Reading List

Helpful Publications for Adults and Children

For Adults
7 Habits of Highly Effective Families 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families	•
Beyond Conjugality – Recognizing and Supporting Close Personal Adult Relationships Law Commission of Canada		•
Collaborative Family Law: Another Way to Resolve Family Disputes Shields/Ryan/Smith		•
Divorce Poison Dr. Richard A. Warshak		•
Getting Your Share Lois Brenner/ Robert Stein		•
How to avoid the divorce from hell M. Sue Talia
Love & Betrayal: Broken Trust in Intimate Relationships John Amodeo, Ph.D.		•
Surviving Your Divorce, an Everyday Guide for Canadians (most recent edition not available at library) Michael Cochrane	•	•

For Adults – Parenting Specific
Because Life Goes On… Helping Children and Youth Live with Separation and Divorce Natacha Joubert	•
The Complete Single Mother: Reassuring Answers to Your Most Challenging Concerns Andrea Engber and Leah Klungness	•
Custody Chaos, Personal Peace: Sharing Custody with an Ex Who is Driving You Crazy Jeffrey P. Wittman, Ph.D.		•
Difficult Questions Kids Ask, and Are Afraid to Ask About Divorce Meg F. Schneider and Joan Zuckerberg	•
“Does Wednesday Mean Mom’s House or Dad’s?”: Parenting Together While Living Apart Marc J. Ackerman	•
Helping Children Cope with Divorce Teyber		•
Helping Your Child Survive Divorce Mary Ann Shaw	•
How to Parent with Your Ex: Working Together for Your Child’s Best Interest Brette McWhorter Sember	•
Interventions for Children of Divorce (2nd ed.) Hodges		•
It’s No Big Deal Really: A Parent’s Guide to Making Divorce Easy for Children Anne Cantelo	•
Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex Julie A. Ross and Judy Corcoran	•
Keeping Kids Out of the Middle: Child-Centered Parenting in the Midst of Conflict, Separation, and Divorce Benjamin D. Garber	•
Keys to Single Parenting Carl E. Pickhardt	•
Living In A Step-family Without Getting Stepped On Kevin Leman	•
Raising Sons Without Fathers: A Woman’s Guide to Parenting Strong, Successful Boys Leif G. Terdal and Patricia Kennedy	•
Speaking of Divorce: How to Talk with Your Kids and Help Them Cope Roberta Beyer and Kent Winchester	•
The Co-Parenting Survival Guide Thayer/Zimmerman		•
Tug of War: A Judge’s Verdict on Separation, Custody Battles and the Bitter Realities of Family Court Harvey Brownstone	•	•

For Children
At Daddy’s on Saturdays (ages 5-8) Linda Walvoord Girdard	•
Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families Laurence Krasny Brown and Marc Brown	•
Divorce Is Not the End of the World: Zoe’s and Evan’s Coping Guide for Kids (ages 10-12) Zoe and Evan Stern	•
I Don’t Want to Talk About It Jeanine Franz Ransom (ages 4-8)	•
It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and Young Children During Divorce (ages 3-7) Vicky Lansky	•
Mom and Dad Break Up (ages 4-8) Joan Singleton Prestine	•
Surviving Your Parents’ Divorce Michael Cochrane	•	•
What in the World Do You Do When Your Parents Divorce? A Survival Guide for Kids Winchester and Beyer	•