Books for Adults
To Bless the Space Between Us, A Book of Blessings by John O’Donohue.
Healing After Loss – Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha Hickman
Saying Goodbye To The Pet You Love: A Complete Resource To Help You Heal by Lorri A. Greene, Ph.D. and Jacquelyn Landis.
Animal Blessings – Prayers and Poems Celebrating our Pets by June Cotner.
Books for Children
I’ll Always Love You by Hans Wilhelm
When a Pet Dies by Fred Rogers
Healing your heart when your animal friend is gone: A children’s pet bereavement workbook. Cardeccia, K. (2004).
Saying Goodbye to Your Pet: Children Can Learn to Cope with Pet Loss by Marge Eaton Heegaard (Fairview Press Minneapolis, 2001)
Saying Goodbye to Lulu by Corinne Demas. (Little, Brown & Co, 2004)
Sammy in the Sky by Barbara Walsh, illustrated by Jamie Wyeth (Candlewick Press, 2011)
Books for Teens
Healing a Teen’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers by Dr. Alan Wolfelt. (Companion Press, 2001)
Healing Your Grieving Heart ‘For Teens’: 100 Practical Ideas by Dr. Alan Wolfelt. (Companion Press, 2001)
Grief Support Links
Coping With the Loss of Your Companion Animal
How to Explain the Death of a Pet to a Young Child
© Mary Ludington