King's Medical Information Service is now affliated with Barnes and Noble to create the KMIS bookstore. Click on a title for the price and ordering information. More books about pet bereavement and other pet-related topics are coming soon! In the meantime, you can use the search engine at the bottom of this page to look for specific titles or topics. Happy reading!
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Professional bereavement counselor Wallace Sife updates and expands his book for readers who need help coping with and understanding this particular kind of grief. 30 photos |
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This useful book from the First Experience series, written by Fred Rogers, the affable star of Mister Rogers Neighborhood helps children share feelings of the loss of a pet while offering reassurance that grieving is a natural, healing thing to do. A sensitive and sensible first book about death. Ideal for ages 4 to 8. |
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The death of a pet can cause enormous feelings of sorrow, guilt, and loneliness for children and adults alike, whether the end comes through old age, illness, sudden accident, or euthanasia. Yet pet owners are often inhibited in their very real grief, even if the animal was considered a full-fledged family member, a child's favored playmate, or an elderly person's faithful companion. In Pet Loss, the authors acknowledge and encourage such grief, and assert that pet owners must learn to cope with the death of an animal as they would with any significant loss - by expressing their feelings and coming to terms with their grief. At once a practical guide and an emotional support, Pet Loss offers unique advice for owners faced with an animal's passing, from the difficult decision to put a pet to sleep to dealing with a veterinarian or making funeral or cremation arrangements. |
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Another excellent pet bereavement resource. Written by Gary Kowalski. |
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Stories that address the grieving process of humans and animals who have lost their companions and that give advice on how best to help yourself and others recover. |
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Coping with Sorrow offers a comprehensive guide to dealing with the loss of a pet, including: the emotions of grief, specific strategies to help with grief, tips on helping children and other family members cope, knowing when it's the 'right time' to euthanise a pet, and how to handle this difficult decision and more. Includes a directory of additional resources, including online help, hotlines, and more |
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Healing the Pain of Pet Loss: Letters in Memoriam contains thirty-eight letters from men, women, and children who have lost their beloved animal companions. These stories are quite intense and laden with profound narratives and emotions. Some letters include accounts of: deathbed vigils; friends and families reactions (some good, some not so good); feelings of guilt; suicidal thoughts; religious viewpoints; and how they coped, or are having trouble coping. The last lines of the "Preface" sum up the meaning and purpose of this book - ". . .there is something extremely powerful that exists between people who are bonded in traumatic experience. We can help each other. As you make your journey through sorrow toward acceptance and healing, I hope you find empathy and reassurance in the pages of this book." |
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