Resources for Subject: Life Transitions

Primary Audience: Parents

• Absolute Beginner's Guide to Pregnancy

  Author(s)/URL: John Adams, Marta Justak
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Hospital, Motherhood, New Baby, Parent Survival Tips, Pregnancy

• All Grown Up and No Place To Go

  Author(s)/URL: David Elkind
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Life Transitions, Parent Education, Puberty, Teens

• Babyzone

  Author(s)/URL: http://www.babyzone.com/
  Resource Type: Website

  Keyword(s): Infant Development, Life Transitions, Motherhood, New Baby, Pregnancy

• Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads

  Author(s)/URL: Gary Greenberg, Jeannie Hayden
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Fatherhood, General Parenting, Life Transitions, New Baby, Parent Survival Tips

• Child Friendly Divorce

  Author(s)/URL: Diane Berry
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Life Transitions, Parent Survival Tips, Relationships

• Compassionate Friends

  Author(s)/URL: http://www.compassionatefriends.org/
  Resource Type: Website

  Keyword(s): Counseling Resources, Family Support, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Complete Guide to Everyday Risks in Pregnancy

  Author(s)/URL: Gideon Koren
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Drugs and Alcohol, Health, Motherhood, Nutrition, Pregnancy

• Daddy Smarts 2: The First Two Years

  Author(s)/URL: Bradley Richardson
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Family Structure, Fatherhood, General Parenting, New Baby, Young Children

• Daddy Smarts: A Guide for Rookie Fathers

  Author(s)/URL: Bradley Richardson
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Family Structure, Fatherhood, General Parenting, New Baby, Young Children

• Difficult Questions Kids Ask, and Are Afraid to Ask About Divorce

  Author(s)/URL: Meg Schneider, Joan Zuckerberg
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Communication, Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Life Transitions, Parenting Skills

• Expectant Father, The

  Author(s)/URL: Armin Brott
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Child Development, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Twins/Multiples, Pregnancy

• Fit Pregnancy

  Author(s)/URL: http://www.fitpregnancy.com
  Resource Type: Magazine/Periodical

  Keyword(s): Health, Motherhood, New Baby, Nutrition, Pregnancy

• Flex Time: A Working Mother's Guide to Balancing Career and Family

  Author(s)/URL: Jacqueline Foley
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Family Empowerment, Life Transitions, Motherhood, Parent Survival Tips, Working Parents

• Healing a Child's Grieving Heart

  Author(s)/URL: Alan Wolfelt
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss, Parenting Skills

• Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart

  Author(s)/URL: Alan Wolfelt
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Grief, Life Transitions, Loss, Problem Solving, Teens

• Helping Children Cope With Divorce

  Author(s)/URL: Edward Teyber
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Family Structure, Feelings, Life Transitions, Parent Survival Tips, Stepfamilies

• Helping Children Cope With Separation and Loss

  Author(s)/URL: Claudia Jewett Jarratt
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Adoption, Divorce, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Helping Children Cope With the Loss of a Loved One

  Author(s)/URL: William Kroen
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grief, Grief Resources, Life Transitions, Loss

• How Do We Tell the Children

  Author(s)/URL: Christine Lyons, Dan Schaefer
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Grief, Loss, Teens, Tweens , Young Children

• MISS Foundation

  Author(s)/URL: http://www.misschildren.org
  Resource Type: Website

  Keyword(s): Advocacy, Community Resources, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Mom, There's a Man in the Kitchen and He's Wearing Your Robe: Single Mother's Guide

  Author(s)/URL: Ellie Scott Fisher
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Life Transitions, Motherhood, Parent Survival Tips, Relationships, Single Parenting

• New Dad's Survival Guide

  Author(s)/URL: Scott Mactavish
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Fatherhood, Life Transitions, New Baby, Parent Survival Tips, Pregnancy

• Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief, and Change

  Author(s)/URL: Barbara Coloroso
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Adoption, Divorce, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Smooth Moves: The Relocation Guide for Families on the Move

  Author(s)/URL: Ellen Carlisle
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Family Empowerment, Military Families, Moving, Parent Survival Tips, Problem Solving

• Speaking of Divorce: How to Talk With Your Kids and Help Them Cope

  Author(s)/URL: Roberta Beyer, Kent Winchester
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Communication, Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Life Transitions, Parent Survival Tips

• Talking About Death

  Author(s)/URL: Earl Grollman
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Communication, Death of a Pet, Family Support, Grief, Loss

• Tear Soup: A Recipe For Healing After Loss

  Author(s)/URL: Chuck DeKlyen, Pat Schwiebert
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Grief, Life Transitions, Loss, Parent Survival Tips

• Truth About Children and Divorce, The

  Author(s)/URL: Robert Emery
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Grief, Parent Survival Tips, Problem Solving, Single Parenting

• Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents

  Author(s)/URL: Vicki Lansky
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Communication, Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Problem Solving, Single Parenting

• What Children Need to Know When Parents Get Divorced

  Author(s)/URL: William Coleman
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Communication, Divorce, Family Empowerment, Relationships, Self-Esteem

• What to Expect When You're Expecting

  Author(s)/URL: Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Murkoff
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Fatherhood, Motherhood, New Baby, Parent Education, Pregnancy

• When Your Pet Dies: A Guide to Mourning, Remembering and Healing

  Author(s)/URL: Alan Wolfelt
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grief, Grief Resources, Loss

• When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads

  Author(s)/URL: Tamara Eberlein, Barbara Luke
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Family Structure, Health, Motherhood, Nutrition, Pregnancy, Twins/Multiples

• Why Did You Have To Get a Divorce?

  Author(s)/URL: Anthony Wolf
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Communication, Divorce, Family Support, Parent Survival Tips, Single Parenting

• Working Mother's Guide to Life: Strategies, Secrets, and Solutions, The

  Author(s)/URL: Linda Mason
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Child Care, Family Empowerment, Motherhood, Parent Survival Tips, Working Parents

Primary Audience: Children/Youth

• Anastasia Again

  Author(s)/URL: Lois Lowry
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Entertainment, Girls, Life Transitions, Moving

• Annie and the Old One

  Author(s)/URL: Miska Miles
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Feelings, Grandparents, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• At Daddy's on Saturdays

  Author(s)/URL: Linda Girard
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Anxiety, Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Fatherhood, Life Transitions

• Badger's Parting Gifts

  Author(s)/URL: Susan Varley
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Berenstain Bears' Moving Day, The

  Author(s)/URL: Jan Berenstain, Stan Berenstain
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Anxiety, Life Transitions, Moving

• Best Cat in the World, The

  Author(s)/URL: Leslea Newman
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Blow Me a Kiss, Miss Lilly

  Author(s)/URL: Nancy White Carlstrom
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Bridge to Terabithia

  Author(s)/URL: Katherine Paterson
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Friendship, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Cat Heaven

  Author(s)/URL: Cynthia Rylant
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Charlie Anderson

  Author(s)/URL: Barbara Abercrombie
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Family Structure, Life Transitions, Siblings

• Comeback Challenge, The

  Author(s)/URL: Matt Christopher
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Bullying, Communication, Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Life Transitions

• Dead Bird, The

  Author(s)/URL: Margaret Wise Brown
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Dear Mr. Henshaw

  Author(s)/URL: Beverly Cleary
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Bullying, Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Life Transitions, Peer Relations

• Death

  Author(s)/URL: Janine Amos
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grief, Grief Resources, Loss, Parenting Skills

• Devil's Bridge

  Author(s)/URL: Cynthia DeFelice
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Boys, Entertainment

• Dinosaurs Divorce

  Author(s)/URL: Laurie Krasny Brown, Marc Brown
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Family Structure, Life Transitions, Young Children

• Divorce

  Author(s)/URL: Fred Rogers
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Feelings, Life Transitions, Young Children

• Dog Heaven

  Author(s)/URL: Cynthia Rylant
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions

• Dog Like Jack, A

  Author(s)/URL: DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Don't Make Me Smile

  Author(s)/URL: Barbara Park
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Boys, Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Life Transitions

• Everything You Need to Know About Your Parent's Divorce

  Author(s)/URL: Linda Carlson Johnson
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Communication, Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Life Transitions, Problem Solving

• Fourth Grade Wizards, The

  Author(s)/URL: Barthe DeClements
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Entertainment, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Fox Steals Home, The

  Author(s)/URL: Matt Christopher
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Life Transitions, Moving, Sports

• Goodbye House

  Author(s)/URL: Frank Asch
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Entertainment, Life Transitions, Moving

• Goodbye, Mousie

  Author(s)/URL: Robie H. Harris
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions

• Grandma's Gone to Live in the Stars

  Author(s)/URL: Max Haynes
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Grandparents, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids

  Author(s)/URL: Alan Wolfelt
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Henry and Mudge and Annie's Good Move

  Author(s)/URL: Cynthia Rylant
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Anxiety, Early Literacy, Entertainment, Life Transitions, Moving

• How it Feels When a Parent Dies

  Author(s)/URL: Jill Krementz
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• How it Feels When Parents Divorce

  Author(s)/URL: Jill Krementz
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Feelings, Life Transitions

• I Don't Want to Talk About It

  Author(s)/URL: Jeanie Franz Ranson
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Feelings, Life Transitions

• If Nathan Were Here

  Author(s)/URL: Mary Bahr
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• I'll Always Love You

  Author(s)/URL: Hans Wilhelm
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Feelings, Grief

• Jasper's Day

  Author(s)/URL: Marjorie Blain Parker
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Feelings, Life Transitions

• Let's Talk About Going to a Funeral

  Author(s)/URL: Marianne Johnston
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Grief, Loss

• Let's Talk About When a Parent Dies

  Author(s)/URL: Elizabeth Weitzman
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Let's Talk About Your Parents' Divorce

  Author(s)/URL: Elizabeth Weitzman
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Communication, Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Feelings, Life Transitions

• Liplap's Wish

  Author(s)/URL: Jonathan London
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Grandparents, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Mama and Daddy Bear's Divorce

  Author(s)/URL: Cornelia Spelman
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Family Structure, Feelings, Life Transitions

• Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care

  Author(s)/URL: Jennifer Wilgocki, Marcia Kahn Wright
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Feelings, Foster Homes, Grief, Grief Resources, Life Transitions

• Memory Box, The

  Author(s)/URL: Mary Bahr
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grandparents, Life Transitions, Relationships

• Mick Harte Was Here

  Author(s)/URL: Barbara Park
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss, Siblings

• Missing May

  Author(s)/URL: Cynthia Rylant
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• My Mother Got Married

  Author(s)/URL: Barbara Park
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Entertainment, Life Transitions, Sibling Rivalry

• My Secret Bully

  Author(s)/URL: Trudy Ludwig
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Bullying, Feelings, Girls, Peer Relations, Self-Esteem

• My Stick Family: Helping Children Cope With Divorce

  Author(s)/URL: Natalie June Reilly, Brandi J. Pavese
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Feelings, Life Transitions

• Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs

  Author(s)/URL: Tomie DePaola
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Grandparents, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Old Dog, The

  Author(s)/URL: Charlotte Zolotow
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions

• Ozzie on His Own

  Author(s)/URL: Johanna Hurwitz
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Anxiety, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Entertainment, Feelings, Life Transitions

• Phoenix Rising

  Author(s)/URL: Karen Hesse
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Entertainment, Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Ready, Set, Grow! A "What's Happening to my Body?" Book for Younger Girls

  Author(s)/URL: Lynda Madaras
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Girls, Life Transitions, Puberty, Tweens

• Rudi's Pond

  Author(s)/URL: Eve Bunting
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Feelings, Friendship, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Saying Goodbye to Daddy

  Author(s)/URL: Judith Vigna
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Saying Goodbye to Lulu

  Author(s)/URL: Corinne Demas
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions

• Scooter

  Author(s)/URL: Vera B. Williams
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Entertainment, Friendship, Life Transitions, Moving

• Sex, Puberty and all that Stuff: A Guide to Growing Up

  Author(s)/URL: Jacqui Bailey
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Life Transitions, Puberty, Safety, Sexuality, Teens

• Some Frog!

  Author(s)/URL: Eve Bunting
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Fatherhood, Feelings, Life Transitions, Relationships

• Sometimes I Think I Hear My Name

  Author(s)/URL:
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Entertainment, Friendship, Life Transitions

• Sophie

  Author(s)/URL: Mem Fox
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Feelings, Grandparents, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Sport

  Author(s)/URL: Louise Fitzhugh
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Abduction, Divorce, Entertainment, Finances, Life Transitions

• Star: A Story to Help Young Children Understand Foster Care, The

  Author(s)/URL: Cynthia Miller Lovell
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Feelings, Foster Homes, Grief Resources, Life Transitions

• Strider

  Author(s)/URL: Beverly Cleary
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Entertainment, Life Transitions, Relationships

• Switcharound

  Author(s)/URL: Lois Lowry
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Entertainment, Life Transitions, Relationships, Siblings

• Tenth Good Thing About Barney, The

  Author(s)/URL: Judith Viorst
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• Two Homes

  Author(s)/URL: Claire Masurel
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Feelings, Life Transitions, Young Children

• Waiting for the Whales

  Author(s)/URL: Sheryl McFarlane
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Entertainment, Grandparents, Life Transitions, Nature, Relationships

• Walk Two Moons

  Author(s)/URL: Sharon Creech
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Entertainment, Grandparents, Life Transitions, Relationships

• Wall, The

  Author(s)/URL: Eve Bunting
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Feelings, Grandparents, Grief, Loss, Relationships

• What Can I Do? A Book For Children of Divorce

  Author(s)/URL: Danielle Lowry
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Feelings, Life Transitions, Relationships

• What Hearts

  Author(s)/URL: Bruce Brooks
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Alcoholism, Child Abuse, Divorce, Life Transitions, Relationships

• What's Heaven?

  Author(s)/URL: Maria Shriver
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• When a Pet Dies

  Author(s)/URL: Fred Rogers
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Death of a Pet, Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• When Dinosaurs Die

  Author(s)/URL: Laurie Krasny Brown
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Feelings, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss

• You & a Death in Your Family

  Author(s)/URL: Antoine Wilson
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Emotional/Behavioral Challenges, Feelings, Grief, Grief Resources, Loss

• You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown

  Author(s)/URL: Paula Danziger
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Divorce, Entertainment, Feelings, Life Transitions, Young Children

Primary Audience: Professionals

• In-Sight Books

  Author(s)/URL: http://www.insightbooks.com
  Resource Type: Website

  Keyword(s): Counseling Resources, Grief, Grief Resources, Life Transitions

• Lamaze.org

  Author(s)/URL: http://www.lamaze.org
  Resource Type: Website

  Keyword(s): Breast Feeding, Motherhood, New Baby, Pregnancy, Professionals

• Life and Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving Children

  Author(s)/URL: Linda Goldman
  Resource Type: Book

  Keyword(s): Counseling Resources, Grief, Grief Resources, Loss

• New Immigrant Resources for Libraries

  Author(s)/URL: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/forlibrarians/newimmigrantsresources.htm
  Resource Type: Website

  Keyword(s): Family Support, Life Transitions, Professionals

• New York State Community Action Association

  Author(s)/URL: http://www.nyscaaonline.org/
  Resource Type: Website

  Keyword(s): Community Resources, Family Support, Family Welfare, Homelessness, Poverty

• New York State Parent Education & Awareness Program

  Author(s)/URL: http://www.nycourts.gov/ip/parent%2Ded/
  Resource Type: Website

  Keyword(s): Community Resources, Divorce, Problem Solving, Professionals, Relationships