Books for Sale

Skylight helps children, young people and their families/whanau move forward through tough times.  They produce some excellent written material, here in New Zealand, to assist in this process.  Check out their website for the full range of publications they have available.  We have the following Skylight publications for sale through The Grief Centre:

BEREAVEMENT

Beyond Words:  Grieving when your child has died by Andrew Thompson and Tricia Irving Hendry.  Price:  $26.00 (inc GST) plus post and packing.

NEW.  The death of a child is a heartfelt experience like no other.  It is a deep grief experience that goes beyond words.  The loss affects bereaved parents emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually and socially. It makes more demands on them than most others ever realise.

Many bereaved parents say that the only people who can ever genuinely begin to understand what it's like for them are other bereaved parents. Hearing from others who have 'been there' can make all the difference.  For this reason, Beyond Words is a handbook that features the honets words, perspectives and suggestions of many bereaved parents.  It also offers useful information about managing grief, support options and ideas that may be helpful on  he grief journey.  It is comforting, encouraging, informative and practical.  It will also provide understanding and insights to professionals and others seeking to effectively support bereaved parents.

What's Happened to Baby? by Skylight, SIDS Wellington and SANDS Wellington, NZ
Price: $ 16.00 (incl. GST) + shipping.  Current sale price: $12.00 (incl. GST) + shipping.
This is an inviting, sensitively written and colourfully illustrated picture book for children 3–7 years old, who have had a baby die in their family/whânau. The text has been carefully designed to fit a wide range of bereavement situations, including miscarriage, stillbirth, cot death and accidental or natural deaths of an infant or toddler. It has been designed with the whole family/whânau in mind, and provides a helpful opportunity for parents and caregivers to talk with a young child about this difficult loss. The story is simple, giving young readers clear understanding and reassuring, comforting concepts to carry with them. It also offers plenty of opportunities for adults to talk with their child/children about their own beliefs and any personal thoughts they would like to share. It also features useful notes and information for adults at the back, to assist them in supporting their bereaved child. And wonderful illustrations by Ali Teo, reflecting the multi-cultural nature of the New Zealand community today.

Death Without Warning - information and support after an unexpected death by Lynne Ewart, Hazel Neser and Tricia Irving Hendry
Price: $14.50 (incl. GST) + shipping.

For individuals and families/whanau affected by any kind of sudden or unexpected death, including accidental death, natural sudden death, suicide, murder and the death of a baby or child. This invaluable New Zealand handbook offers key information about events that happen after a death, and people who may be involved, as well as information about trauma and grief, and strategies for managing them. It includes information on supporting children and teens. Included also are brief quotes from many New Zealanders who have experienced a sudden death. It will be a valuable, up to date tool for professionals working alongside bereaved people, and has been made possible by the support of ACC and FDANZ.

After the Suicide of Someone You Know - for young people by Tricia Irving Hendry and Leora Hirsh
Price: $12.80 (incl. GST) + shipping.  Current sale price $9.00 (inc GST) 1 shipping

UPDATED, NEW EDITION. This newly updated and revised edition has been specifically written for NZ young people affected by the suicide of someone they know. Simply written, in a youth friendly style and featuring colour and photos, this helps teens to process and handle what's happened. Ideal for schools, youth service providers and youth groups. It has also proved popular with young adults and adults. It is a skylight/SPINZ partnership publication and is now used widely around NZ after a suicide.

Grief Is Like A Wave              by Skylight.

Price:  $3.50 (incl. GST) + shipping 

This colourful, youth-friendly leaflet was especially designed by Skylight for New Zealand teens. It highlights key ideas about grief and what it can be like, and also includes practical ideas about handling it. At the back, it features a wallet-sized card with helpful thoughts and info to remember. Tested and endorsed by young people themselves, it has also been used for young adults and adults who are grappling with a grief experience, no matter what it is.

 ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

What Happens Next? by Wendy Lyons and Tricia Irving Hendry
Price: $ 15 (incl. GST) + shipping.
This is a very practical, supportive and informative handbook for parents, carers and other family members who are looking after and supporting a teenager or young adult with a serious mental illness. Parents and family members regularly feel not only overwhelmed by their child’s situation and its consequences, but frustrated that information to help them manage whatever comes next is very hard to find. This makes their journey extra difficult. What Happens Next? has been co-written by two Wellington parents who have supported their young adult children through mental health challenges. Wendy Lyons found her daughter’s illness thrust her, her husband and her family into intense and traumatic times. Suddenly left caring for a child whose condition was high risk, often scary and unpredictable, Wendy couldn’t believe the lack of information available. She linked with a range of other parents and began to gather their experiences and input for a handbook that others could use. Linking up with the experience of Skylight’s Tricia Irving Hendry, and using Skylight’s expertise and AXA Hearts in Action funding, this new handbook is now made available to support, encourage and inform others in this unique and demanding situation.

Rain, Hail or Shine: Exploring Change, Loss and Grief in a Carer’s World by Tricia Irving - Skylight, NZ
Price: $ 14.00 (incl. GST) + shipping.
Aimed specifically at carers, this book talks honestly and openly about the kinds of changes, losses and grief—often unacknowledged—that carers can experience and that can affect their emotions, their physical health, mental wellbeing and family life. It contains comments from carers right across New Zealand. They talk about their own grief journeys, and about what has brought them—or is still bringing them—through. A wonderful companion for your journey as a carer and to encourage you to explore your personal experience of loss and grief in your own way, and in your own time.

FAMILY BREAKDOWN
What About Me? A Children’s Guide to Separation and Divorce by Lois Tonkin - Skylight, NZ
Price: $ 8.00 (incl. GST) + shipping.  Current sale price $5.00 (inc GST) + shipping
A guide to separation and divorce for New Zealand children, this is an invaluable tool for those wanting to support children through family break up. Using fun brother and sister characters, and a question and answer format, it answers the typical questions children ask. It uses a simple, honest style to explore the issues and encourage readers to express their thoughts and feelings about their own situation. For independent readers (7–12) or for adults or carers to read with a child (5–12).

 EMOTIONAL WELL BEING
What Are You Worried About? by Skylight
Price: $ 2.50 (incl. GST) + shipping.

WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT? is a 12 page small hand sized support booklet for children 8 - 12 yrs who worry a lot about things. It provides some understanding about worry and about different ways to use to worry less. It also talks about how to ask for extra help if you need it. Based on recent NZ research and using child specialist expertise, this colourful booklet is one of Skylight's new children's support booklet series. The series offer key support information for older children in an engaging format, helping them to be able to think about sensitive and difficult issues that can impact their lives. 

The Anger Toolbox: Tools for children and teens, and for those caring for them, to get through angry times (2nd Edition) by Tricia Irving, John Taylor Smith, and Jenny McIntosh
Price: $ 30.00 (incl. GST) + shipping.

The Anger Toolbox uses a friendly, honest style, a colourful layout, evidence-based information and local New Zealand support information to engage readers effectively with this tough topic.  It provides a broad and captivating look at what anger is, its biological roots, its effects on us and strategies that children, teens and adults can learn to manage it safely and well. No one size fits all, so this handbook offers a smorgasbord of suggestions to try and is culturally inclusive.  There are insightful quotes from parents and other adults caring for children and teens from all over New Zealand.  Additionally this handbook features the expertise and written contributions of experienced specialists.  When there are angry times, whatever their cause, readers will be able to dip in and out of The Anger Toolbox for the help, support and ideas they need.
 

Skylight Youth Support Leaflet Series by skylight, NZ
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This series has been very successful throughout New Zealand, in a wide range of contexts, including schools, tertiary training centres, youth work, community centres, medical centres, hospitals and churches. This collection contains the 10 individual topics, each coming as a set of 50 fold-out, colourful, youth-friendly, pocket-sized leaflets, presented in colourful upright stands, providing young people with practical and sound information and support. ( 500 youth support leaflets in total.) The topics are: Life Tips for Tough Times, Stressed Out, Heart Break, Managing Anger, Fitting In, Getting Stronger, Split – When Your Parents Break Up, Bully – Info for Bullies and those Being Bullied, New Home – Arriving to Live in a New Country, and Behind Bars – When Someone You Know is in Prison . 
 

Please contact The Grief Centre on 09 4181457, or email info@griefcentre.org.nz to arrange your order.  Payment is by cash, cheque, or direct credit.  Postage and packaging costs will be added to orders.