Continuing Bonds: Honouring Your Child’s Journey
Dedicate a Book
Let your child’s name and story become part of the support offered to another family.
A book dedicated in your child’s memory is placed in a Ripples Bereavement Library, where it can offer words, understanding or companionship to families for years to come.
A dedication with meaning
Support shaped around what matters to you.
A thoughtfully
chosen book
Choose a title that has helped you, or ask Ripples to select a suitable book for the collection.
A personal
dedication
Share the name and short message you would like included in memory of your child.
Placed in a Ripples
library
The book joins a participating Bereavement Library so families can borrow it free of charge.
A tribute that keeps reaching others
Books can help people find language for experiences that are difficult to express. By dedicating a book, you create a gentle and lasting tribute to your child while helping another parent, sibling or family member feel less alone.
The dedication becomes part of the book and your child’s name becomes part of the kindness shared through our library network.
Love remains part of your family’s story.
How to request support
Help another family find the words they need
Give a book. Share a little understanding.
A donation of £15 can help provide a carefully chosen book for one of our Bereavement Libraries, helping parents, children
and families find comfort, reassurance and understanding when they need it.
“Thank you so much. This is so generous of you and brings tears to my eyes. 🩷 It's such a generous gift and I love that her name will be in the book. It helps us feel like her legacy lives on.”
— Parent
EXPLORE THE COLLECTION
Find the right book or library
Browse our recommended reading list for books that may
support parents, children, siblings and wider family members or
find the nearest Ripples Bereavement Library
FOR ORGANISATIONS
Interested in hosting a library?
Hospices, hospitals, bereavement support groups and community
organisations can find out more about joining the network.
Every family’s grief is different
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If this support feels right for you, we would love to hear from you. All Ripples support is free to families.