Children’s Books

Not all books are appropriate for all ages.

Adoption

• “And That’s Why She’s My Mama”
  by Tiarra Nazario
• “Just Right Family: An Adoption Story”
  by Silvia Lopez
• “Little Miss Spider”
  by David Kirk
• “The Mulberry Bird: An Adoption Story”
  by Anne Braff Brodzinsky, Ph.D.
• “Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale”
  by Karen Katz
• “Real Sisters Pretend”
  by Megan Dowd Lambert
• “Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born”
  by Jamie Lee Curtis

Divorce

• “Always Mom, Forever Dad”
  by Joanna Rowland
• “The Boys and Girls Book About Divorce”
  by Richard Gardner
• “Charlie Anderson”
  by Barbara Abercrombie and Mark Graham
• “Dinosaurs Divorce”
  by Marc Brown and Laurie Krasny Brown
• “Divorce Is Not the End of the World: Zoe’s and Evan’s Coping Guide for Kids”
  by Zoe Stern and Evan Stern
• “Fred Stays With Me!”
  by Nancy Coffelt
• “Living with Mom and Living with Dad”
  by Melanie Walsh
• “Standing On My Own Two Feet”
  by Tamara Schmitz
• “Two Homes”
  by Claire Masurel
• “We’re Having a Tuesday”
  by DK Simoneau
• “What in the World Do You Do When Your Parents Divorce? A Survival Guide for Kids”
  by Kent Winchester and Roberta Beyer
• “Why Can’t We Live Together?”
  by Madison Lovato

Different Types of Families

• “A Family is a Family is a Family”
  by Sara O’Leary
• “Families, Families, Families!”
  by Suzanne Lang
• “Love Makes a Family”
  by Sophia Beer
• “Monday is One Day”
  by Arthur A. Levine
• “My Blended Family”
  by Sharon Kelly
• “One Family”
  by George Shannon
• “Who’s In My Family: Let’s Talk About Our Families”
  by Robie H. Harris

Foster Care

• “Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights”
  by Julie Nelson
• “Kids Need to Be Safe: A Book for Children in Foster Care”
  by Julie Nelson
• “Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care”
  by Jennifer Wilgocki

Grandparents / Kinship Care

• “A Grandfamily for Sullivan”
  by Beth Winkler Tyson
• “Coming On Home Soon”
  by Jacqueline Woodson
• “Dear Baobab”
  by Cheryl Foggo
• “Hey, Kiddo”
  by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• “Joone”
  by Emily Kate Moon
• “Our Gracie Aunt”
  by Jacqueline Woodson
• “Our Grandfamily”
  by Sandra Werle
• “Sometimes It’s Grandmas and Grandpas: Not Mommies and Daddies”
  by Gayle Byrne

LGBTQIA+

• “Heather Has Two Mommies”
  by Leslea Newman
• “Home At Last”
  by Vera B. Williams
• “My Two Moms and Me”
  by Michael Joosten
• “Stella Brings the Family”
  by Miriam B. Schiffer
• “A Tale of Two Daddies”
  by Vanita Oelschlager
• “And Tango Makes Three”
  by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

Single-Parent Families

• “Ask Me”
  by Bernard Waber
• “Love is a Family”
  by Roma Downey
• “My Ol’ Man”
  by Patricia Polacco
• “The Saturdays”
  by Elizabeth Enright
• “Two is Enough”
  by Janna Matthies

Stepparents / Stepsiblings

• “Do You Sing Twinkle? A Story About Remarriage and New Family”
  by Sandra Levins
• “Love Grows and Grows: A Blooming Story for an Extended Family”
  by Shannon Forster
• “Step One, Step Two, Step Three and Four”
  by Maria Ashworth
• “When Otis Courted Mama”
  by Kathi Appelt