Suggested Readings for Children

 

 

PS – Toddler/Preschool Ages

ES – Elementary School Ages

MS – Middle School Ages

HS – High School Ages

 

(MS)  Tuna Fish Thanksgiving   By:  C.S. Adler

                                         

(ES,MS,HS)  It’s Not the End of the World   By:  Judy Blume

                                               

(ES,MS)  Where Do I Belong?  A Kid’s Guide to Stepfamilies   By:  Buff Bradley

                                               

(MS,HS)  The Kid’s Guide to Divorce   By:  John and Maiden Borgan

                                               

(ES)  Dinosaurs Divorce:  A Guide for Changing Families   By:  Lauren Krasny Brown

         Dinosaurs Divorce!: A Guide for Changing Families

                                               

(ES,MS)  Dear Mr. Henshaw   By:  Beverly Cleary

 

                  Dear Mr. Henshaw                                                                

 

(PS,ES)  Two Old Potatoes and Me   By:  John Coy

 

                 Two Old Potatoes and Me

                                               

(ES,MS)  Tear Soup A Recipe for Healing After a Loss   By:  Chuck Deklyn

Tear Soup

           

(PS,ES)  Love is a Family   By:  Roma Downey

                  Love Is a Family

 

(PS,ES)  Rainy Day   By:  Emma Haughton

Rainy Day

(PS,ES)  A Terrible Thing Happened   By:  Margaret Holmes

 

                     A Terrible Thing Happened -  A story for children who have witnessed violence or trauma

                                               

(PS,ES)  Two

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(PS,ES)  Heather Has Two Mommies 10th  Anniversary Edition   By:  Leselesa Newman

                Heather Has Two Mommies: 10th Anniversary Edition (Alyson Wonderland)

 

(PS,ES)  The Kissing Hand   By:  Audrey Penn

 

                The Kissing Hand

 

(MS)  I Want Answers and a Parachute   By:  P.J. Peterson

 

           I Want Answers and a Parachute

                                               

(ES,MS,HS)  Divorce Happens to the Nicest Kids: a self-help book for children (ages3-15), parents and counselors   By:  Michael S. Prokop

Divorce Happens to the Nicest Kids: A Self Help Book for Kids

(MS,HS)  Another Day   By:  Marilyn Sachs

 

                 Another Day                                                  

 

(PS,ES)  All Kinds of Families   By:  Norma Simon

 

               All Kinds of Families                                               

 

(ES)  Daddy’s Roommate   By:  Michael Willhoite                                                 

 

                  Daddy's Roommate (Alyson Wonderland)