Bereavement and Loss Counseling
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  Many people report that, while deep in grief, they have been visited by red birds. The red bird, they tell us, provided comfort and a connection to the loved one they had lost. According to a sacred Cherokee story, the sun's daughter was killed, but returned to her mother in the form of a red bird.
 
 
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Books For & About Children
The Dragonfly Door
And God Cried

The Dragonfly Door by John Adams. Feather Rock Books, Inc.: Revised First Edition (2007).
A tender story of two insect friends who live underwater. One day, Lea disappears. While sleeping, Nym discovers Lea has died and is able to glimpse what Lea has become.

And God Cried, Too: A Kid's Book of Healing and Hope by Marc Gellman
NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 2002.
Love You Forever
The Fall of Freddie The Leaf
Love You Forever: by Robert Munsch. A Firefly Book: Willowdale, Ca. 1983. This is a book about the cycle of love from one person to another throughout life.
The Fall of Feddie The Leaf: by Leo Buscaglia. Charles B. Slack Co.: Thorofare, New Jersey, 1982. This book is a beautiful metaphor of life and death shown throughout the changing seasons.
When Dinosaurs Dies
The Dance
When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death: by Laurie Krasney and Marc Brown. Little Brown and Company: Boston, Ma., 1996.  Wise dinosaurs talk about death and dying in terms even young children can understand. It also provides answers to some of the most often asked questions.
  
The Dance: by Richard Paul Evans. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, NY, 1999. Dancing marks the rites of passage in a daughter’s life and that of the father who loves her.
     
The Memory String
  
For Heaven's Sake
The Memory String: by Eve Bunting. Clarion Books NY, 2000. A young girl learning to accept her mother’s death, while a patient stepmother attempts to console her.
  
For Heaven's Sake: by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso. Jewish Lights Publishing, 1999.  In this charming story Sandy Eisenberg Sasso teaches that heaven is often found in the places where you least expect it.
     
Sad Isn't Bad
  
Talkng With CHildren About Loss
Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing With Loss by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso. Jewish Lights Publishing, 1999. In this charming story Sandy Eisenberg Sasso teaches that heaven is often found in the places where you least expect it.
  
Talking WIth Children About Loss: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing With Loss by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso. Jewish Lights Publishing, 1999. In this charming story Sandy Eisenberg Sasso teaches that heaven is often found in the places where you least expect it.
     

Children and Mourning

Mourning Children
Living With Grief
Children Mourning, Mourning Children: by Kenneth J.Doka. Tourlegge Taylor & Frances Group, 1995. Contributors collaborated to help explain the very unique understanding that children have about the grieving process. The Hospice Foundation of America.
Living with Grief: Children, Adolescents, and Loss: edited by Kenneth J. Doka.  This book was produced as a companion to Hospice Foundation of America’s seventh annual National Bereavement Teleconference. This book is a guide to working and listening to children, who have suffered loss.

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Red Bird Center understands loss, and offers a variety of services related to grief.

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