I Have Something to Tell You is an interactive, coloring-book-style resource for adults to use with children when someone they love is in the hospital and is dying or has died.
It provides honest, gentle, and developmentally appropriate language and activities to help children:
• Understand what is happening
• Express their thoughts and feelings
• Ask questions
• Begin processing the experience at their own pace
Created for families, child life specialists, chaplains, palliative care teams, social workers, nurses, physicians, and other professionals supporting children through the serious illness or death of a loved one.
Recommended for ages 4–8 with adult guidance.
Resource Details
• 8.5 × 11-inch physical booklet
• Interactive coloring and writing activities
• Designed for professionals and families to use with children
This resource provides supportive language and activities but does not replace individualized medical, mental health, grief, or child life services.
I Have Something to Tell You is an interactive, coloring-book-style resource for adults to use with children when someone they love is in the hospital and is dying or has died.
It provides honest, gentle, and developmentally appropriate language and activities to help children:
• Understand what is happening
• Express their thoughts and feelings
• Ask questions
• Begin processing the experience at their own pace
Created for families, child life specialists, chaplains, palliative care teams, social workers, nurses, physicians, and other professionals supporting children through the serious illness or death of a loved one.
Recommended for ages 4–8 with adult guidance.
Resource Details
• 8.5 × 11-inch physical booklet
• Interactive coloring and writing activities
• Designed for professionals and families to use with children
This resource provides supportive language and activities but does not replace individualized medical, mental health, grief, or child life services.
