suicide : A Guide for Students in Leadership Programs /
Jerry Kreitzer

· The Right Touch: A Read-Aloud Story to Help Prevent
Child Sexual Abuse (Jody Bergsma Collection) / Sandy
Kleven and Jody Bergsma

· The Words Hurt: Helping Children Cope with Verbal Abuse
(Let's Talk) / Chris Loftis and Catharine Gallagher

· Trouble With Secrets / Karen Johnson

· What Jamie saw / Carolyn Coman.

· You don't know me : a novel / by David Klass

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October 25, 2009
1:35 p.m.