[ISLMA-Share] Books dealing with student death

Thu Sep 22 09:44:00 CDT 2016

I am sorry for your loss.  The book" Mick Harte was Here "is a good read.
It is about a bicycle/car wreck.  I used it in my class when one of our
students was killed in an automobile accident.

Sue Genenbacher

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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.
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> http://lastdoorway.weebly.com/
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> Valerie brunner
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> 315 S. Henderson
>
> Mt. Zion, IL 62549
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> brunnerv at mtzion.k12.il.us
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> 217-864-2369
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> “be kind.  Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle”
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> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:islma-bounces at list.
> railslibraries.info] *On Behalf Of *Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 21, 2016 11:52 AM
> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
> *Subject:* Re: [ISLMA-Share] Books dealing with student death
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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.)
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> I bought books on grief, but the students and the community were really
> the best help for all of us.
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> It is tough, but just being there for each other is the best "medicine".
> Hoping for you and your students.
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> Leslie Forsman
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> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> I am so sorry for your school's tragic loss.
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> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> Hello.
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> 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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