Remembering My Grandparent: A Kid's Own Grief Workbook in the Christian Tradition
Honest, caring words and activities—from a Christian perspective—help kids work through their grief.
The death of a grandparent is often a child's first encounter with grief. Why did this happen? How do I feel? Drawing on concepts from psychology and a broad perspective on Christian faith, Remembering My Grandparent provides a sensitive and practical resource that will help children ages 7 to 13 cope with the death of a loved one. Kids can write, draw, pray, create, and express feelings via concrete, hands-on activities including:
- Part One: Remembering after the Funeral
- Part Two: Remembering throughout the Whole Year
- Part Three: Remembering during the Holidays
- Becoming a Memory Detective to uncover clues to their grandparent's own childhood
- Recording favorite memories, photographs and events
- Turning Christmas, Easter and other holidays into times of special remembrance
- Open and gentle, this book will help kids—and their parents with them—understand difficult concepts and communicate deep feelings as they grow through their season of mourning.
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Book details
- Author
- Molly Phinney Baskette, Nechama Liss-Levinson
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Family & Relationships › Death, Grief, Bereavement
Religion › Christian Living › Death, Grief, Bereavement - Topics
- grief for children · death of a grandparent · Christian faith · coping with loss · mourning · children's activities · holiday remembrance
- ISBN-13
- 9781594732126 (Hardcover)9781683362593 (Paperback)
About the author
NECHAMA LISS-LEVINSON is a psychologist and psychoanalyst with a private practice on Long Island, New York, and the author of When the Hurricane Came, Remembering My Grandparent, and Remembering My Pet.
Liss-Levinson’s novel When the Hurricane Came received the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. She has also published articles and book chapters on ethics, feminist psychology, resilience, and developmental milestones in the family.
When she’s not writing, Liss-Levinson works with clients in her private practice. Much of her work explores grief, loss, and spiritual understanding for children and families.
Nechama lives on Long Island, New York.