Nonfiction

Dinosaurs Divorce

The traumatic childhood experience--when a child's parents divorce--is depicted in the form of dinosaur characters. Chapters address the full range of feelings that a divorce produces. ". . . this will become a real 'security blanket' for young readers in need."--School Library Journal, starred review. New York Times Best Children's Book. Full color.

My Family's Changing (A First Look At Series)

This unusual picture book for younger children explores the issue of divorce. The author of this book is a psychotherapist and counselor and helps children to face their fears, worries and questions when their family is going through a break-up. A special feature, "What About You?" sidebars appear frequently with questions directed at the child reading the book. The questions encourage children to explore their own feeling about the situation. Full color illustrations throughout.

What in the World Do You Do When Your Parents Divorce? A Survival Guide for Kids

This companion to the Juggling Act parent's book is specially aimed at kids ages 7-12. It explains divorce, new living arrangements, and other basics to help children understand what's happening in their lives. With honesty and simplicity, the authors help kids realize that divorce isn't their fault, strong emotions are okay, and families can survive difficult changes. Written to and for kids, this book is also recommended for parents, educators, counselors, and youth workers.

Help! A Girl's Guide to Divorce and Stepfamilies

The breakup of her parents can turn a girl's world upside down. This third title in the Help! Series answers girls' letters on every aspect of divorce - from the initial split-up to a parent's remarriage - and encourages conversation with parents when it's needed most. The book includes tips and quizzes, plus advice from girls who have wisdom to share.

Divorce is Not the End of the World: Zoe and Evan's Coping Guide for Kids

Zoe and Evan Stern know firsthand how it feels when your parents divorce. When their parents split they knew their lives would change but they didn't know how. A few years later, when they were 15 and 13 years old, they decided to share their experience in this positive and practical guide for kids. With some help from their mom, Zoe and Evan write about topics like guilt, anger, fear, adjusting to different rules in different houses, dealing with special occasions like birthdays, adapting to stepparents and blended families, and much more. Including updates from grown-up Zoe and Evan 10 years later, this honest guide will reassure children of divorce that, though it may seem it sometimes, it's not the end of the world.

"Here is a great resource for tweens and teens...from two of their own. Zoe and Evan give a helpful perspective to other kids that will aid them with their own divorce experiences. Their words and advice ring true.
--VICKI LANSKY, author of Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents: Helping Kids Cope with Divorce and Its Aftermath

"[DIVORCE...] talks to children about divorce without talking down to them."
--WASHINGTON POST

"Nobody thinks divorce is good, but it happens. I only wish this book had been available to my kids when their father and I split up."
--LINDA ELLERBEE, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist

When My Parents Forgot How to Be Friends (Let's Talk About It!)

Young children become confused and hurt when their parents constantly argue, then decide to divorce. This sensitively written book assures boys and girls that children are in no way responsible for their parentsÂ’ inability to get along together. It lets kids know that although one parent chooses to move away from the home, both parents continue to love their little boy or girl. Both Mom and Dad will continue to spend happy times with them. Even very young children have concerns and anxieties, and Tell Somebody Books are written and illustrated especially for them. Parents are advised to read these books aloud while their preschooler listens and looks at illustrations of the boys and girls in each story. Many children in early grades will be able to read the stories for themselves. Tell Somebody Books encourage children to explore their feelings, and then to speak openly about things that trouble them.

Black, White, Just Right!

"Mama's face is chestnut brown . . . Papa's face turns pink in the sun . . . My face? I look like both of them. A little dark, a little light. Mama and Papa say, 'Just right!'" This simple story celebrates how the differences between one mother and father blend to make the perfect combination in their daughter. Full-color illustrations.

The Divorce Workbook for Children: Help for Kids to Overcome Difficult Family Changes and Grow Up Happy

Divorce affects thousands of children each year, and each and every one of them will benefit from the caring, friendly activities in this book. While children may sometimes not show apparent signs of the stress of a divorce, the strain it places on them is very real and, left undealt with, can develop into serious problems in the years to come. Written by an experienced counselor, The Divorce Workbook for Children offers you simple and engaging activities that can help you help kids address and cope with issues related to parental divorce. The goal of these activities is to help kids feel "out of the middle" of the parental conflict and learn to be more resilient and self-reliant.

When Mom and Dad Separate: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief from Divorce

Discusses basic concepts of marriage and divorce. Offers children a creative way to sort out the stressful feelings of grief caused by change.

The Divorce Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Move Beyond the Break Up

It's tough being a teen even in the best of circumstances, but when parents divorce teens are faced with an additional set of practical and emotional issues. This book gives them everything they need to get through their parents' divorce and keep it from taking a long-term emotional toll. Teens learn how to:

• cope with the grief, fear, and anger that accompany divorce;
• adjust to having two homes and changes in financial status;
• assert their right to be teens, to separate from their parents' problems, and to love both parents;
• not get caught in the middle of battling parents;
understand that the divorce is not their fault and overcome feelings of guilt.

Research tells us that teenagers in single-parent families and in blended families are 3 times more likely to need psychological help and that boys are more likely to become aggressive and girls are more likely to experience depression as a result of divorce. While this sounds like a grim picture, it's important to remember that there is help and that divorce need not leave a painful legacy. The Divorce Workbook for Teens helps teenagers come through their parent's divorce emotionally and psychologically intact.