![]() ![]() Joel doesn't want to seem scared, so he challenges Tony to race him to a sandbar. On the way, Tony decides to stop by the river, even though he knows it is dangerous to be there. Joel hopes his father won't allow him to ride his bike with Tony to the state parkJoel really doesn't want to go, but doesn't know how to tell Tony. New York, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publ., 1987. You are welcome to reproduce this article and distribute copies to families in your practice when they find themselves faced with the death of a friend.* Deborah Rivlin, MA The books described below can be borrowed from the public library or purchased at a bookstore or through an online service such as (some may be available by special order only). Discussion can follow or, if the child won't talk about his feelings, he can certainly feel connected to the experience of someone else by reading about it. Besides experiencing extreme loss, the child often feels that no one else has had this experence or can understand what he is feeling.īooks also help adults talk to children and adolescents about the difficult subject of grieving over the loss of a friend. ![]() The death of a friend can feel very isolating to a child. ![]() It shatters our assumptions about the world we live in and what we have come to expect from it. BOOKSHELF COMPILED BY DEBORAH RIVLIN, MA Books for children when a friend diesĪnother person's death is always hard to bear, but the death of a friend is devastating. ![]()
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