New Baby:

• A Baby Sister for Frances; Russel Hoban, Julius, Baby of the World; Kerin Henkes, Arthur’s Baby; Marc Brown, Everett Anderson’s Nine Months Long; Lucille Clifton, 101 Things To Do With A Baby; Jan Ormerod, Welcoming Your Second Baby; Vicki Lansky, And Baby Makes Four: Welcoming a Second Child Into the Family; Hilory Wagner

 

Adoption and Foster Care

• How I Was Adopted; Joanna Cole, Susan and Gordon Adopt a Baby; Judy Freudberg, Over the Moon; Karen Katz, An Mei’s Strange and Wonderful Journey; Stephan Molnar-Fenton, Real Sisters; Susan Wright, We Don’t Look Like Mom and Dad; Harriet Langsam Sobel, Journey; Patricia MacLachlan, The Pinballs; Betsy Byars, The Great Gilly Hopkins; Catherine Patterson, How It Feels To Be Adopted; Jill Krementz, Parents At Last: Celebrating Adoption and the New Pathways to Families; Cynthia Peck, The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child; Nancy Verrier

Siblings

• The Very Worst Monster; Pat Hutchins, I’ll Fix Anthony; Judith Viorst, The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo; Judy Blume, Later, Gater; Laurence Yep, Who Put That Hair In My Toothbrush?; Jerry Spinelli, The Secret of Happy Children; Steve Biddulph, Siblings Without Rivalry; Adele Faber, Puberty and Sexuality, Where Did I Come From?; Peter Mayle, So That’s How I Was Born?; Robert Brooks, How Babies and Families Are Made; Patricia Schafer, One Dad, Two Dads; Brown Dad, Blue Dad; Johnny Valentine, Asking About Sex and Growing Up; Joanna Cole, What’s Happening to Me ; Peter Mayle, It’s A Girl Thing; Mavis Jukes, It’s Perfectly Normal; Robie Harris, Space Station 7th Grade; Jerry Spinelli, Then, Again, Maybe I Won’t; Judy Blume

Divorce

• Sometimes a Family Has to Split Up; Jane Watson, It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear; Vicki Lansky, I Live With Daddy; Judith Vigna, Divorce is Not the End of the World: Zoe and Evan’s Guide for Kids; Zoe Stern, Dear Mr. Henshaw; Beverly Cleary, How It Feels When Parents Divorce; Jill Krementz, Taking Sides; Norma Klein, It’s Not the End of the World; Judy Blume, How To Help Your Child Overcome Divorce; Elissa Benedek, Mom’s House, Dad’s House; Isolina Ricci

Eating Disorders

• Bread and Jam for Frances; Russel Hoban, D.W., The Picky Eater; Marc Brown, Good Enough to Eat: A Kid’s Guide to Food and Nutrition; Lizzy Rockwell, Blubber; Judy Blume, Taking Charge of My Mind and Body: A Girl’s Guide to Outsmarting Alcohol, Drug, Smoking and Eating Problems; Gladys Folkers, Nell’s Quilt; Susan Terris, Anorexia: When Food is the Enemy; Erica Smith, The Best Little Girl In the World; Steven Levenkron, My Sister’s Bones; Cathi Hanauer, When Food’s a Foe; Nancy Kolodny, How to Get Your Kid To Eat, But Not Too Much; Ellyn Satter

Learning Disabilities

• The Don’t Give Up Kid; Jeanne Gehret, Charlie’s Challenge; Ann Root, Josh: A Boy With Dyslexia; Caroline Janover, The Baby-Sitters’ Club #101: Claudia Kishi, Middle School Drop Out; Ann Martin, Do Bananas Chew Gum?; Jamie Gilson, When Learning Is Tough: Kids Talk About Their Learning Disabilities; Cynthia Roby, The Mighty; Rodman Philbrick, The Survival Guide For Kids with LD; Rhoda Cummings, All Kinds of Minds: A Young Student’s Book About Learning Disabilities and Learning Disorders; Mel Levin, Living With Learning Disabilities: A Guide For Students; David Hall

ADHD

• Shelly, The Hyperactive Turtle; Deborah Moss, Jumpin’ Johnny, Get Back To Work: A Child’s Guide to Hyperactivity; Michael Gordon, Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention; Kathleen Nadeau, My Brother’s A World Class Pain: A Sibling’s Guide to ADHD; Michael Gordon, Putting On the Brakes: A Young People’s Guide to ADHD; Patricia Quinn, I Would if I Could: A Teenagers’ Guide to ADHD; Michael Gordon, Life On The Edge: Parenting a Child With ADHD; David Spohn, Taking Charge of ADHD; Russel Barkley

Substance Abuse

• Think of Wind; Catherine Mercury, I Can Be Me; Diane O’Connor, I Can Say No; Doris Sanford, My Big Sister Takes Drugs; Judith Vigna, Daddy Doesn’t Have To Be a Giant Anymore; Jane Resh Thomas, I Know The World’s Worst Secret; Doris Sanford, My Dad Loves Me; My Dad Has a Disease; Claudia Black, Sometimes My Mom Drinks Too Much; Kevin Kenny, My Dad’s Definitely Not a Drunk; Elisa Lynn, Bread Sticks and Blessing Places; Candy Boyd, Nicotine and Cigarettes; Marry McCaffrey, A Right to Smoke? Emma Haughton

Depression and Mental Illness

• The Face at the Window; Regina Hanson, The Bear’s House; Marilyn Sachs, My Sister Then and Now; Virginia Kroll, From Darkness To Light; Julie Landsman, Ups and Downs; Susan Klebanoff, A Slant of Sun; Beth Kephart, A Parent’s Guide for Suicidal and Depressed Teens; Kate Williams

Chonic Illness

• When Eric’s Mom Fought Cancer; Judith Vigna, A Pillow For My Mom,; Charissa Sgouros, Beautiful; Susi Gregg Fowler, Busy Days; Dawn Hart, Straight for the Siblings:Another Look at the Rainbow; Gloria Murray, Ribbons For Her Hair; Jane Carroll, How It Feels To Fight For Your Life; Jill Krementz, A Night Without Stars; James Howe, Young People and Chronic Illness; Kelly Huegel, From Darkness to Light; Julie Landsman, I Will Sing Life: Voices From The Hole-In-The-Wall-Gang Camp; Larry Berger, How To Help Children Through A Parent’s Serious Illness; Cathleen McCue, After The Tears; Robin Simons

Disabilities

• Think of Lilly’s Secret; Miko Imai, Someone Special, Just Like You; Tricia Brown, Different and Alike; Nancy McConnell, The View From Saturday; E.L.Konigsburg, From Darkness to Light; Julie Landsman, The Acorn People; Ron Jones, The Crazy Horse Electric Game; Chris Crutcher, Uncommon Fathers; Donald Meyer, From the Heart; Martha Grady, Raising a Child With a Physical Disability; Donna Albrecht

Family Violence

• No More Secrets From Me; Oralee Wachter, A Safe Place; Maxine Trottier, Please Tell!; "Jesse", Promise Not To Tell; Carolyn Polese, What Jaime Saw; Carolyn Coman, May Wolfe; Cynthia Grant, Straight Talk About Child Abuse; Susan Mufson, I Hadn’t Meant To Tell You This; Jacqueline Woodson, Children and Trauma; Cynthia Monahon

Death

• On Death and Dying; Elisabeth Kubler Ross, Everett Anderson’s Good-bye; Lucille Clifton, Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs; Tomie De Paola, Lifetimes:The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to a Child; Byron Mellonie, The Tenth Good Thing About Barney; Judith Viorst, Badger’s Parting Gifts; Susan Varley, A Birthday Present For Daniel; Juliet Vigna, Saying Goodbye to Daddy; Judith Vigna, Good-bye Papa; Una Leavy, Saying Good-bye to Grandma; Jane Resh Thomas, Dusty Was My Friend: Coming To Terms With Loss; Andrea Fleck Clardy, Bridge to Terabithia; Katherine Patterson, There Are Two Kinds of Terrible; Peggy Mann, Tiger Eyes; Judy Blume, A Kid’s Book About Death and Dying By and For Kids; Eric Rofes, Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parents and Children; Earl Grollman, The Grieving Child: A Parent’s Guide; Helen Fitzgeral

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