About What Was Lost: 20 Writers on Miscarriage, Healing and Hope. Jessica Berger Gross, editor, $21.95

Revealing a wide spectrum of perspectives, this powerful collection offers comfort and community for the millions of women (and their loved ones) who experience this all-too-common kind of loss.

The Baby Project. Sarah Ellis, $9.95 (ages 10 to 14)

An unexpected pregnancy brings joy to this family with three almost-grown kids. Eleven-year old Jessica is thrilled to have a new baby sister and not be the youngest anymore. But when baby Lucie dies of SIDS Jessica watches the wide-ranging way grief plays out on her family’s once-solid foundation and wonders if they’ll ever feel such joy again.

A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby's Life is Expected to Be Brief. Amy Kuebelbeck & Deborah Davis, $20.50

A GIFT OF TIME is a gentle and practical guide for parents who decide to continue their pregnancy knowing that their baby's life will be brief. 

When prenatal testing reveals that an unborn child is expected to die before or shortly after birth, some parents will choose to proceed with the pregnancy and to welcome their child into the world. With compassion and support, A GIFT OF TIME walks them step-by-step through this challenging and emotional experience — from the infant's life-limiting prenatal diagnosis and the decision to have the baby to coping with the pregnancy and making plans for the baby's birth and death. 

A GIFT OF TIME also offers inspiration and reassurance through the memories of numerous parents who have loved a child who did not survive. Their moving experiences are stories of grief — and of hope. Their anguish over the prenatal diagnosis turns to joy and love during the birth of their child and to gratitude and peace when reflecting on their baby's short life.

Full of practical suggestions for parents and for caregivers, A GIFT OF TIME also features the innovative concept of perinatal hospice and palliative care. Caring and thoughtful, the book helps parents embrace the extraordinary time they will have with their child.

Healing Your Grieving Heart after Stillbirth: 100 Practical Ideas for Parents and Families. Alan Wolfelt & Raelynn Maloney, $12.95

Stillbirth is an overwhelming loss that is profound and life changing. This compassionate guide offers practical ideas for families including tips on communication between spouses, explaining the death to others, reconciling anger or guilt, remembering the baby who died, and others.

A beautiful, inspiring story of loss, grief and healing that ultimately, is a celebration of life.

Miscarriage, Medicine & Miracles. Bruce Young, $24.50

Providing up-to-date information on physical and mental health, nutrition, and technology, Miscarriage, Medicine & Miracles is a proactive tool and comforting resource—from an expert with real-life reasons to give every woman hope for a successful pregnancy.

A compassionate and practical guide that explores the causes of miscarriage, the tests and procedures that can help prevent a repeat loss and the best methods of recovering and preparing to conceive again. The book includes reassuring advice on the grief, disappointment and depression that can accompany pregnancy loss and the anxiety that may come with the next positive pregnancy test.

Scholarly, passionate and personal, this is a thought-provoking exploration of pregnancy loss through the eyes of an anthropologist and mother.

Perinatal Loss: A Handbook for Working with Women and Their Families. Sheila Broderick & Ruth Cochrane, $48.50

This practical, compassionate text guide professionals in providing the best possible care through the physical and emotional pain of a pregnancy loss — from early miscarriage, to neonatal death.

This outstanding compilation of personal accounts and practical, supportive advice is and exceptional resource for families affected by SIDS and infant loss and those who care for them.

Silent Birth: When Your Baby Dies. Sharon Covington, $4.95

Based on the experiences of parents who have lost an infant during pregnancy, at — or shortly after — birth, Silent Birth will help you know what to expect and what to do when suddenly faced with the trauma of your baby’s death. Though nothing will take away the pain, this booklet is designed to help you find a meaningful way to commemorate your baby’s life and manage your grief.

This brief, compassionate guide is written for parents but will be of value to professionals, family and friends as well.

A simple picture book to help families explain the death of a baby to siblings who are born after the loss.

They Were Still Born: Personal Stories about Stillbirth. Edited by Janet Atlas, $44.00

This selection of personal stories from mothers,, fathers and grandparents inspires and shows readers how to honor and remember their own babies and stories of loss.

To Full Term: a Mother’s Triumph Over Miscarriage. Darci Klein, $17.50

A powerful and empowering memoir of a woman's fight to bring her fifth pregnancy to full term after years of heartbreak and horrific loss.

To Full Term is the gripping memoir of Darci Klein's pregnancy with her son Sam, and the story of one woman's struggle to give her baby a fighting chance. From refusing to accept outmoded obstetric guidelines to going head-to-head with stubborn medical professionals, to overcoming her own paralyzing fears, Darci faced each challenge to achieve her goal. What she learned on her journey about defending her own reproductive health and coping with the emotional strain of high-risk pregnancy will empower any woman who wants to do all she can to have a full-term, healthy baby.

When a Child Dies: How Pediatric Physicians and Nurses Cope. Robert McKelvey, $29.95

How is it possible for practitioners of the healing arts to cope with the deaths of children and the devastating grief of their families? Physician Robert McKelvey looks squarely at this painful question and gets to the heart of it … in When a Child Dies the focus is on the grieving process of physicians and nurses for their child patients. There is a wealth of information here that will be recognizable and comforting to those already in the medical profession and that will help in the training of those about to enter the profession. Physicians, nurses, and medical students, as well as sociologists, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, the clergy, and families, will find this book invaluable.

When Your Child Dies: Tools for Mending Parents’ Broken Hearts. Avril Nagel & Randie Clark, $16.95

The death of your child is devastating. No parent feels that he or she should outlive his or her child. WHEN YOUR CHILD DIES provides grief-stricken parents with the tools to navigate the grieving process and addresses possible challenges including the intrusion of the media, the justice system, medical system and coroners. 

Grieving parents will learn how to reduce anxiety and depression and promote healthy self-soothing, identify and address issues that linger and cause emotional pain following the child’s death and incorporate their loss into their lives in healthy ways. There are suggestions for talking with surviving children about death and grief, how to handle the impact on extended family systems and social relationships, how to foster a continued loving relationship in their lives with the dead child's memory, among other practical advice, as well as providing a comprehensive list of resources and reading for ongoing support.

WHEN YOUR CHILD DIES is a comprehensive handbook for grief-stricken parents, grief counseling organizations, resource centers and library grief collections.