The Little Book of Bereavement for Schools is written by best-selling author Ian Gilbert together with his three children William, Olivia and Phoebe Gilbert. It is a very personal account of the way educational institutions tried and succeeded, or tried and failed, and sometimes didn't try at all to help William, Olivia and Phoebe come to terms with the death of their mother. Several months after their mother's death, BBC's 'Newsround' aired in the UK offered a brave and still controversial program in which four children talked about their losses. This prompted Ian and his children to sit down and think about their own experiences and draw up a list of do's and don'ts that could help steer schools and indeed all professionals working with children, towards a better understanding of what is needed from them at such a difficult time.