Peter's Place - A Center for Grieving Children and Families

Title: Resources, courtesy of Peters Place for Grieving Children and Grieving Families

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There are many books in our Peter's Place library written to support and educate children, teens and adults. Below is a sampling of some of our favorites.

Books for Children

I Know I Made It Happen by Lynn Bennett Blackburn
Lifetimes: the Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan Mellonie
Nana Upstairs Nana Downstairs by Tomie DePaola
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia
When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death by Laurie Krasny Brown
Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope by Donna R. O'Toole
Badger's Parting Gifts by Susan Varley
Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton
Goodbye Mousie by R. Harris
If Nathan Were Here by Mary Bahr
Nadia the Willful by Sue Alexander
Sad Isn't Bad by Michaelene Mundy
Tear Soup, A Recipe for Healing After Loss by Pat Schweibert
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst

In Philadelphia:

The Center for Grieving Children, Teens & Families
1139 East Luzerne St., Philadelphia, PA
phone: 215-744-4027
In Montgomery County:

Center for Loss & Bereavement
3847 Skippack Pike, Skippack, PA
phone: 610-222-4110

Safe Harbor-Abington Memorial Hospital
Schilling Campus, Pennwood Building, 4th Floor
2500 Maryland Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090
phone: 215-481-5983
In New Jersey:

The Alcove Center
950 Tilton Road, Suite 108
Northfield, NJ 08225
phone: 609-484-1133
In Delaware:

Supporting Kidds
1213 Old Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, DE
phone: 302-235-5544

Search for centers like us across the country. To locate a center, type in state name.

	Resource	More Information
General Bereavement	The Centering Corporation Online grief & loss bookstore for the bereaved as well as professionals	www.centering.org
	The Dougy Center Community bereavement center founded in 1982. National resource for children's bereavement center locations across the country	www.dougy.org
	Association for Death Education and Counseling Professional interdisciplinary organization for the field of death, dying and bereavement	www.adec.org
	Center for Loss and Life Transition Dr. Alan Wolfelt's organization promoting 'companion' model of grief support	www.centerforloss.com
	GriefNet Online groups for grief support	www.griefnet.org

Hospice	Hospice Foundation of America Website for those coping personally or professionally with terminal illness, death and bereavement	www.hospicefoundation.org
	National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Includes information and resources on end-of-life care in addition to terminal illness and bereavement	www.caringinfo.org

Child Loss	The Compassionate Friends, Inc. National organization facilitating support for bereaved parents and siblings. Website includes chapter finder for local meetings near you	www.compassionatefriends.org
	UNITE, Inc. Regional grief support after miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death	www.unitegriefsupport.org
	Share: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Online resource for bereaved parents and professionals	www.nationalshare.org

Suicide and Violent Deaths	American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Information for professionals and those impacted by suicide	www.afsp.org
	American Association of Suicidology Information for professionals and those impacted by suicide	www.suicidology.org
	Survivors of Suicide	www.survivorsofsuicide.com
	Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Provides advocacy, education and support for victims as well as bereavement support	www.madd.org
	Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) Advocacy and support organization for those bereaved by murder	www.pomc.com

Other	Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) Resource for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one who was in the military, regardless of circumstances of the death	www.taps.org
	Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement	www.pet-loss.net
	Parents Without Partners Resource for single parents and their children. Includes local chapter information	www.parentswithoutpartners.org