Winston’s Book Club
Sign up today from £8.50 a month to receive a book each month for the next year and help children explore their grief with the help of Max and Molly.
Grieving children often experience a wide range of feelings, and it can be important to explore these to help them understand that this is normal. With this in mind we’ve launched Winston’s Book Club, a series of story books written for children up to 8 years old to help them explore their grief.
Sign up today from £8.50 a month to receive a book each month for 12 months, plus an adult’s guide with activities and information to support you with the conversations that may arise from the books.
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About the books
Meet Molly and Max, who have learned that someone close to them has died. Each book shows Molly and Max visited in turn by a different feeling (such as shock, anger, and confusion), which they experience after hearing the sad news, and how each feeling affects them personally. The aim of this is to show children that all experiences of bereavement are unique and that there is no right or wrong way to grieve.
As the books progress, we get to know Molly and Max and see how they experience each of the feelings they encounter. Children reading the books will recognize that they have experienced a similar situation to Max and Molly, and this, along with completing the activities in the adult guide can help to form part of a “toolkit” which, along with the right kinds of support, can aid children in understanding their grief and starting to develop their own ways to navigate it.
How it works
Fill in the form on this page to set up your monthly payment and let us know where you’d like your books to be posted.
Set up your payment from as little as £8.50 per month and each month (for 12 months) you’ll receive a new book in the post focused on a different emotion a child may experience following the death of someone important to them. You will also receive a guide for adults to explain the story and help with conversations that might arise when reading, including activities related to each feeling.
Please note: Your monthly donation will continue after the 12 months and we hope you’ll be able to keep supporting our work to help us be there for every grieving child across the UK. You can cancel at any time. Please visit our terms and conditions here for more information.
How your support helps
The money raised through our book club, as well as covering printing and posting costs, will help to support the children and young people we support with our free services via helpine, live chat, email and our new youth website TalkGrief.
Last year we reached and impacted the lives of over 82,000 children and young people after someone close to them died. By joining our book club you can play your part in providing vital support for the children, young people and families who need us now, and in the future. Thank you.
Other ways to get involved
Give in Memory
Memory giving or donating in memory of your loved one is a wonderful way to celebrate their life, keep memories alive and make a lasting impact for children and their families who have also lost someone close to them.
Whether you donate in memory, create a tribute fund, collect funeral donations or fundraise in memory, your gift means we can continue to support grieving children, young people and their families.
Join Team Winston and fundraise to help us support bereaved children and young people across the UK.
Marathons, bake sales, quizzes… there’s a fundraising idea or event to suit everyone, whether you want to fundraise with your friends, your work colleagues, your family, your classmates or on your own, we’ll be there to help!