Literature

The Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home offers an extensive resource library to provide families with needed information regarding death and funerals.  The following is a list of pamphlets, books and videos that will not only aid in the funeral process, but will provide support for those who are grieving.  All pamphlets are free and can be obtained by contacting us.  Books and videos are on a loan basis.

PAMPHLETS

Funeral Service Information
*Funeral Service: A tradition of caring; a future of promise
*Funeral Etiquette: A guide to thoughtful behavior
*Why Choose a Family-owned Firm?
*Funeral Costs
*How Much Does a Funeral Cost: answers to your important planning questions
*Guidelines: a pre-planning booklet
*Being Prepared: a practical guide to government benefits and funeral planning
*A Guide to Planning Ahead
*Cremation Options: for those preferring cremation
*Death Away from Home
*Embalming

General Bereavement
*Living with Your Loss
*Grieving Grandparents
*Holiday Help: a guide for hope and healing
*Suicide

Infant Death
*Quietus: a story of a stillbirth
*Comfort Us, Lord - Our Baby Died: a book of prayers for families who have experience miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death
*Making Loving Memories: a gentle guide to what you can do when your baby dies
*Helping a Friend Cope with Infant Loss

Children/Teenagers and Grief
*Children and Death
*A Child's View of Grief: a guide for caring adults
*Helping Your Children Cope with Grief: a teacher's guide
*Suicide in the Young: how to be helpful before it's too late

Miscellaneous
*Organ and Tissue Donation
*Memorials for Your Pet

BOOKS

General Bereavement
*Grieving: How to go on living when someone you love dies
Written to help anyone adjusting to a new world without his loved one
*Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy
A handbook for the mental health practitioner
*Living With Grief After Sudden Loss
*Don't Take My Grief Away: what to do when you lose a loved one
*Families Facing Death
Family dynamics of terminal illness.  A guide for health care professionals and volunteers
*Disenfranchised Grief Recognizing Hidden Sorrow
Helping people recognize and explore their loss, finding meaningful and appropriate ways to resolve their grief.
*Loss and Anticipatory Grief
Understanding the many forms of anticipatory grief and to use the forewarning of loss in a creative and positive way.

Suicide
*Suicide: the danger signs
*The Fierce Goodbye: hope in the wake of suicide
*Talking About Suicide
A booklet to be completed, focusing on suicide

Children and Grief
*Healing the Bereaved Child
Grief gardening, growth through grief and other touchstones for caregivers
*What Will I Tell the Children?
Children's understanding of death and what you can say or do
*Children's Grief
How to help the child whose parent has died
*How do We Tell the Children
A step-by-step guide for helping children two to teen cope when someone dies
*Talking About Death: A dialogue between parent and child
*Saturday Night Mulberries
A child's view of her father's death
*So Much to Think About When Someone You Care About Has Died
An activity book for younger children
*A Scrapbook of Memories
An scrapbook for younger children
*Green Mitten's From Grandma
A gentle story about a child's grief
*Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope
With the help of his friend, Ralphy Rabbit, Aarvy Aardvark comes to term with the loss of his mother and brother
*Children and Grief: Big Issues for Little Hearts
How to help young children and adolescents understand their pain in the face of great sorrow
*Death and the classroom
A teacher's guide to assist grieving students
*Sibling Grief
How parents can help the child whose brother or sister has died
*Recovering from the loss of a sibling

Teenagers and Grief
*Fire In My Heart, Ice In My Veins
A journal for teenagers experiencing a loss.
*The Dying and the Bereaved Teenager
*Children and Grief: Big Issues for Little Hearts
How to help young children and adolescents understand their pain in the face of great sorrow
*How do We Tell the Children
A step-by-step guide for helping children two to teen cope when someone dies
*Death and the classroom
A teacher's guide to assist grieving students
*Sibling Grief
How parents can help the child whose brother or sister has died
*Recovering from the loss of a sibling

Infant Death
*When the Bough Breaks II
An explanation of SIDS
*Inner Healing After Abortion
Love and support for women who have terminated a pregnancy

Miscellaneous
*When Love Gets Tough
The nursing home decision - helping people feel normal and relieve guilt.  The decision can be made with less guilt and fear if we can understand the reasons for the choice.

VIDEOS