Find Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook For Kids Dealing With Loss Written By Michaelene Mundy Shown As E-Text

in the series that I use in therapy, though less often than "Mad Isn't Bad, " Others in

the series that I have are "Getting Out of a Stress Mess!," "Help Is Here for Facing Fear," and "When Bad Things Happen.
" The recommended age,is given because the books are fairly conceptual younger children may not follow them and the illustrations would seem to childish to older children probably to a lot ofandyear olds even.
But the ideas in them would be helpful for older kids and adults, This is a sweet, nonthreatening look at grieving for children, Excellent read for children and adults who have children/grandchildren after the loss off a loved one, It was ok. Kid friendly pictures. Some good info to share with a child BUT it didn't wow me, The book mentions God a lot which is not a bad thing but not good for a public school librarian to read aloud.
It's a good book for children going through a loss and I think it teaches a valuable lesson, A very theistic book about grief, Would be good for a church library, But statements like "most people believe that we will be together with our loved ones and God after our lives here on earth" are really only for the churchgoing audience now, statistically, less thanof the U.
S. and still less in some other countries,

Starts off accessible to anyone but moves over to prayer as a solution, Not a bad breakdown of grief otherwise, and says a lot of things that kids might be feeling including thoughts of suicide, anger, and physical symptoms.
Very good for children regarding the loss of a loved one, A great resource for children explaining and communicating grief, It embraces the topic without and empowers their feelings supporting the process, This book uses simple language to address many topics that children face when they experience the death of a loved one, Each topic is given its own page, with affirmations of its normalcy and suggestions for coping, The book has a Christiancentric feel to it, with God and traditionally Christian beliefs discussed on many pages, The illustrations depict elves rather than humans, but there is a multicultural flair to the drawings,pages.

Resources: There is a message to parents, teachers, and other caring adults, This book is part of the Elfhelp series, Loaded with positive, lifeaffirming advice for coping with loss as a child, this guide tells children what they need to know after a lossthat the world is still safe life is good and hurting hearts do mend.
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