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Caillou: A New Family
Christine L'Heureux - Chouette Publishing
Format: Book
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A gentle discussion about the subject of divorce ensues when the curious Caillou asks his cousins Amanda and Emilio why their mommy doesn’t live with their daddy. As the children continue to play, Caillou learns about divorce, having two homes, and the feelings experienced by his cousins.... |
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Do You Sing Twinkle?: A Story about Remarriage and New Family
Sandra Levins - Magination Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Mom has a new family! She has a new husband who is not my dad, and worst of all, new kids. Girls! Just as it feels for the young child in Do You Sing Twinkle? living apart from a parent can be a hard adjustment for kids. And, when that parent remarries and has stepchildren, things can get really... |
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My Parents Are Divorced, My Elbows Have Nicknames, and Other Facts About Me
Bill Cochran - HarperColl
Format: Library Binding
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Ted's parents are divorced, but that's just one fact about him. The fact that he has named his elbows Clyde and Carl? Or that Ted walks around with soap in his hair and likes to squawk like a chicken on the phone? Now, that's definitely weird.As shown in this lighthearted yet heartfelt... |
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Oliver at the Window
Elizabeth Shreeve - Front Street, Incorporated
Format: Hardcover
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Making a friend makes all the difference. When Olivers parents separate, Oliver must brave many new changes. He shuffles back and forth between his parents homes. And now he goes to preschool everyday. He doesnt know the kids there or his new teacher. Isolated and alone at first, Oliver... |
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Max Stays Overnight
Adria F Klein - Picture Window Books
Format: Print book
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Most of the time, Max’s friend DeShawn lives with his dad. This weekend, he’s staying with his mom, and he’s asked Max to a sleepover! |
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The Best of Both Nests
Jane Clarke - Albert Whitman
Format: Hardcover
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One day, Mrs. Stork tells Stanley that Dad is going to fly off and build his own nest. At school, Stanley worries about Dad missing Fathers' Flyday Friday. But his friend Stella tells him, "Two nests are better than one." |
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My Mom's Wedding
Eve Bunting - Sleeping Bear Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A child of divorce, seven-year-old Pinky is torn by feelings of loyalty to her father and affection for the man her mom is about to marry. As she prepares to be the ring bearer for the upcoming wedding, Pinky is both excited and reluctant, but mostly she feels guilty. It's not until... |
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Fred Stays With Me!
Nancy Coffelt - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Told from the point of view of a young child whose parents are divorced, Fred Stays with Me follows a girl and her dog, Fred, from one parent's house to the other's, giving her a sense of continuity and stability. With a simple text and childlike language, the story expresses and addresses... |
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Two Old Potatoes and Me
John Coy - Knopf Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Print book
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One day at her dad's house, a young girl finds two old potatoes in the cupboard. "Gross." But before she can throw them away, her dad suggests they try to grow new potatoes from the old ones, which have sprouted eyes. Told from May to September, the potato-growing season,... |
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The Days of Summer
Eve Bunting - Harcourt Children's Books
Format: Print book
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It just doesn't happen. Grandparents don't get divorced. Do they? Nora and Jo-Jo are stunned by their grandparents' decision. They try to think of ways to make Grandma and Grandpa stay together, but their efforts seem hopeless. As the days of summer pass, Nora is in despair.... |
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Two Homes
Claire Masurel - Candlewick; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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A comforting story and intimate paintings reassure children that, in the face of divorce, there can be warmth and love.At Mommy’s house, Alex has a soft chair. At Daddy’s house, Alex has a rocking chair. In each home, Alex also has a special bedroom and lots of friends to play... |
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Pam Adams - Child's Play International
Format: Board book
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Forty years after its first publication this much-loved Child's Play classic is as popular as ever. Ingenious die-cut holes bring this iconic nursery rhyme to life, and Pam Adams' fabulous illustrations lend humour and vibrancy to the proceedings. Bouncy images, innovative die cutting... |
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To & fro, fast & slow
Durga Bernhard - Walker & Company
Format: Print book
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A girl who is shuttled between the homes of her divorced parents observes such opposites as "over, under," "rainy, sunny," and "full & empty." |
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A New Room for William
Sally Grindley - Candlewick; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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When William moves house he does not like his new room or his new garden and he wants to go back to his old house. But moving is always hard and William's mum persuades him that he would feel much better if he helped choose the wallpaper for his room. But just one question remains unanswered.... |
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Mama and Daddy Bear's Divorce
Cornelia Maude Spelman - Albert Whitman & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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One sad day, Mama and Daddy Bear say they are getting a divorce. Daddy won't live at home anymore. Dinah is scared and sad. She wonders if she'll ever see Daddy again. |
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Martha's New Daddy
Danielle Steel - Delacorte Books for Young Readers; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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Through the portrait of a caring family, young readers are reassured that continuity and love need not end when a parent remarries. |
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Oh, Brother!
Nikki Grimes - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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It's bad enough that Xavier's new stepbrother, Chris, has moved into Xavier's room, but now it looks like he's also trying to steal Mami by being the perfect kid. Chris's "Mr. Perfect" act may fool grown-ups, but Xavier can see straight through it. He promises... |
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Room for Rabbit
Roni Schotter - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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Rabbit goes wherever Kara goes—sometimes to Mama’s house, sometimes to Papa’s house. Now Papa is coming to pick up Kara and Rabbit and take them to his house. But this time things are different. Peggy, Papa’s new wife, lives there, too. She makes costumes for people... |
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