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Parents' Primer: Divorce

See also: Step-Families

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
DVD J306.89 DIVOR	Heinz, John Francis	Divorce : A Survivor's Guide for Kids In this program teens, psychologists and divorced parents talk about the difficulties young people face when their parents decide to separate. It outlines the six emotional stages a young person typically experiences after divorce has changed a family.	2002
J	Aiello, Barbara	On With the Show! Featuring Brenda Dubrowski	1989
J GALLA	Gallagher, Mary Collins	Ginny Morris and Dad's New Girlfriend	2007
J GALLA	Gallagher, Mary Collins	Ginny Morris and Mom's House, Dad's House	2005
J	Jong, Erica	Megan's Two Houses: A Story of Adjustment	1996
J SPINE	Spinelli, Eileen	The Dancing Pancake A novel in verse, this book chronicles the struggles of eleven-year-old Bindi, including the separation of her parents.	2010
J	Wyeth, Sharon Dennis	Ginger Brown: Too Many Houses	1996
J155.418	Rotner, Shelley	Something's Different	2002
J306.86	Sullivan, Steve	Confessions of a Divorced Kid	1996
J306.874 COLSO	Colson, Mary	Coping with Absent Parents Why do parents sometimes need to work far from home? How can you keep in touch with those who are far away? Who can help when your parents are separating?--P. [4] of cover.	2011
J306.874	Monroe, Robin Prince	I Have a New Family Now: Understanding Blended Families	1998
J306.89	Brown, Laurene Krasny	Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families	1986
J306.89 COOK	Cook, Julia	The "D" Word : Divorce Through well placed humor and apt advice, several misconceptions children have about divorce are clarified. Offers tools and insights to both children and adults to effectively deal with the difficult challenges that a family goes through when parents get divorced.	2011
J306.89 HEWIT	Hewitt, Sally	My Parents' Divorce	2009
J306.89 HIGGI	Higgins, Melissa	Weekends with Dad : What to Expect When Your Parents Divorce When your parents divorce, it can feel like the world turns upside down. What do you do? Whether you live mostly at your mom's or dad's, this story can help you through the tough times.--from cover, p. [4]	2012
J306.89 HOLYO	Holyoke, Nancy	A Smart Girl’s Guide to her Parents’ Divorce: How to Land on your Feet when your World Turns Upside Down A part of the American Girl collection, this book gives advice on how to deal with parents’ divorce. Real-life girls give advice on what has worked for them.	2009
J306.89	King, Larry	Daddy Day, Daughter Day	1997
J306.89	Lansky, Vicki	It's Not Your Fault, KoKo Bear	1998
J306.89	Lebowitz, Marcia Lipman	I Think Divorce Stinks	1989
J306.89 LEVIN	Levins, Sandra	Was It the Chocolate Pudding?: A Story for Little Kids about Divorce	2006
J306.89	Margolis, Bette S.	A Heart Full of Love	1999
J306.89	Mayle, Peter	Why Are We Getting a Divorce?	1988
J306.89	Monroe, Robin Prince	Why Don't We Live Together Anymore?: Understanding Divorce	1998
J306.89 MOORE	Moore-Mallinos, Jennifer	When My Parents Forgot How to Be Friends	2005
J306.89 REILL	Reilly, Natalie June	My Stick Family: Helping Children Cope with Divorce	2002
J306.89	Rogers, Fred	Divorce	1996
J306.89	Weitzman, Elizabeth	Let's Talk About Your Parents' Divorce	1996
J306.89	Winchester, Kent	What in the World Do You Do When Your Parents Divorce?	2001
JE	Abercrombie, Barbara	Charlie Anderson	1990
JE	Adams, Eric J.	On the Day His Daddy Left	2000
JE	Binch, Caroline	Since Dad Left	1998
JE	Boelts, Maribeth	With My Mom, With My Dad: [A Book About Divorce]	2004
JE	Caseley, Judith	Priscilla Twice	1995
JE COCHR	Cochran, Bill	My Parents are Divorced, My Elbows Have Nicknames, and Other Facts about Me There are lots of things that make Ted weird, but having divorced parents isn't one of them.	2009
JE COFFE	Coffelt, Nancy	Fred Stays with Me A young girl goes back and forth between her mom’s house and her dad’s house but her dog, Fred, stays with her wherever she goes.	2006
JE	Cole, Babette	The Un-Wedding	1998
JE GRAY	Gray, Kes	Mom and Dad Glue	2009
JE	Grifalconi, Ann	Tiny's Hat	1999
JE	Grindley, Sally	A New Room for William	2000
JE	Haughton, Emma	Rainy Day	2000
JE LHEUR	L’Heureux, Christine	A New Family Caillou talks to his cousins about why their mommy and daddy don’t live together	2010
JE	Masurel, Claire	Two Homes	2001
JE	Osman, Trudy	Where Has Daddy Gone?	1990
JE PORTN	Portnoy, Mindy Avra	A Tale of Two Seders A young girl describes what it's like to have two seders, one with her mom and one with her dad, each year since her parents divorced.	2010
JE	Prestine, Joan Singleton	Mom and Dad Break Up	2003
JE	Ransom, Jeanie Franz	I Don't Want to Talk About It	2000
JE	Santucci, Barbara	Loon Summer	2001
JE	Schindel, John	Dear Daddy	1995
JE SCHMI	Schmitz, Tamara	Standing on My Own Two Feet: a Child’s Affirmation of Love in the Midst of Divorce Even though Addison’s parents are divorced and live in different houses, he knows that they both love him and always will.	2008
JE	Schotter, Roni	Missing Rabbit	2002
JE SHREE	Shreeve, Elizabeth	Oliver at the Window As Oliver adjusts to his parents’ separate houses and his new school, his spends a lot of time looking out the window.	2009
JE SMET	Smet, Marian De	I Have Two Homes A young girl named Nina recounts her feelings about her parents' divorce and describes what it is like to live in two households in this touching picture book. Everything is different from the way it was, and sometimes the behavior of the adults around her is upsetting to Nina. An honest, uncomplicated account of divorce from a child's point of view.	2012
JE	Spelman, Cornelia	Mama and Daddy Bear's Divorce	1998
JE THIEL	Thiel, Annie	Cosmos' Mom and Dad Are Moving Apart	2006
JE	Thomas, Pat	My Family's Changing: A First Look at Family Break Up	1999
JE	Vigna, Judith	I Live with Daddy	1997
JE	Winthrop, Elizabeth	As the Crow Flies	1998
JE	Wyeth, Sharon Dennis	Always My Dad	1995

If you need help finding these or other Library materials, please check with anyone in Children's Services. We look forward to seeing you at the Library!

This list was created and is maintained by Children's Services Librarians.
Comments and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.info, or to Mary R. Voors, Manager, Children's Services at mvoors@acpl.info.