Few topics are so difficult to discuss
with children than the reality of a divorce, and yet more
children face this problem than any other. Finding the
right words to explain the changes in their world can
never be easy, but the simple fact is the majority (over
50%) of children in the United States come from a family
with at least one divorced parent. The books listed here
can help both children and parents cope with this
difficult situation. Please bear in mind that no one book
can be suitable for every child. The parent is strongly
urged to preview the selections available and choose
those books which best reflect their family values and
beliefs. Picture books for the younger child:
Ballard |
Gracie |
Baum |
One
More Time |
Boyd |
The
Not-so-Wicked Stepmother |
Boyd |
Sam is
My Half Brother |
Caines |
Daddy |
Caseley |
Priscilla
Twice |
Christiansen |
My
Mothers House, My Fathers House |
Dragonwagon |
Always,
Always |
Dragonwagon |
Diana,
Maybe |
Girard |
At
Daddys on Saturdays |
Goff |
Where
is Daddy? The Story of a Divorce |
Hogan |
Will
Dad Ever Move Back Home? |
Kjelle |
Sometimes
I Wish My Mom Was Two People |
Leach |
My
Wicked Stepmother |
Lexau |
Me Day |
Petty |
Splitting
Up |
Schuchman |
Two
Places to Sleep |
Simon |
I Wish
I Had My Father |
Steel |
Marthas
New Daddy |
Stinson |
Mom
& Dad Dont Live Together Anymore |
Vigna |
Grandma
Without Me |
Vigna |
Mommy
& Me By Ourselves Again |
Vigna |
Shes
Not My Real Mother |
Zolotow |
A
Father Like That |
Fiction for
the younger reader:
Adler |
The
Silver Coach |
Adler |
Tuna
Fish Thanksgiving |
Aiello |
On With
the Show: Featuring Brenda Dubrowski |
Berger |
Nuisance |
Blume |
Its
Not the End of the World |
Buehler |
Theres
No Surf In Cleveland |
Christopher |
The
Comeback Challenge |
Christopher |
The Fox
Steals Home |
Cleary |
Dear
Mr. Henshaw |
Cleary |
Strider |
Clewes |
Missing
From Home |
Danziger |
The
Amber Brown Series |
Fine |
Alias
Madame Doubtfire |
Fine |
Step by
Wicked Step |
Fisher |
Rachel
Vellars, How Could You? |
Fitzhugh |
Sport |
Greene |
Ask
Anybody |
Hamm |
Second
Family |
Harris |
With a
Wave of the Wand |
Hest |
Where
in the World is the Perfect Family? |
Hines |
Boys
are Yucko! |
Hurwitz |
DeDe
Takes Charge! |
Jones |
A Cat
Called Camouflage |
Levine |
The
Great Burgerland Disaster |
Lisle |
The
Gold Dust Letters |
Mann |
My Dad
Lives in a Downtown Hotel |
McEwan |
Operation
Garbage: A Josh McIntire Book |
Moore |
Something
to Count On |
Newfield |
A Book
for Jordan |
Orenstein |
When
the Wind Blows Hard |
Orlev |
Lydia,
Queen of Palestine |
Park |
Dont
Make Me Smile |
Pevsner |
A Smart
Kid Like You |
Pfeffer |
Dear
Dad, Love Laurie |
Platt |
Chloris
& the Freaks |
Platt |
Chloris
& the Weirdos |
Rogers |
Morris
& His Brave Lion |
Roy |
Avalanche! |
Sachs |
Shyster |
Sachs |
At the
Sound of the Beep |
Slote |
Matt
Gargans Boy |
Williams |
Scooter |
Willner-Pardo |
Jason
& the Losers |
Fiction for
the older child:
Angell |
Whats
Best For You |
Cole |
Celine |
Conrad |
Holding
Me Here |
Crawford |
Split
Time |
Danziger |
The
Divorce Express |
Danziger |
Its
an Aardvark-Eat-Turtle World |
Haven |
Maybe
Ill Move to the Lost & Found |
Jones |
Whistle
Down a Dark Lane |
Kropp |
Moonkid
& Liberty |
Lehrman |
Separations |
Levinson |
A Place
to Start |
Mazer |
E, My
Name is Emily |
Mazer |
Taking
Terri Mueller |
Paulsen |
Hatchet |
Peck |
Unfinished
Portrait of Jessica |
Pfeffer |
Make
Believe |
Pfeffer |
The
Pizza Puzzle |
Pfeffer |
Starting
With Melodie |
Sachs |
Another
Day |
Schnur |
The
Koufax Dilemma |
Shalant |
The
Great Eye |
Southgate |
Another
Way to Dance |
Talbert |
Pillow
of Clouds |
VanLeeuwen |
Blue
Sky, Butterfly |
Voigt |
A
Solitary Blue |
Wilson |
The
Reason for Janey |
Young |
Moving
Mama to Town |
Non-fiction
for the older child:
Boeckman |
Surviving
Your Parents Divorce |
LeShan |
Whats
Going to Happen to Me? When Parents Separate or
Divorce |
Krementz |
How It
Feels When Parents Divorce |
For the
Parent:
Brown |
Dinosaurs
Divorce: A Guide For Changing Families |
Diamond |
Helping
Children of Divorce: A Handbook for Parents &
Teachers |
Gardner |
The
Boys & Girls Book About Divorce, with an
Introduction for Parents |
Gardner |
The
Boys & Girls Book about One-Parent Families |
Grollman |
Talking
About Divorce: a Dialogue Between Parent &
Child |
Ives |
The
Divorce Workbook: A Guide for Kids & Families |
Lindsay |
Do I
Have a Daddy? A Story about a Single-Parent Child |
Mayle |
Why Are
We Getting a Divorce? |
Nystrom |
Mikes
Lonely Summer: A Childs Guide Through
Divorce |
Prestine |
Helping
Children Cope With Divorce: A Practical Resource
Guide for Mom & Dad Break Up (book follows) |
Prestine |
Mom
& Dad Break Up |
Prokop |
Divorce
Happens to the Nicest Kids: A Self-Help Book for
Children ages 3-15, Parents & Counselors |
Watson |
Sometimes
a Family Has to Split Up |
Weitzman |
Lets
Talk About Living with a Single Parent |
Weitzman |
Lets
Talk About Your Parents Divorce |
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