What Does Grief Feel Like?

by Korie Leigh (Author) Mike Malbrough (Illustrator)

What Does Grief Feel Like?
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Help young children explore the ways people experience grief when someone dies.

Gentle and reassuring, What Does Grief Feel Like? shares the many ways people can grieve when a loved one dies and validates children's unique grief experiences. Open-ended questions throughout the book invite children to share what they are thinking, feeling, and going through:

What did you feel after your special person died?

What happens when your grief gets too big?

What do you do in your family and community to help your grief?

Dr. Korie Leigh has spent over sixteen years specializing in working with children and families experiencing grief and loss, and she wrote What Does Grief Feel Like? from a child development perspective, with developmentally appropriate vocabulary. A caregiver's guide provides helpful information on developmental stages, expressions, and behaviors of grief in children.

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$17.99

Review quotes

This gem should be in every school, and in just about every home and workplace, too. It's high time that we brought this necessary and fundamental human experience out of the shadows. Thank you, Dr. Leigh, for doing exactly that, and just in time.—BJ Miller, M.D., author of A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practice Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
Korie Leigh

With training as a child life specialist and grief counselor, Dr. Korie Leigh has spent over 16 years specializing in working with children and families experiencing grief and loss. As an associate professor and program director, she teaches graduate courses on child development, death, dying, and bereavement.

Dr. Leigh obtained her Ph.D. in transpersonal psychology, where she wrote her dissertation on the lived experiences of bereaved parents. She also holds an M.A. in public health and grief counseling and a B.A. in child development. She speaks and presents at national and regional conferences on issues of grief, loss, and coping.

Dr. Leigh lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


Mike Malbrough is the illustrator of You Made Me a Dad and the Warren & Dragon chapter book series and is the author-illustrator of Marigold Bakes a Cake, Marigold Finds the Magic Words, and Love Is Here.

During Mike's more than 20-year career, he has illustrated, designed, or built puppets, whales, robots, monsters, video games, hip-hop clothing, logos, retiring coworkers, and cute animals, but this winding road of doodling and artistry has, at last, landed him back home where his journey began, telling stories for kids and families.

Mike lives in northern New Jersey with his wife, two children, and his cat Agnes, who used to hate him, but now won't leave him alone.

Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781631987069
Lexile Measure
470
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Publication date
April 04, 2023
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF053030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Death & Dying
JNF053050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Emotions & Feelings
Library of Congress categories
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