Books

Below is a listing of books that have been helpful to Guardians in their work with families and children. Some of these books might be appropriate for families you are working with. We hope you find some of these titles helpful. If you have read a book that you have found helpful, please email us the title, author and ISBN number and we can add it to this list.

Many of these books may be ordered on the web through Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble or directly from the publisher.

  • A New Room For William
    Sally Grindley
    Candlewick Press $15.99
    ISBN: 763611964
     
  • A Question of Balance: Decision Making for CASA/GALs
    Janet L. Ward
    National CASA Association, 1-800-628-3233 $0.00
    ISBN: not available
     
  • Be A Great Divorced Dad
    Kenneth N. Condrell, Ph.D., with Linda Lee Small
    St. Martin's Press 1998 $11.95
    ISBN: 0-312-15549-2
     
  • Because of Winn-Dixie
    Kate DiCamillo
    Candlewick Press $15.99
    ISBN: 763607762
     
  • Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High Conflict Divorce
    Carla B. Garrity and Mitchell A. Baris
    Jossey-Bass Publishers 1997 $16.95
    ISBN: 0-7879-3879-3
     
  • Child Custody: Building Parenting Agreements That Work, 2nd Edition
    Mimi E. Lyster
    Nolo Press 1996 $24.95
    ISBN: 0-8733-7345-6
     
  • Co-Parenting After Divorce: How To Raise Happy, Healthy Children in Two-Home Families
    Diana Shulman, J.D., Ph.D.
    WinnSpeed Press 1996 $12.95
    ISBN: 0-9656907-0-9
     
  • Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life
    Abigail Trafford
    HarperPerennial 1992 $13.00
    ISBN: 0-06-092309-1
     
  • Dinosaurs Divorce
    Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
    Little Brown & Co. $15.95
    ISBN: 0-316-11248-8
     
  • Divorce Is Not The End Of The World: Zoe's and Evan's Coping Guide For Kids
    Zoe Stern, Evan Stern and Ellen Sue Stern
    Tricycle $8.95
    ISBN: 1-883672-44-9
     
  • Handbook on Questioning Children
    Anne Graffam Walker
    American Bar Association 1994 $34.95
    ISBN: 1-5707-3000-8
     
  • Healthy Divorce
    Craig Everett and Sandra Volgy Everett
    Jossey-Bass Publishers 1994 $25.00
    ISBN: 1-554-2672-7
     
  • Help! A Girl's Guide To Divorce and Stepfamilies
    Nancy Holyoke
    Pleasant Company Publications $8.95
    ISBN: 1562477498
     
  • Helping Children Cope With Divorce
    Edward Teyber
    Jossey-Bass Publishers 1997 $15.00
    ISBN: 0-7879-3947-1
     
  • How To Survive Your Parents' Divorce: Kids' Advice to Kids
    Gayle Kimball
    Equality Press $9.95
    ISBN: 0-938795-22-8
     
  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
    Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
    Avon Books 1991 $12.50
    ISBN: 0-3805-7000-9
     
  • Joint Custody With A Jerk - Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex
    Julie A. Ross, M.A. and Judy Corcoran
    St. Martin's Press 1996 $14.95
    ISBN: 0-312-141113-0
     
  • Mom's House, Dad's House- Making Two Homes For Your Child, 2nd Edition
    Isolina Ricci, Ph.D.
    Simon & Schuster 1997 $13.00
    ISBN: 0-684-83078-7
     
  • My Parents Still Love Me Even Though They Are Getting Divorced
    Lois V. Nightingale
    Nightingale Rose Publicaitons $14.95
    ISBN: 1-889755-00-1
     
  • Stepwives: 10 Steps to Help Ex-wives and Stepmothers End the Struggle and Put the Kids First
    Lynne Oxhorn-Ringwood and Louise Oxhorn with Marjorie Vego Krausz, Ed.D., M.F.T.
    Simon & Schuster 2002 $13.00
    ISBN: 0-743-22246-6
     
  • Surviving the Breakup: How Children and Parents Cope with Divorce
    Judith Wallerstien and Joan Kelly
    Basic Books 1996 $15.00
    ISBN: 465083455
     
  • The Batterer as Parent
    Lundy Bancroft and Jay Silverman
    Sage Publications 2002 $32.95
    ISBN: 6-7619-2276-8
     
  • The Best Parent Is Both Parents: A Guide to Shared Parenting in the 21st Century
    David L. Levy
    Hampton Roads Publishing Company 1993 $9.95
    ISBN: 1-878901-56-7
     
  • The Co-Parenting Survival Guide
    Elizabeth S. Thayer, Ph.D. & Jeffery Zimmerman, Ph.D.
    New Harbinger Publications, Inc. $0.00
    ISBN: 1-57224-245-0
     
  • The Dollars and Sense of Divorce
    Judith Briles, Carol Ann Wilson and Edwin C. Schilling, III
    Dearborn Trade Press 1998 $17.95
    ISBN: 07931-2763-7
     
  • The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart
    Constance Ahrons, Ph.D.
    HarperPerennial 1994 $13.00
    ISBN: 0-06-092634-1
     
  • Why Did You Have To Get A Divorce? And, When Can I Get A Hamster?
    Anthony E. Wolfe, Ph.D.
    The Noonday Press 1998 $13.00
    ISBN: 0-374-52568-4