Book list
Last updated: 02/12/2020
We’ve put together a list of books that may be helpful for single parents, their children and extended families. If you have any suggestions for books to add let us know.
Parenting
How to Talk to Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk
Author: Faber & Mazlish
ISBN: 978-1848126329
How to build successful relationships with children within families, and how to manage family conflicts effectively.
The Huge Bag of Worries
Author: Ironside and Rodgers
ISBN: 978-0340903179
A popular story book for younger children about a little girl who finds she is carrying an ever growing ‘bag of worries’. She finds there are lots of different ways of dealing with or sharing worries.
Bereavement
Waterbugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children
Author: Doris Stickney
ISBN: 978-0829816242
An explanation of death for children 5 and over.
Finding a Way Through When Someone Close Has Died: What it Feels Like and What You Can do to Help Yourself
Author: Pat Mood & Lesley Whittaker
ISBN: 978-1853029202
A workbook to help young people to deal with and accept death.
Divorce and separation (for children)
What in the World Do you Do When Your Parents Divorce?: A Survival Guide for Kids
Author: Kent Winchester and Roberta Beyer
ISBN: 978-1575420929
Written to and for kids, in a simple question-and-answer format, this book is a valuable tool for helping children cope with separation.
It’s Not your Fault, KoKo Bear
Author: Vicki Lansky
ISBN: 978-0916773472
This is a ‘read together’ book for parents and young children aged 3 to 7 years during divorce and separation that helps to explain words and feelings.
The Suitcase Kid
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
ISBN: 978-0440867739
This is a well told story about a girl and her rabbit adjusting to life being a kid with divorced parents. For ages 8 to teens.
It’s Not the End of the World
Author: Judy Blume
ISBN: 978-1509806270
This is a story about divorce and its impact on family life, from a teenage perspective. Written with insight, sensitivity and honesty for ages 10 to teens.
Divorce and separation (for parents)
Breaking Up Without Falling Apart: The Essential Guide to Separation and Divorce in Scotland
Author: Anne Hall Dick
ISBN:
A really useful, readable guide about the process of separating in Scotland.
The Guide for Separated Parents: Putting Children First
Author: Karen & Nick Woodall
ISBN: 978-0749940003
A practical and reassuring guide for separating parents on how to work towards co-operative parenting, written by UK authors.
The Truth about Children and Divorce
Author: Robert Emery
ISBN: 978-0452287167
This book combines research and practical experience to help parents to work through the practicalities and feelings that arise through separation.
Parenting Apart: How Separated and Divorced Parents Can Raise Happy and Secure Kids
Author: Christina McGhee
ISBN: 978-0091939830
Advice for divorcing parents on how to help their children come to terms with separation and divorce.
Moving On: Breaking Up Without Breaking Down
Author: Suzie Hayman
ISBN: 978-0091856250
Help, information and advice to help deal with the issues of separation and divorce.
