Resources for Subject: All Kinds of Families
Selections reflect the variety of family constellations that children live in today. Families formed through marriage, raising children born or adopted into the family, extended family relationships including kincare, gay and lesbian couples raising children, foster families, single head of households are represented in stories and resources in this section.
Primary Audience: Parents
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Book of New Family Traditions, The
Author(s)/URL: Meg Cox
Keyword(s): Entertainment, Family Empowerment, General Parenting, Relationships, Siblings
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Boomer's Guide to Grandparenting, A
Author(s)/URL: Allan Zullo
Keyword(s): Family Structure, Grandparents
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Business Traveling Parent, The
Author(s)/URL: Dan Verlick
Keyword(s): Family Empowerment, Working Parents
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Child Custody Made Simple: Understanding the Laws of Child Custody and Child Support
Author(s)/URL: Webster Watnik
Keyword(s): Divorce, Family Support, Justice System
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Childcare Sourcebook, The
Author(s)/URL: Ellen Tauscher
Keyword(s): Child Care, Child Safety, Working Parents
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Choosing Childcare for Dummies
Author(s)/URL: Ann Douglas
Keyword(s): Child Care, Child Safety, Parent Survival Tips, Working Parents, Young Children
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GIC Voice: A Newsletter for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Author(s)/URL: http://www.aarp.org/families/grandparents/
Keyword(s): Advocacy, Community Resources, Grandparents
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Grand
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Keyword(s): Child Development, Family Structure, Family Support, Grandparents, Health
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Grandloving: Making Memories with Your Grandchildren
Author(s)/URL: Julie Carlson, Sue Johnson
Keyword(s): Communication, Family Empowerment, Games, Grandparents
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Grandparents as Parents: A Survival Guide for Raising a Second Family
Author(s)/URL: Deborah Edler Brown, Sylvie de Toledo
Keyword(s): Community Resources, Family Structure, Grandparents, Relationships
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How to Build the Grandma Connection
Author(s)/URL: Susan V. Bosak
Keyword(s): Family Empowerment, Grandparents, Relationships
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How to Find the Best Quality Child Care
Author(s)/URL: Michael J. Matthews
Keyword(s): Child Care, Child Safety, Community Resources, Working Parents
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If I Knew It Was Going To Be This Much Fun, I Would Have Become a Grandparent First
Author(s)/URL: Willard Scott
Keyword(s): Entertainment, Grandparents, Relationships
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Intentional Family: Simple Rituals to Strengthen Family Ties, The
Author(s)/URL: William Doherty
Keyword(s): Communication, Family Empowerment, Family Structure, Problem Solving, Relationships
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Kids and Grandparents: An Activity Book
Author(s)/URL: Jane Drake, Ann Love
Keyword(s): Food, Games, Grandparents, Relationships
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Marathon Dad: Setting a Pace That Works for Working Fathers
Author(s)/URL: John Evans
Keyword(s): Family Empowerment, Fatherhood, Parent Survival Tips, Relationships, Working Parents
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Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn: The Complete Guide
Author(s)/URL: Ann Keppler, Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley
Keyword(s): Breast Feeding, Infant Development, New Baby, Parent Education, Pregnancy
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Raising Black Children
Author(s)/URL: James Comer, Alvin Poussaint
Keyword(s): African-American Children, Child Development, Family Empowerment, Self-Esteem
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Ser Padres (Parents Magazine en Espanol)
Author(s)/URL: http://www.serpadres.es/
Keyword(s): Child Development, General Parenting (Spanish), Latino Children
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She Works/He Works
Author(s)/URL: Rosalind Barnett, Caryl Rivers
Keyword(s): Family Support, Working Parents
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Single Mothers
Author(s)/URL: http://www.singlemothers.org
Keyword(s): Family Empowerment, Motherhood, Parent Survival Tips, Single Parenting
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Single Parent Resource, The
Author(s)/URL: Art Klein, Brook Noel
Keyword(s): Family Structure, Parent Survival Tips, Problem Solving, Single Parenting, Working Parents
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Survival Tips for Working Moms: 297 Real Tips from Real Moms
Author(s)/URL: Linda Goodman Pillsbury
Keyword(s): Child Care, Motherhood, Parent Survival Tips, Problem Solving, Working Parents
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This Is How We Do It: The Working Mother's Manifesto
Author(s)/URL: Carol Evans
Keyword(s): Family Empowerment, Motherhood, Parent Survival Tips, Working Parents
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When Mothers Work: Loving Our Children Without Sacrificing Ourselves
Author(s)/URL: Joan K. Peters
Keyword(s): Family Empowerment, Motherhood, Working Parents
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Wonderful Ways to Love a Grandchild
Author(s)/URL: Judy Ford
Keyword(s): Family Structure, Grandparents, Relationships
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Working Mother
Author(s)/URL: http://www.workingmother.com
Keyword(s): Child Care, Child Development, Motherhood, Parent Survival Tips, Working Parents
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Your Amazing Newborn
Author(s)/URL: Marshall Klaus, Phyllis Klaus
Keyword(s): Child Development, Infant Development, New Baby, Parent Education, Pregnancy
Resource Type: Book
Primary Audience: Children/Youth
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38 Ways to Entertain Your Grandparents
Author(s)/URL: Dette Hunter
Keyword(s): Entertainment, Family Literacy, Food, Games, Grandparents
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ABC A Family Alphabet Book
Author(s)/URL: Bobbie Combs
Keyword(s): Family Empowerment, Same Sex Parents, Literacy, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families
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Abuela
Author(s)/URL: Arthur Dorros
Keyword(s): Family Literacy, Grandparents, Latino Children
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All Families are Special
Author(s)/URL: Norma Simon
Keyword(s): Adoption, Extended Family, Family Structure, Foster Homes, Same Sex Parents, Grandparents, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families, Single Parenting, Stepfamilies
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And Tango Makes Three/Tres Con Tango
Author(s)/URL: Peter Parnell, Justin Richardson
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Fatherhood, New Baby, Same Sex Parents
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Changing Places: A Kid's View of Shelter Living
Author(s)/URL: Margie Chalofsky, Glenn Finland, Judy Wallace
Keyword(s): Feelings, Homelessness, Life Transitions, Poverty
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Coffee Can Kid, The
Author(s)/URL: Jan Czech
Keyword(s): Adoption, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families, Young Children
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Daddy Machine, The
Author(s)/URL: Johnny Valentine
Keyword(s): Family Structure, Same Sex Parents, Sexual Orientation
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Daddy's Roommate
Author(s)/URL: Michael Willhoite
Keyword(s): Divorce, Family Structure, Same Sex Parents, Sexual Orientation, Single Parenting
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Day We Met You, The
Author(s)/URL: Phoebe Koehler
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, New Baby
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Did My First Mother Love Me?
Author(s)/URL: Kathryn Ann Miller
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Loss, Motherhood
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Dillon Dillon
Author(s)/URL: Kate Banks
Keyword(s): Adoption, Nature, Tweens
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Do I Have a Daddy?
Author(s)/URL: Jeanne Warren Lindsay
Keyword(s): Family Structure, Motherhood, Single Parenting, Teen Parenting
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Duke who Outlawed Jelly Beans and Other Stories, The
Author(s)/URL: Johnny Valentine
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Foster Homes, Same Sex Parents, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families, Relationships, Sexual Orientation, Single Parenting
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Emma's Yucky Brother
Author(s)/URL: Jean Little
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Foster Homes, Sibling Rivalry
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Fly Away Home
Author(s)/URL: Eve Bunting
Keyword(s): Fatherhood, Feelings, Homelessness, Life Transitions, Loss
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Grandfather and I
Author(s)/URL: Helen Elizabeth Buckley
Keyword(s): African-American Children, Grandparents, Relationships, Young Children
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Grandfather's Journey
Author(s)/URL: Allen Say
Keyword(s): Extended Family, Grandparents, Life Transitions, Migrant/Immigrant Families, Moving
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Grandmother and I
Author(s)/URL: Helen Elizabeth Buckley
Keyword(s): Grandparents, Relationships, Young Children
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Grandpa's Surprise
Author(s)/URL: Rosalind Beardshaw
Keyword(s): Feelings, Friendship, Grandparents
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Halmoni and the Picnic
Author(s)/URL: Sook Nyul Choi
Keyword(s): Grandparents, Life Transitions, Migrant/Immigrant Families, Peer Relations, Strengths, Young Children
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Happy Adoption Day
Author(s)/URL: John McCutcheon
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Life Transitions
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Heather has Two Mommies
Author(s)/URL: Leslea Newman
Keyword(s): Family Structure, Same Sex Parents, Sexual Orientation
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How My Parents Learned To Eat
Author(s)/URL: Ina Friedman
Keyword(s): Family Empowerment, Food, Military Families, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families
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I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
Author(s)/URL: Rose Lewis
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Motherhood, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families, Single Parenting
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Jalapeno Bagels
Author(s)/URL: Natasha Wing
Keyword(s): Food, Latino Children, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families
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Jin Woo
Author(s)/URL: Eve Bunting
Keyword(s): Adoption, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families, Siblings
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Keeping Quilt, The
Author(s)/URL: Patricia Polacco
Keyword(s): Extended Family, Family Structure, Grandparents, Life Transitions, Migrant/Immigrant Families
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Let's Talk About It: Adoption
Author(s)/URL: Fred Rogers
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Feelings
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Mama Eat Ant, Yuck!
Author(s)/URL: Barbara Lynn Edmonds
Keyword(s): Family Empowerment, Family Structure, Same Sex Parents, Motherhood
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Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid
Author(s)/URL: Walter Dean Myers
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Life Transitions, Peer Relations, Sports
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Molly's Family
Author(s)/URL: Nancy Garden
Keyword(s): Family Structure, Feelings, Same Sex Parents
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Mommy Far, Mommy Near
Author(s)/URL: Carol Antoinette Peacock
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Feelings, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families
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Monkey Island
Author(s)/URL: Paula Fox
Keyword(s): Family Welfare, Foster Homes, Homelessness, Life Transitions, Poverty
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Mother for Choco, A
Author(s)/URL: Keiko Kasza
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Feelings, Motherhood, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families
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New Barker in the House, A
Author(s)/URL: Tomie DePaola, Steven Shelov
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Latino Children, New Baby, Siblings
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Now One Foot, Now the Other
Author(s)/URL: Tomie DePaola
Keyword(s): Family Support, Grandparents, Relationships, Young Children
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Number on My Grandfather's Arm, The
Author(s)/URL: David A. Adler
Keyword(s): Family Support, Grandparents, Grief
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Oliver's Game
Author(s)/URL: Matt Tavares
Keyword(s): Games, Grandparents, Relationships, Young Children
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Out of the Blue
Author(s)/URL: Sarah Ellis
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Feelings, Tweens
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Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale
Author(s)/URL: Karen Katz
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, New Baby
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Pablo's Tree
Author(s)/URL: Pat Mora
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Grandparents, Latino Children
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Pinky and Rex and the New Baby
Author(s)/URL: James Howe
Keyword(s): Adoption, Feelings, Friendship, New Baby, Siblings
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Saffy's Angel
Author(s)/URL: Hilary McKay
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Support, Feelings, Tweens
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Seven Brave Women
Author(s)/URL: Betsy Hearne
Keyword(s): Family Structure, Girls, Grandparents, Motherhood
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Soldier Mom
Author(s)/URL: Alice Mead
Keyword(s): Family Support, Feelings, Life Transitions, Military Families, Tweens
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Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
Author(s)/URL: Jamie Lee Curtis
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, New Baby
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Through Moon and Stars and Night Sky
Author(s)/URL: Ann Turner
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Feelings, Life Transitions, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families
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Two of Them, The
Author(s)/URL: Aliki
Keyword(s): Grandparents, Relationships
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What Grandpas Do Best, What Grandmas Do Best
Author(s)/URL: Lara Numeroff
Keyword(s): Extended Family, Family Literacy, Family Structure, Games, Grandparents, Relationships
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What! Cried Granny: An Almost Bedtime Story
Author(s)/URL: Kate Lum
Keyword(s): Bedtime, Grandparents, Problem Solving
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When I Am Old With You
Author(s)/URL: Angela Johnson
Keyword(s): African-American Children, Feelings, Grandparents, Relationships
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White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption
Author(s)/URL: Elaine Aoki, Jean Davies Okimoto
Keyword(s): Adoption, Family Structure, Family Support, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families
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Who's In a Family?
Author(s)/URL: Robert Skutch
Keyword(s): Adoption, Extended Family, Family Structure, Foster Homes, Same Sex Parents, Grandparents, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families, Single Parenting, Stepfamilies
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You're Not My Real Mother!
Author(s)/URL: Molly Friedrich
Keyword(s): Adoption, Motherhood, Multi-racial/Bi-racial Families, Young Children
Resource Type: Book
Primary Audience: Professionals
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Children Youth and Family Consortium
Author(s)/URL: http://www.cyfc.umn.edu
Keyword(s): Advocacy, Community Resources, Family Welfare
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Cornell Family Development Training and Credentialing (FDC) Program
Author(s)/URL: http://www.human.cornell.edu/che/HD/FDC/
Keyword(s): Family Empowerment, Family Support, Poverty, Professionals, Relationships
Resource Type: Website



