Be sure to read the book alone prior to reading with your children, to insure it is something that will be beneficially. Use your own discretion when choosing a book for your children. These list are compiled based on what others have found helpful, If you have any recommendations or feedback on these book please let us know.
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Someone Came Before You - Pat Schwiebert
We Were Gonna Have a Baby, but We Had an Angel Instead - Pat Schwiebert
Sam and Finn- Kate Polley
Something Happen - Cathy Blanford
A Star for Bobby- Helen Keenor
Always My Twin- Valerie R Samuels
Waterbugs and Dragonflies- Doris Stickney
The Invisible String- Patrice Karst (general loss)
I Miss You- Pat Thomas
Our Baby Died- Dr. Jane Worland
Gentle Willow: A Story for Children About Dying- Joyce C. Mills
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids: 100 Practical Ideas- Alan D. Wolfelt, PH.D.
How I Feel: A Coloring Book for Grieving Children- Alan D. Wolfelt, PH.D.
Someone Came Before You - Pat Schwiebert (For Rainbow Babies)
My Baby Big Sister- Cathy Blanford (For Rainbow Babies)
For Teens
Tear Soup (General Greif) - Pat Schwiebert and Chuck Deklyen
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens: 100 Practical Ideas- Alan D. Wolfelt, PH.D.
The Healing Your Grieving Heart Journal for Teens- Megan E. Wolfelt and Alan D. Wolfelt, PH.D.
For Parents
Baby Dust- Deanna Roy.
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination- Elizabeth McCracken.
A Time to be Borne - Compiled by Dianna Overholt and Sue Hooley
Three Free Booklets - including "From Hurt to Healing, When you Want to Try Again, and What Can You Do" March of Dimes.
I Will Carry You - Angie Smith (for prenatal diagnosis as well).
When Hello Means Goodbye - Paul Kirk and Pat Schwiebert
Empty Arms - Sherokee Ilse
Mother Care - Sherokee Ilse, Inez Anderson and Mary Funk
Pregnancy Loss: Surviving Miscarriage and Stillbirth - Zoe Taylor
Gone Too Soon - Sherri Devashrayee Wittwer
Parenthood Lost - Michael R. Berman
Always Within: Grieving the Loss of Your Infant- Melissa Eshleman.
Couple Communication After a Baby Dies - Sherokee Ilse
Remembering Our Angels - Hannah Stone
Footprints on My Heart - Molly Remer
Carrying On: A Workbook for Women Who Have Lost a Pregnancy - Darlene Viggiano
Help, Comfort, and Hope After Losing Your Baby in Pregnancy or The First Year - Hannah Lothrop
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby- Deborah L. Davis.
Miscarriage: Women Sharing from the Heart- Marie Allen
Coming to Term: Uncovering the Truth About Miscarriage- Jon Cohen, Sandra Ann Carson
Healing from the start Free Printable
Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies- Theresa M. Huntley
Dear Parents: Letters to Bereaved Parents- Joy Johnson and Centering Corporation
Empty Arms Journal : A 21 Day Guide for Healing after Pregnancy Loss
Etopic Pregnancy Loss
>Moving Forward: Healing After Ectopic Pregnancy (eBook) by A. Robin Westphal
>Empty Arms Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage Stillbirth or Tubal Pregnancy by Pam Vredevelt
>The Untold Stories of Ectopic Pregnancy by Cindy Sexton
>Hidden Loss: Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy (The Women's Press Handbook Series)
For Dads
free printable booklet called "Mainly for Dads" at Sands
Strong and Tender: A Guide for Fathers Whose Babies Have Died – Pat Schwiebert
Will Our Tears Forever Flow - Ted Wampler
Swallowed by a Snake - Thomas R. Golden
The Rocking Horse Is Lonely - James D. Nelson
Miscarriages Hurt Men Too - Peter Burdon (e-book)
Butterbean - Brandon Roberts PhD
Tuesday Mornings With the Dads - The Dads Group
A Guide For Fathers: When A Baby Dies - Tim Nelson
When A Man Faces Grief - James E. Miller
Men Coping With Grief – Dale A. Lund
Griefquest – Robert J Miller
Miscarriage: A Man’s Grief – Rick Wheat
A Bereaved Father – Steve Younis
Fathers Grieve, Too - Dr. Ray Goldstein
Andy's Mountain - Dwight L. Patton
Healing a Father's Grief - William H. Schatz
Heartworks - Jerre Petersen
Into the Valley and Out Again - Richard Edler
Letters To My Son - Mitch Carmody
Life After The Death of My Son - Dennis L. Apple
Trying to Conceive after loss
Finding the Rainbow- Rachel McGrath
Infertility
Coming soon
Movies
Dolly Parton's Coat of many colors (2015) True story based on Dolly's childhood. The movie is based around the loss of the baby, the wffect it has on the mother and family comes through beautifully, and also how they are healed through God. Deffinatley one to watch when you feel your ready.
Return to Zero The Movie Based on a True Story, Resources, Raising Awareness
The Deafening Silence Free Youtube Video, Worth the Watch
Songs
Thy Will- Hillary Scott
I will Carry you (Audrey's Song)- Selah
Ed Sheeran - Small Bump
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