Recommended Reading
A collection of works to help you HEAL your heart
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Pet Loss and Children: A Guide for Parents
This book is a much-needed resource for parents of pet-owning children. It contains information on the grief process in children...
Children, Family, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement
Pet Loss and Children: Helping Your Child Cope with the...
An estimated 90 percent of kids will have a pet at some point during their childhood. The loss of a...
Children, Family, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Pre-school
Pet Loss: Thoughtful Guide for Adults and Children
A sympathetic guide for both children and adults explains how to cope with the death or loss of a beloved...
All Ages, Great Gift, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement
Remembering Oakley
A tool to use children about death using direct language and explanations. This book was written to align with the...
Children, Family, Guide, Illustrated, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Pre-school
Saying Goodbye to Lulu
A young girl and her lovable dog, Lulu, are the best of friends. They play games together, explore their neighborhood,...
Children, Family, Great Gift, Guide, Illustrated, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Pre-school
Saying Goodbye to the Pet You Love (A Complete Resource...
From a psychologist with twenty years of experience as a pet bereavement specialist, comes the first title to offer cognitive...
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Self-Help, Young Adult
Sit, Stay, Heal: What Dogs Can Teach Us About Living...
“Written with grace and emotional honesty, Sit, Stay, Heal will live with you long after the last page.”— John Grogan, bestselling author...
Dog Lovers, Guide
Surviving the Heartbreak of Choosing Death for Your Pet
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Self-Help
The Grief Recovery Handbook for Pet Loss
If you’ve found yourself almost inconsolable after your pet died, please know that you’re normal. If you’ve found that your...
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Self-Help
The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition: The Action...
Updated to commemorate its 20th anniversary, this classic resource further explores the effects of grief and sheds new light on...
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals
The Healing Power of Pets: Harnessing the Amazing Ability of...
From Dr. Marty Becker, co-author of the bestsellers Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul and Chicken Soup for the Cat and Dog...
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Self-Help, Teen
The Heart That Is Loved Never Forgets: Recovering from Loss:...
Stories that address the grieving process of humans and animals who have lost their companions and that give advice on...
All Ages, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement
The Loss of a Pet: A Guide to Coping with...
Understanding helps heal the hurt when you lose a pet. This award-winning book has been hailed as the seminal work...
All Ages, Educational, Great Gift, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Professionals, Self-Help
The Pet Loss Companion: Healing Advice from Family Therapists Who...
Everyone who's ever loved an animal companion will find wisdom and solace in this book. The authors share stories drawn...
All Ages, Great Gift, Guide, Inspirational, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Self-Help
The Sad Dragon: A Dragon Book About Grief and Loss....
Having a pet dragon is very fun! He can sit, roll over, and play… He can candle a birthday cake,...
Children, Family, Guide, Illustrated, Pet Loss & Bereavement
Three Cats, Two Dogs: One Journey Through Multiple Pet Loss
David Congalton and his wife survived every pet lover's worst nightmare - sudden, multiple pet loss. Frankly and tenderly, Congalton...
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Self-Help
When a Pet Dies
In this useful book from the First Experience series, the affable star of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood helps children share feelings of the...
Children, Family, Great Gift, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Photos, Pre-school
When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with...
The first―and definitive―guide to helping children really deal with loss from the authors of the The Grief Recovery Handbook Following deaths,...
Adult, Children, Educational, Family, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement
When Pets Come Between Partners: How to Keep Love –...
How to Keep Love—And Romance—In the Human/Animal Kingdom of Your Home When you're fighting about the dog, is it really...
Adult, Guide, Pet Loss & Bereavement, Self-Help
When Your Pet Dies
Diane Pomerance received her Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is the author of nine...
All Ages, Guide, Inspirational, Pet Loss & Bereavement