61 Best Children’s Books about Divorce and Separation

Sometimes a book can help children understand and deal with their parents’ separation and divorce in ways that parents are not able to. Age-appropriate books are great tools to help your child deal with your divorce in a healthy manner. Parents can use these books as a starting point with their children or as ongoing tools as they help their children work through this difficult period. Below is a list compiled by WeParent of some of the best books on this topic.

AGES 3-6

• A Brand New Day: A Banana Split Story by A.S. Chung and Paula Bossio (Ages 3-6)
• Fred Stays With Me by Nancy Coffeit and Tricia Tusa (Ages 3-6)
• It’s Just Different Now by Linda Espie (Ages 3-6)
• It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear by Vicki Lansky (Ages 3-7)
• Living with Mom and Living with Dad by Melanie Walsh (Ages 3-7)
• Standing on My Own Two Feet: A Child’s Affirmation of Love in the Midst of Divorce by Tamata Schmitz (Ages 3 to 6)
• The Huge Bag of Worries by Virginia Ironside (Ages 3-5)
• Tots are Nondivorceable by Sara Bonkowski (Ages 3+)
• Two Homes, by Claire Masurel and Kady MacDonald Denton (Ages 3-6)
• Why Do Families Change? Our First Talk About Separation and Divorce by Dr. Jillian Roberts (Ages 3-6)
• You Make Your Parents Super Happy! By Richy K. Chandler (Ages 3-6)

AGES 5-8

• Always My Dad by Sharon Dennis Wyeth (Ages 5-8)
• At Daddy’s on Saturdays by Linda Walvoord Girard (Ages 5-8)
• Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie (Ages 5-8)
• Divorce is a Grown Up Problem by Janet Sinnerg (Ages 5-8)
• Emily’s Blue Period by Cathleen Daly and Lisa Brown (Ages 5-8)
• I am Living in 2 Homes by Garcelle Beauvais (Ages 5-8)
• I Don’t Want To Talk About It by Jeanie Franz Ransom (Ages 5-8)
• I Have Two Homes by Marian De Smet (Ages 5-8)
• Let’s Talk About It: Divorce (Mr. Rogers) by Fred rogers (Ages 5-8)
• Loon Summer by Barbara Santucci (Ages 5-8)
• Mama and Daddy Bear’s Divorce by Cornelia Maude Spelman (Ages 5-8)
• Mom and Dad Glue by Kes Gray (Ages 5-8)
• One Rabbit, Two Worlds by Ray Medhora (Ages 5-8)
• Taxi! Taxi! By Cari Best (Ages 5-8)
• The Invisible String by Patrice Karst (Ages 5-8)
• The Days of Summer by Eve Bunting (Ages 5-8)
• Was It The Chocolate Pudding? By Sandra Levins and Bryan Langdo (Ages 5-8)

AGES 5-10

• Daddy Doesn’t Live Here Anymore by Betty Boesehold (Ages 5-10)
• Dash’s Broken Heart: A Children’s Book About Coping With Divorce by Dr. Josephine Whalen (Ages 5-10)
• Dinosaurs Divorce by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown (Ages 5-10)
• Divorce is the Worst by Anastasia Higginbotham (Ages 5-10)
• How Sprinkle the Pig Escaped the River of Tears by Anne Westcott and C.C. Alicia Hu (Ages 5-10)
• I Live With Daddy by Judith Vigna (Ages 6 +)
• I Will Always Love You by Aya Alasbali (Ages 5-10)
• Kids Are NonDivorceable by Sara Bonkowski (Ages 5-10)
• My Family’s Changing by Pat Thomas (Ages 5-10)
• My Mom and Dad Don’t Live Together Anymore by Judith Aron Rubin, Ph.D. (Ages 5-10)
• Why Can’t We Live Together? By Madison Lovato (Ages 5-10)
• Still a Family: A Story About Children and Divorce by Desiree Gordon-Tomlinson (Ages 5-10)
• The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson (Ages 5-10)
• Two of Everything by Babette Cole (Ages 5-10)
• With My Mom, With My Dad: A Book About Divorce by Maribeth Boelts (Ages 5-10)

AGES 8-12

• When My Parents Forgot How To Be Friends by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos (Ages 8-12)
• What Can I Do? A Book for Children of Divorce by Danielle Lowry (Ages 8-12)
• A Smart Girl’s Guide to Her Parent’s Divorce by Nancy Holyoke (Ages 8-12)
• Divorce Is Not The End Of The World by Zoe and Evan Stern (Ages 8-12)
• How it Feels When Parents Divorce by Jill Krementz (Ages 8-12)
• It’s Not The End of The World by Judy Blume (Ages 8-12)
• The Kids’ Book of Divorce: By, For and About Kids by Eric Rofes (Ages 8-12)
• The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graf (Ages 8-12)
• What in the World Do You Do When Your Parents Divorce? A Survival Guide for Kids by Kent Winchester and Roberta Beyer (ages 7-12)
• Please Come Home: A Child’s Book About Divorce by Doris Sanford (Ages 8-12)
• What Am I Doing In A Step-Family by Claire Berman (Ages 8-12)
• Rope Burn by Jan Siebold (Ages 8-12)

AGES 10+

• Blended by Sharon M. Draper (Grades 10+)
• Mom’s House, Dad’s House for Kids: Feeling at Home in One Home or Two by Isolina Ricci (Ages 10 and up).
• My Parents are Divorced Too by Melanie Ford, Steven Ford, Annie Ford and Jann Blackstone-Ford (Ages 10-13)
• Teens Are Non-Divorceable: A Workbook for Divorced Parents and Their Children by Sara Bonkowski (Ages 12-18)
• The Divorce Express by Paula Danzinger (Ages teen to adult)
• The Top Secret Journal of Fiona Claire Jardin by Robin Cruise (Ages 10+)

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