Picture Books
Monday, Wednesday, and every other weekend
by Karen Stanton

Although Henry enjoys the time he spends at his mother's apartment and his father's house, his dog Pomegranate gets confused about which place is home.
Just like always
by Anne Perry

A girl finds that most things in her life remain the same after her parents' divorce.
Two homes
by Claire Masurel

A young boy named Alex enjoys the homes of both of his parents who live apart but love Alex very much, in a comforting story about the reality of divorce.
My mom's wedding
by Eve Bunting

Seven-year-old Pinkie has mixed feelings about her divorced mother's wedding, especially when she learns that her beloved father will be an attending guest.
Fred stays with me
by Nancy Coffelt

A little girl describes how she sometimes lives with her mother and sometimes with her father, but her dog, Fred, is her constant companion, in a heartwarming book that celebrates friendship.
The best of both nests
by Jane Clarke

When Stanley Stork's mother announces that his Dad is going to build his own nest, Stanley doesn't like the idea of visiting two nests and worries that their divorce is all his fault, but after seeing his dad's new place, he realizes that maybe things will work out after all.
Oliver at the window
by Elizabeth Shreeve

When Oliver's parents move into separate houses, he spends a lot of time looking out of windows with his pet lion as he adjusts to a new preschool and to living in two places.
A tale of two Seders
by Mindy Avra Portnoy

After her parents' divorce, a young girl experiences a variety of Passover seders. Includes recipes and facts about Passover.
Caillou : a new family
by Christine L'Heureux

When Caillou asks his cousins why their mother does not live with their father, he learns about divorce, what it is like to have two homes, and the feelings that his cousins experience.
Living with Mom and living with Dad
by Melanie Walsh

Moving between two different homes when her parents stop living together, a little girl compares her bedrooms and living environments and moves favorite toys back and forth while adjusting to a new routine, in a story complemented by interactive lift-flaps.
Two nests
by Laurence Anholt

Two birds build a nest together and hatch a baby bird, but when they fail to get along the father bird moves to a new nest, and though baby bird is unhappy at first, when he learns to fly from nest to nest he sees that the situation isn't that bad.


 
Nonfiction
The smart kid's guide to divorce
by Christine Petersen

Presents advice on how to handle a divorce for young readers, including reasons for divorce, dealing with change, and new families.
Mom and Dad don't live together anymore
by Kathy Stinson

A classic and critically acclaimed picture book, newly illustrated, takes a positive, sensitive and reassuring look at divorce as experienced by young children.
Divorce is the worst
by Anastasia Higginbotham

A lovingly crafted picture book speaking to the child's perspective on divorce. The book offers advice, sympathy, and wit to match without being pandering or authoritative. While admitting that divorces are painful, it above all empowers its young reader to cope with and even make the best of a difficult situation.
Dinosaurs divorce : a guide for changing families
by Laurene Krasny Brown

Text and illustrations of dinosaur characters introduce aspects of divorce such as its causes and effects, living with a single parent, spending holidays in two separate households, and adjusting to a stepparent.
Divorce is not the end of the world : Zoe and Evan's coping guide for kids
by Zoe Stern

A teenage brother and sister whose parents are divorced discuss topics relating to this situation, and their mother offers her own insights.
Why do families break up?
by Jane Bingham

Explores issues related to divorce, including discussion of causes, the experience of moving, and learning to cope with a parent's new partner.
A smart girl's guide to her parents' divorce : how to land on your feet when your world turns upside down
by Nancy Holyoke

Offers advice to girls dealing with various aspects of divorce, remarriage, and stepfamilies.
The divorce helpbook for kids
by Cynthia MacGregor

A guide to dealing with the divorce of parents, discussing various reasons for divorce, the emotions experienced by the children, and ways of coping with the change.
Divorce and separation
by Patricia J. Murphy

Introduces divorce and separation, discussing what happens to the children, the emotions that are often experienced by those whose parents have gotten divorced or separated, getting help, and accepting change.
Parenting Collection
When parents part : how mothers and fathers can help their children deal with separation and divorce
by Penelope Leach

One of the world's leading experts on child development, drawing on the latest scientific research, covers the various effects of divorce on children in five stages, providing practical advice and helping parents to do what is best for their children as they are going through a separation or divorce.
Good parenting through your divorce : the essential guidebook to helping your children adjust and thrive, based on the leading national program
by Mary Ellen Hannibal

Offers advice for divorced parents on how to successfully identify and cope with separation and divorce issues, including shared parenting, behavior and discipline problems, and adjusting to a new family arrangement.
Divorce casualties : understanding parental alienation
by Douglas Darnall

Draws on updated research to explain how to protect the well-being of children of divorced parents by minimizing their exposure to parental conflicts, in a new edition that also stresses the importance of both parents taking an active part in the caregiving process.
The everything parent's guide to children and divorce : reassuring advice to help your family adjust
by Carl E. Pickhardt

A unique guide helps parents understand the significance of divorce to children and how it influences family relationships and affects childrens' behavior, including advice on how to communicate before, during, and after the divorce, provide emotional support, establish a single-parent household, recognize sorrow, depression, and anxiety, and much more.
Parents are forever : a step-by-step guide to becoming successful coparents after divorce
by Shirley Thomas

Parents Are Forever leads parents gently, in step-by-step fashion, toward becoming successful coparents after divorce. Based on the grief recovery model, this book tells moms and dads exactly what they need to do to help the children they love cope with changes in their lives. Parents are shown how to have business meetings, how to create a parenting plan, and how to keep their childrens' needs as their first priority while they transition to a new kind of family.
The co-parenting survival guide : letting go of conflict after a difficult divorce
by Elizabeth S. Thayer

Offers advice for building a co-parent partnership, allowing children to benefit from their own relationships with their parents, discussing communication, conflict resolution, discipline, special events, and new partners
Ex-etiquette for parents : good behavior after a divorce or separation
by Jann Blackstone-Ford

Presents strategies for raising well-adjusted children after a divorce, featuring sample conversation scenarios that demonstrate positive communication skills and promote healthy environments.
Co-parenting with a toxic ex : what to do when your ex-spouse tries to turn the kids against you
by Amy J. L. Baker

A nationally renowned child expert and a licensed clinical social worker offer a positive parenting approach to those involved in a messy and hostile divorce describing techniques to avoid parental alienation and to foster open and honest communication with children. 
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