Death
Aunt/Uncle/Teacher
- Brisson, Pat - I remember Miss Perry
Brother/Sister
- Beaty, Andrea - Cicada summer
- Couloumbis, Audrey - Getting near to baby
- Greene, Constance C - Beat the turtle drum
- Kadohata, Cynthia - Kira-Kira
- MacLachlan, Patricia - Edward's eyes
- Martin, Ann M. - Everything for a dog
- Millard, Glenda - The naming of Tishkin Silk
- Roberts, Willo Davis - The one left behind
Friend/Classmate
- Bauer, Marion Dane - On my honor
- Blos, Joan W - A gathering of days : a New England girl's journal, 1830-32 : a novel
- Cohn, Janice - I had a friend named Peter : talking to children about the death of a friend
- Deaver, Julie Reece - Say goodnight, Gracie
- Edwards, Michelle - Stinky Stern forever
- Fletcher, Ralph J - Flying solo
- Kessler, Liz - Philippa Fisher and the dream-maker's daughter
- Paterson, Katherine - Bridge to Terabithia
- Penn, Audrey - Chester Raccoon and the acorn full of memories
- Puttock, Simon - A story for Hippo : a book about loss
- Smith, Doris Buchanan - Un sabor a moras
- Smith, Doris Buchanan - A taste of blackberries
General
- Buscaglia, Leo F - The fall of Freddie the leaf : a story of life for all ages
- Hesse, Karen - Phoenix rising
- Simon, Norma - The saddest time
Grandparent/Elderly
- Byars, Betsy Cromer - A Blossom promise
- Castellucci, Cecil - Grandma's gloves
- Creech, Sharon - Absolutely normal chaos
- Crowe, Carole - Turtle Girl
- Danziger, Paula - United Tates of America : a novel with scrapbook art
- De Paola, Tomie - La abuelita de arriba y la abuelita de abajo
- De Paola, Tomie - Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs
- Ehrlich, Amy - The girl who wanted to dance
- Haynes, Max - Grandma's gone to live in the stars
- Henkes, Kevin - Sun & Spoon
- Hobbs, Valerie - Defiance
- Holden, L. Dwight - Gran-gran's best trick
- Miles, Miska - Annie and the Old One
- Moss, Marissa - The ugly menorah
- Nodar, Carmen Santiago - Abuelita's paradise
- Shriver, Maria - What's heaven?
- Wiles, Deborah - The Aurora County All-Stars
- Wiles, Deborah - Each little bird that sings
- Wood, Douglas - Aunt Mary's rose
Parent
- Blume, Judy - Tiger eyes : a novel
- De Guzman, Michael - Henrietta Hornbuckle's circus of life
- Douglas, Eileen - Rachel and the upside down heart : a true story
- Hermes, Patricia - You shouldn't have to say good-bye
- Hest, Amy - Remembering Mrs. Rossi
- Hurwitz, Johanna - Ozzie on his own
- Kuhlman, Evan - The last invisible boy
- Martin, Ann M. - With you and without you
- Mass, Wendy - Jeremy Fink and the meaning of life
- Paterson, Katherine - Flip-flop girl
- Silberberg, Alan - Milo : sticky notes and brain freeze
- Tolan, Stephanie S - Listen!
Pet
- Berenstain, Stan - The Berenstain Bears lose a friend
- Burleigh, Robert - Good-bye, Sheepie
- Cochran, Bill - The forever dog
- Demas, Corinne - Saying goodbye to Lulu
- DiSalvo-Ryan, DyAnne - A dog like Jack
- Harris, Robie H - Goodbye, Mousie
- Keller, Holly - Goodbye, Max
- McGhee, Alison - Julia Gillian (and the dream of the dog)
- Partridge, Elizabeth - Big Cat Pepper
- Rogers, Fred - When a pet dies
- Viorst, Judith - The tenth good thing about Barney
- Wallace-Brodeur, Ruth - Goodbye, Mitch
- Wilhelm, Hans - I'll always love you
- Wilhelm, Hans - Yo siempre te querré
Read Together/Discussion
- Brown, Laurene Krasny - When dinosaurs die : a guide to understanding death
- Fitzgerald, Helen - The grieving child : a parent's guide
- Grollman, Earl A - Talking about death : a dialogue between parent and child
- LeShan, Eda J - When a parent is very sick
- Mellonie, Bryan - Lifetimes : the beautiful way to explain death to children
- Rofes, Eric E. - The Kids' book about death and dying
- Sprung, Barbara - Death
Self
- McCaughrean, Geraldine - The death-defying Pepper Roux
- Nicholls, Sally - Ways to live forever