Website for Children
A Kid’s Guide to Separation and Divorce
https://www.familieschange.ca/kids_flash/index.htm
Excellent, interactive site for children from British Columbia. Animated children explain (in voice and writing) different aspects of separation and divorce including: why parents separate, the law, how kids may feel, and coping tools for kids.
Books for Children
For 4 – 6 year olds:
My Family is Changing: A First Look at Family Breakup
By Pat Thomas
(Barron’s Educational Series, 1999)
Two Homes
By Claire Masurel
(Candlewick, 2003)
Dinosaur’s Divorce
By Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
(Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986)
Was it the Chocolate Pudding? A Story for Little Kids
By Sandra Levins and Pyron Langdo
(American Psychological Association, 2005)
Mom and Dad Break Up
By Joan Singleton Prestine
(Fearon Teacher Aids, 1996)
It’s Not Your Fault
By Koko Bear, Vicki Lansky
(Book Peddlers, 1998)
Let’s Talk About It: Divorce
By Fred Rogers
(G.P. Putman Sons, 1996)
When My Parents Forgot How to be Friends
By Jennifer Moore-Mallimos
(Barron’s Educational Series, 2005)
I Don’t Want to Talk About It
By Jeanie Franz Ransom
(Magination Press, 2000)
Mama and Daddy Bear’s Divorce
By Cornelia Spelman
(Albert Whitman, 1998)
For 7 – 9 year olds:
Priscilla Twice
By Judith Caseley
(Greenwillow Books, 1995)
My Life Turned Upside Down, But I Turned it Rightside Up
By Hennie Share
(Child Works Child Play, 1994)
When Mom and Dad Separate
By Marge Hiegaard
(Woodland Press, 1991)
Megan’s Two Houses
By Erica Jong
(Dove Kids, 1996)
Dear Mr. Henshaw
By Beverly Cleary
(Avon, 1994)
Divorced But Still My Parents: A Helping Book About Divorce for Children and Parents
By Shirley Thomas and Dorothy Rankin
(Atlasbooks, 1997)
Mom’s House, Dad’s House for Kids: How to Feel at Home
By Isolina Ricci
(Fireside Books, 2006)
The Case of the Scary Divorce
By Carl Pickhardt
(Magination Press, 1997)
The Divorce Helpbook for Kids
By Cynthia MacGregor
(Impact Publishers, 2001)
The Suitcase Kid
By Jacqueline Wilson
(Corgi, 2001)
When Mom and Dad Separate
By Marge Eaton Heegaard
(Woodland Press, 1990)
For 10 – 13 year olds:
My Parents Are Divorced Too: A Book for Kids by Kids
By Melanie, Annie and Steven Ford
(Magination Press Division, 1997)
Pickles and Peanuts
By Martha Ivery
(Press Tige, 1996)
It’s Not the End of the World
By Judy Blume
(Bradbury Press, 1972)
Billie’s World
By Kim Grossman Finkel
(My Journey Books, 2005)
Will Dad Ever Move Back Home?
By Paula Z. Hogen
(Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1995)
The Kids’ Book of Divorce: By, For and About Kids
By Fayerweather School
(Vintage Books, 1982)
The Divorce Helpbook for Teens
By Cynthia MacGregor
(Impact Publishers, 2004)
The Bright Side: Surviving Your Parents’ Divorce
By Max Sindell
(HCI, 2007)
Don’t Fall Apart on Saturdays! The Children’s Divorce-Survival Book
By Adolph Moser and David Melton
(Landmark Editions, 2000)