Remembering My Grandparent

Nechama Liss-Levinson, PhD, is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice and author of When a Grandparent Dies: A Kid's Own Remembering Workbook for Dealing with Shiva and the Year Beyond; Talking to Children about Death; and Remembering My Pet: A Kid's Own Spiritual Workbook for When a Pet Dies, as well as many articles on developmental milestones in the Jewish family, and the emotional impact of death and illness on children and adults. She lives on Long Island, New York, with her husband and two daughters. Nechama Liss-Levinson PhD is available to speak on the following topics: Musings, Milestones and Mayhem at Midlife Not Your Bubby's Bubby: Being a Modern Jewish Grandmother Talking to Children about Death When a Grandparent Dies: Helping the Whole Family to Cope Whose Bat Mitzvah Is It Anyway? Coming of Age and Coming Together Rev. Molly Phinney Baskette, MDiv, is senior minister of First Congregational Church of Somerville, United Church of Christ, in Somerville, Massachusetts, and has worked with children in crisis in the United States and abroad.

What This Book Is About and How to Use It
A Message for Parents
A Message for Kids

Part One: Remembering after the Funeral
About the Funeral
After the Funeral
How My Grandparent Died
My Special Remembering Prayer
Be a Memory Detective
My Memory Detective Notebook
Memory Detective Biography
Photo Memories of My Grandparent

Part Two: Remembering throughout the Whole Year
Names in My Family
My Family Tree
How I Am Like My Grandparent
Complaints Department
My Grandparent's Gravestone
Visiting the Cemetery
Remembering by Giving
Memory Detective Mind Benders

Part Three: Remembering during the Holidays
Christmas
The Taste of Christmas
Ash Wednesday
Easter
Vacation
All Saints’ Day and Día de los Muertos
Thanksgiving
Remembering My Grandparent in the Circle of Life

Glossary & A Note to Kids Who Used This Book