[ISLMA-Share] Books dealing with student death

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Several years ago I created a website for a class and it saw enough traffic that I kept it going and updated.  It is picture books that deal with death for librarians.  When I first became an elementary librarian, I had a teacher run in frantically looking for the “dead guinea pig book!”  I had no idea what she was talking about, but she did!  The book was routinely used to read to classes when a student has experienced loss, such as a hamster, guinea pig or dog, but could even be used with human death, such as Grandparents.  We found the book, and I was impressed with how comforting the books on this topic could be, if you know where they are!  So this website has many different books, with basic breakdowns of each storyline.  I hope it might help some elementary librarians or public librarians learn where the good books are when they are needed.

http://lastdoorway.weebly.com/


Valerie brunner
315 S. Henderson
Mt. Zion, IL 62549
brunnerv at mtzion.k12.il.us
217-864-2369

“be kind.  Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle”



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We lost a brother and sister on the Saturday before the start of the school year 3 years ago.  It's tough to get through.  Honestly the students are their own best resources (or at least ours were). They talked, cried, shared, laughed, remembered, etc. with each other, with the parents, with all of us. They are remembered often by all of us. There were shirts and bracelets made and sold in their memory and those brought everyone together.  Their chairs were empty at their graduations and their parents acknowledged. We have a memorial bench and tress near the students entrance. (Sadly, we have several student memorials out there.)

I bought books on grief, but the students and the community were really the best help for all of us.

It is tough, but just being there for each other is the best "medicine".  Hoping for you and your students.

Leslie Forsman

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
I am so sorry for your school's tragic loss.

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
Hello.

This weekend, two of our students in the high school where I work passed away in a motorcycle accident. I was wondering if any librarians had suggestions about reading material for teenagers, both fiction and nonfiction, that could help during this very difficult time. If this has happened before at anybody else's school, was there a resource that you found to be helpful or that students appreciated?

Thank you,
Amy Edrington
Central A&M High School

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Leslie Forsman
K-12 Librarian
Education to Careers Instructor
Quest Instructor
Triopia CUSD #27
2204 Concord Arenzville Road
Concord  IL  62631
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