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Coping With Divorce and Separation
A Bibliography for Parents and Children of All Ages
FOR YOUNG, PRE-SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN |
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Title of Book |
Content |
| What Would You Do? A Child's Book About Divorce |
Questions and answers format, young children explore emotional issues about divorce. As each issue is presented, the author asks, "What would you do?" After the child responds, the author provides explanations. Especially helpful to parents who wish to explore these areas with their children. By: Barbara Cain M.S.W. & Elise P. Benedeck MD Publisher: Indpls., IN: Saturday Evening Post, 1976 Pre-school - 3rd grade |
| Dinosaurs Divorce | A guide for changing families. Great for young children. Takes Sesame Street like approach. Great illustrations. Simple message. By: Laurene and Marc Brown Publisher: Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986 Pre-school - 1st grade |
| Divorce is a Grown-up Problem | A book about divorce for young children and their parents. By: Janet Sinberg Publisher: New York: Avon, 1978 Pre-school - 4th grade |
| Divorce is... A child's coloring book | A child's coloring book By: Ken Magid and Walt Schreidman Publisher: Pelican Publishing, Gretna LA, 1980 Pre-school - 3rd grade |
| Two Homes to Live In | A child's eye view of divorce By: Barbara Shook Hazen Publisher: New York: Human Science Press, 1978 Pre-school - Kindergarten |
| Mommy and Daddy are Divorced | Uses actual photos to show reactions and feelings of two little boys and their first and second visits with their father. By: Patricia Perry and Marieta Lynch Publisher: Dial Books Young, 1985 Pre-school - Kindergarten |
| A Guide for Kids and Grown-ups | A picture book of children's drawings. The first half explores children's feelings; the second half focuses on step-families. By: D. Fassler, M. Lash and S.D. Ives Publisher: Burlington, VT: Waterfront Books, 1985 Pre-school - 3rd grade |
| Mom and Dad Don't Live Together Anymore | Soft watercolors illustrate this little girl's description of her family's transition to joint custody parenting. By: Kathy Stinson Publisher: Firefly, 1984 Pre-school - 1st grade |
| The Family that Changed | This picture-book format offers the young child reassurance that parental love will not be diminished by divorce. By: Francine Spieke Publisher: New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1979 Pre-school - 4th grade |
| At Daddy's on Saturday | Young children will find reassurance in this realistic but warm story about a divorce told from a young child's point of view. By: Linda Valvoord Girard Publisher: Witmar, 1987 Pre-school - 3rd grade |
| Two Homes to Live In - A Child's Eye View of Divorce | For the child who fantasizes that one day the divorce will be over and life will return to "normal". Permanent changes are defined. This book emphasizes that parental love continues despite a divorce or separation. By: Barbara Shook Hazen Publisher: New York: Human Science Press, 1978 Pre-school - 3rd grade |
FOR CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN - 8TH GRADE |
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Title of Book |
Content |
| Why Are We Getting A Divorce? | Why parents get divorced and how children can handle their feelings and the changes in their lives. Written with a blend of humor, sensitivity and lively illustrations. This book covers many different issues with objectivity. By: Peter Mayle Publisher: New York: Crown, 1978/88 Kindergarten - 3rd grade |
| What's Going to Happen To Me? When Parents Separate or Divorce | This book offers a positive approach to divorce and may help children discuss their feelings about divorce with their parents. By: Eda LeShan Publisher: New York: Four Winds, 1979 3rd grade - 7th grade |
| Divorce is a Grownup Problem | A book about divorce for young children and their parents. A young girl's perception about divorce. By: Janet Sinberg Publisher: New York: Avon, 1978 Kindergarten - 3rd grade |
| The Divorce Workbook - A guide for kids and families | Explains marriage through separation, divorce and related issues such as custody, child support, mediation and visitation. By: S. Ives, D. Fassler and M. Lash Publisher: Burlington, VT: Waterfront Books, 1985 Pre-school - 6th grade |
| How It Feels When Parents Divorce | Children tell their own stories about divorce. By: Jill Krementz Publisher: New York: Knopf 5th grade to Teens |
| Don't Make Me Smile | A boy and his parents explore his anger about divorce. By: B. Parks Publisher: New York: Knopf, 1981 1st grade - 5th grade |
| I Want Answers and a Parachute | The important message of coping with divorce and step-parents. The emphasis of this story is to be yourself. By: P.J. Petersen Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1993 2nd grade - 4th grade |
| Please Come Home - A Child's Book About Divorce | Color illustrated book about an 8 year old who wonders what will happen to her now that her father has left the family home. By: Doris Sanford Publisher: Portland, OR: Multnomeh Press, 1985 2nd grade - 7th grade |
| Blue Sky Butterfly | The father of a young girl leaves and she feels isolated from her older brother and her mother as they try to cope with the changes in their lives. By: Jean Van Leeuwen Publisher: New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996 5th grade - Teens |
| It's Not the End of the World | A 6th grade girl's struggle to understand why parents divorce and that sometimes people are unable to live together. By: Judy Blume Publisher: New York: Bradbury, 1972 6th grade - Teens |
| Why Are We Getting A Divorce? | Why parents get divorced and how children can handle their feelings and the changes in their lives. This book uses a blend of humor, sensitivity and illustrations. By: Peter Mayle Publisher: New York: Crown, 1978/88 3rd grade - 7th grade |
BOOKS FOR TEENS |
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Title of Book |
Content |
| How It Feels When Parents Divorce | Boys and girls, ages 7 through 16, share their feelings about their parents' divorce. By: Jill Krementz Publisher: New York: Knopf - Random House 1984 2nd grade - Teens |
| The Kid's Book of Divorce: By, For and About Kids | An interesting look at how teens view divorce. Written by 20 students ages 11 through 14. Publisher: New York: Vintage Books, 1981 Teens |
| The Kid's Guide To Divorce: By, For and About Kids | A sophisticated discussion for teen regarding potential divorce-related problems. By: J.P. Brogan and V. Maiden Publisher: New York: Fawcett, 1986 6th grade - Teens |
| Cracker Jackson | Comic relief is woven into this story, in which the difficult topics of divorce and domestic violence are discussed. By: Betsy Byars Publisher: Puffin Books 5th grade - Teens |
| Dear Mr. Henshaw | Adolescent child copes with modern day problems of divorce and being the new child at school. Through journal writing, this child manages to deal with his loneliness at school and anger over his mother's unwillingness to reconcile with his father. By: Beverly Clearly Publisher: New York: Morrow, 1983 4th grade - Teens |
| Coping When Your Family Falls Apart | A "can do" book that offers many suggestions to meet practical problems that face teens after the breakup. By: Diana Booher Publisher: New York: Julian Messner, 1979 2nd grade - Teens |
| The Day the Loving Stopped: A Daughter's View of the Parents' Divorce | The author discusses childhood experiences of her parents' divorce. Publisher: New York: Fawatt Juniper, 1980 8th grade - Teens |
| When Mom and Dad Divorce | This book focuses on thoughts, feelings and emotional problems of children whose parents are divorcing. Simple and brief stories of children in such situations. This book also offers suggestions about what children can do to cope with divorce. By: Steven Neckman Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1986 3rd grade - Teens |
| A Solitary Blue | The complexity and pain of family relationships are captured in this compelling story. By: Cynthia Voight Publisher: New York: Atheneum, 1983 5th grade - Teens |
| Tough Choices | Choosing which parent to live with which poses a difficult dilemma for this child. Faced with stating her decision to the judge, she makes the wrong choice for all the wrong reasons. Living with her mother first and then with her father and his new family, she rebels against household rules and responsibilities. As a runaway, she is confronted with a new understanding of family life. By: Susan Mendonca Publisher: New York: The Dial Press, 1980 7th grade - Teens |
| Putting it Together: Teenagers Talk About Family Breakups: | Teenagers talk about divorce. By: Paula McGuire Publisher: Delacorte, 1987 7th grade - Teens |
| My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel | A young boy who believes he is responsible for his parents' divorce, learns to deal with his feelings. By: Peggy Mann Publisher: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday 3rd grade - Teens |
| Divorce Can Happen to The Nicest People | Illustrated handbook addresses emotional issues such as the pain of a divorce and life with one parent. By: Peter Mayle Publisher: New York: MacMillan, 1980 Teens |
BOOKS FOR ALL AGES |
Title of Book |
Content |
| Talking About Divorce And Separation | Practical rules for telling children about divorce, religious views of divorce and parental dating. A dialogue between parent and child. By: Earl Grollman Publisher: Boston: Beacon Press, 1969 All ages |
| I Wish I had My Father | For children who struggle with the feelings of rejection and sadness caused by a parent who has left them. By: Norma Simon Publisher: Albert Whitman, 1983 All ages |
| Growing Up Divorced | Describes the various stages children and teens go through in reaction to a parents divorce. By: Linda Bird Franke Publisher: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983 All ages |
| Helping Your Child Survive Divorce | Provides guidance and advice for parents to help their children cope with issues of divorce. The book furnishes helpful insights from children of all ages who have gone through the breakup of their parents' marriages. By: Dr. Mary Ann Shaw Publisher: Carol Publishing Company, 1997 All ages |