Picture Books about Divorce

Check out these books if you're looking for a way to help talk to your child about divorce.

Updated June 17, 2024
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Two homes, one heart
Young, Jessica
Paper Book
From acclaimed creators Jessica Young and Chelsea O'Byrne comes a heartening picture book about evolving families and enduring love. Two parents, one me. Are we still a family Living in two homes can be a big adjustment, but it can also present opportunities for...
My big fantastic family
Guillain, Adam
Paper Book
This funny and reassuring celebration of non-nuclear families will help children to understand that they will always be loved--even if parents separate or divorce. When Dad says that he's moving out, Lily-May feels all upside-down inside. But now Dad comes on...
Everything changes
Welsh, Clare Helen
Paper Book
A lyrical and tender story about the difficult emotions a child can feel when their parents break up. While playing together as a family on the beach, it seems the happy, warm days of summer will never end. But then Mom and Dad say they can't live together anymore, and everything changes ?
Emily's blue period
Daly, Cathleen.
Paper Book
Emily wants to be an artist. She likes painting and loves the way artists like Pablo Picasso mixed things up. Emily's life is a little mixed up right now. Her dad doesn't live at home anymore, and it feels like everything around her is changing. "When Picasso was sad for...
Living with Mom and living with Dad
Walsh, Melanie.
Paper Book
For young children who live in two homes, this bright, simple story with oversized flaps reassures young readers that there is love in each one. Her parents don't live together anymore, so sometimes the child in this book lives with her mom and cat, and sometimes with Dad. Her...

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