We are not alone in this — and neither are you.

Child Bereavement UK

Supports families and educates professionals when a baby or child of any age dies, is dying, or when a child faces bereavement. Helpline, online support, and resources for schools.

Together for Short Lives

Supporting seriously ill children and their families, working with professionals and services across the UK.

Grief Encounter

Bereavement support for children, young people and families — counselling, workshops and a free helpline.

Cruse Bereavement Support

Bereavement support for anyone who needs it, through phone, email and face-to-face services.

Hope Again

Cruse's free, confidential service for young people (12–25) who are coping with bereavement.

The Good Grief Trust

A UK-wide directory of bereavement services, connecting people to the right support wherever they live.

At A Loss

The UK's signposting service for the bereaved — helping people find the right type of support for their situation.

Marie Curie

End-of-life care and bereavement support for people with a terminal illness and the people who love them.

WAY — Widowed and Young

A peer-to-peer support network for anyone widowed under the age of 51 — and their children.

The Invisible String — Patrice Karst

A gentle metaphor: the people we love are always connected to us by an invisible string of love.

Badger's Parting Gifts — Susan Varley

A tender classic — Badger's friends remember the gifts he gave each of them.

Goodbye Mog — Judith Kerr

Mog the Cat dies, and her family learns how to remember her. Very gentle.

Always and Forever — Alan Durant & Debi Gliori

A family of animals grieves and slowly remembers together. Warm and reassuring.

Missing Mummy — Rebecca Cobb

A sensitive, honest picture book about a young child whose mother has died.

When Dinosaurs Die — Laurie Krasny Brown & Marc Brown

Clear, honest answers to the questions children ask about death, in picture-book form.

Michael Rosen's Sad Book — Michael Rosen

Written after the death of his son Eddie. Extraordinarily honest and moving.

The Heart and the Bottle — Oliver Jeffers

A girl puts her heart in a bottle to keep it safe after the death of someone she loved.

Cry, Heart, But Never Break — Glenn Ringtved

Four children sit with Death the night before their grandmother dies. Beautiful and unflinching.

Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute? — Elke & Alex Barber

A real family's story of explaining a sudden death to a young child.

The Rabbit Listened — Cori Doerrfeld

When something sad happens, sometimes the best thing is for someone to sit with you and listen.

A Monster Calls — Patrick Ness

A boy whose mother is dying is visited by a monster. Devastating and beautiful.

Bridge to Terabithia — Katherine Paterson

A friendship changed forever by a death. A modern classic.

Counting by 7s — Holly Goldberg Sloan

A gifted girl grieves the sudden death of her adoptive parents and finds an unlikely new family.

Love That Dog — Sharon Creech

A short verse novel about a boy's grief after the death of a beloved dog.

The Sky is Everywhere — Jandy Nelson

A teenager navigating life after the sudden death of her older sister.

We Are Okay — Nina LaCour

Grief, isolation and love. Quiet, powerful, deeply felt.

The Fault in Our Stars — John Green

Two teenagers with cancer on mortality, meaning and love.

Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children — Bryan Mellonie & Robert Ingpen

A simple, classic introduction to death in nature, used with children for decades.

35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child — The Dougy Center

Short, practical guidance from one of the world's leading centres for bereaved children.

Guiding Your Child Through Grief — James P. Emswiler & Mary Ann Emswiler

A comprehensive handbook for parents and carers.

Never Too Young to Know — Phyllis Silverman

Research-informed and compassionate writing on how children of all ages process death.

Grief Works — Julia Samuel

By a British psychotherapist who has worked with bereaved families for decades.

It's OK That You're Not OK — Megan Devine

A validating, no-nonsense view of grief that rejects tidy stages and timelines.

A Grief Observed — C.S. Lewis

A short, honest classic, written after the death of his wife. Raw and enduring.

H is for Hawk — Helen Macdonald

A grief memoir wound through training a goshawk after the sudden death of the author's father.

On Grief and Grieving — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross & David Kessler

The classic text on the stages of grief.

Bearing the Unbearable — Joanne Cacciatore

A bereavement specialist's gentle, deeply humane companion for the bereaved.

Option B — Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant

Practical, grounded advice from a bereaved partner and an organisational psychologist.

Griefcast — Cariad Lloyd

A British comedian talks to guests about the people they've lost. Warm, often funny, always honest.

Terrible, Thanks for Asking — Nora McInerny

A widowed writer hosts honest conversations about the hardest parts of being human.

What's Your Grief? — Eleanor Haley & Litsa Williams

Grief educators unpacking how grief actually works.

Grief Out Loud — The Dougy Center

Short, practical episodes for bereaved children and families.