Lost Flower Children -- by Janet Taylor Lisle (Author) (Book - Child)
After their mother dies, two children find both healing and magic in a special garden as they spend the summer with their elderly aunt. (Older Readers)
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Children Who Feel Guilty (Parent Handouts and Info - Parent)
The Way a Door Closes -- by Hope Smith (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "With a click, a bang, a whisper-or no noise at all. There are so many ways that a door can close, but it's not just the closing; it's the knowing. And thirteen-year-old CJ knows...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
You Go Away -- by Dorothy Corey, Diane Paterson (Authors) (Book - Child)
"This title became the picture book of choice for helping children deal with separation anxiety. The repetition of the words 'You go away. You come back' in various forms gives parents and...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
The King of Mulberry Street -- by Donna Napoli (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "In 1892, nine-year-old Dom's mother puts him on a ship leaving Italy, bound for America. He is a stowaway, traveling alone and with nothing of value except for a new pair of...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
My Mom Travels A Lot -- by Caroline Bauer (Author) (Book - Child)
"A child points out the good and the bad things about a mother's job that takes her from home a lot." From Synopsis
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Harry Sue -- by Sue Stauffacher (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "Harry Sue Clotkin is tough. Her mom's in the slammer and she wants to get there, too, as fast as possible, so they can be together. But it's not so easy to become a juvenile...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Longing for Daddy : Healing from the Pain of an Absent or Emotionally Distant Father -- by Monique Robinson (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
"Robinson, whose father saw her once as a newborn and then never returned, writes about the pain and loss of growing up fatherless. She tells her female readers that whether they never had a father or...
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Ruby Electric -- by Theresa Nelson (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "When the lights go dim and you're sitting in the dark with your popcorn -- that's the magic time that Ruby Miller loves best. And then the music creeps in, and the lion roars, or...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.