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Healing Library Kits

The healing journey after a traumatic event can be challenging. Developed in collaboration with LA County Department of Mental Health and the California Mental Health Services Act with content created and inspired by The Healing Library, these circulating Kits provide evidence-based materials that can support families navigating difficult experiences like separation, divorce, and the death of a pet.

What’s Inside the Healing Library Kits?

Each Healing Library Kit includes books and resources guides, including discussion topics and suggestions for activities, intended to make the healing process more accessible and less overwhelming. Visit a participating library to borrow a Healing Library Kit with your Library card.

Available Healing Library Kits

Mindfulness

Mindfulness Kit includes:

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Divorce & Separation

Divorce & Separation Kit includes:

Borrow a Healing Library Kit

Alzheimer's & Your Family

Alzheimer’s & Your Family Kit includes:

Borrow a Healing Library Kit

The Death of a Pet

The Death of a Pet Kit includes:

Borrow a Healing Library Kit

The Death of a Loved One

The Death of a Loved One Kit includes:

Borrow a Healing Library Kit

Available Healing Library Kits

Mindfulness

Kit includes:

  • Resource Guide
  • I am a peaceful goldfish written by Shoshana Chaim ; illustrated by Lori Joy Smith
  • The me I choose to be written by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley ; art by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt
  • Hurry up! written by Kate Dopirak ; illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal
  • Healing breath written by William Meyer ; illustrated by Brittany R. Jacobs

Divorce & Separation

Kit includes:

  • Resource Guide
  • Here and there written by Tamara Ellis Smith ; illustrated by Evelyn Daviddi
  • My big fantastic family written by Adam & Charlotte Guillain ; illustrated by Ali Pye
  • Just the right cake written by Christina Tosi ; illustrated by Emily Balsley
  • If my parents are divorced: how to talk about separation, divorce, and breakups written and illustrated by Dagmar Geisler ; translated by Andy Jones Berasaluce.

Alzheimer's & Your Family

Kit includes:

  • Resource Guide
  • Meatballs for grandpa written by Jeanette Fazzari Jones ; illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett
  • Remind me written and illustrated by Linda Shute
  • The remember balloons written by Jessie Oliveros: illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
  • My life with a grandparent with Alzheimer’s disease written by Mari Schuh: art by Alice Larsson

Death of a Pet

Kit includes:

  • Resource Guide
  • Goodbye Mousie by Robie H. Harris ; illustrated by Jan Ormerod
  • Saying goodbye to Lulu by Corinne Demas; illustrated by Ard Hoyt
  • When a pet dies by Fred Rogers ; photographs by Jim Judkis

The Death of a Loved One

Kit includes:

  • Resource Guide
  • The dead bird story by Margaret Wise Brown ; pictures by Christian Robinson
  • Lifetimes: a beautiful way to explain death to children by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen
  • The kissing hand by Audrey Penn ; illustrations by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak
  • When dinosaurs die : a guide to understanding death by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown

Content created and inspired by:

The Healing Library

Materials provided in collaboration with LA County Department of Mental Health and the CA Mental Health Services Act.

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