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Bereavement Support

Browse our suggested books to help all ages deal with grief and loss, as part of the Compassionate Communities partnership with St Elizabeth Hospice.

Compassionate Communities

Suffolk Community Libraries is working with St Elizabeth Hospice as part of their Compassionate Communities project to help share books and resources about bereavement to help all ages understand and manage grief.

Compassionate Communities gives you the tools to help others whether it be at work, through community events or simply how to support a neighbour going through a bereavement. By developing these skills, we can build the confidence and resilience needed to care for one another before and after end of life.

Livros recomendados

Livros infantis sobre luto

Is It Asleep? Olivier Tallec and Antony Shugaar Squirrel and his best friend Pock the mushroom sit on the old stump, watching birds fly by. When they're tired of this, they take the path to the yellow meadow to listen to the blackbird sing. But today, the bird's not...

Books on bereavement for older children

The Dragon in the Bookshop Ewa Jozefkowicz After his dad's death, Konrad stops speaking. Not a word at home or school as the year rolls by. But that begins to change when he meets Maya on the beach he loved to explore with Dad. She doesn't mind his silence. It gives...

Young adult books on bereavement

Out of the Blue Sophie Cameron When angels start falling from the sky, it seems like the world is ending. But for Jaya the world ended when her mother died, two weeks before the first angel fell. Smashing down to earth at extraordinary speeds, wings bent, faces...

Non-fiction adult books on bereavement

Navigating Loss: Wisdom and Self-Care for Times of Grief Heather Stang With these self-care and mindfulness practices, discover a path through the uncharted, invisible territory of grief and learn how you can change, grow and heal through the different types of losses...

Books on suicide

The Long Sleep: A Practical Guide to Supporting Young People With Suicidal Thoughts Kate Hill Worldwide, suicide is one of the leading causes of death among young people, and numbers continue to increase. Many more young people have experienced suicidal thoughts, or...

Special book collections

The books cover a range of subjects related to bereavement and compassion and are appropriate for a range of ages with some devoted to helping children and young people understand grief and loss. The special book collections are available to view in-person at the following libraries:

Aldeburgo
Broomhill
Capela
Framlingham
Gainsborough
Hadleigh
Ipswich
Leiston
Lowestoft
Rosehill
Southwold
Stoke
Stowmarket
Woodbridge

Our range of compassion and bereavement books are also available to borrow from the Suffolk Community Libraries catalogue and collected from any of our 45 libraries.