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Childrens Books featuring characters living in split families - any recommendations?

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misscathcart · 22/01/2010 12:47

I've been looking for books to read 3yr old dd that are not about divorce or seperation but that feature characters that may live with dad or mum or step parents. So far I've been able to find one called 'Two Homes' by Claire Marusel(?) which I've ordered but I'd like to know of more. My dd knows no different to having her own two homes but all the books I read her are about the 'conventional' family.
Has anyone read anything that might be suitable?

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librarymice · 22/01/2010 13:05

"We're Wearing Out the Naughty Step" by Mike Inkpen has a man who is partner to the mum but not the children's dad. I'm sure there are more, just need to get my brain in gear.

misscathcart · 22/01/2010 13:42

thankyou, will have a look - although dd hasn't got a clue what a 'naughty step' is (yet! hah)

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MissM · 25/01/2010 21:02

Grace and Family. It's a little old for a three year-old (and, to be honest, it makes me cry) but my three year-old enjoys it now and then (and I envisage will ask for it more and more as she gets older) and it's a very positive depiction of a single mother and the girl's father's new family.

onadietcokebreak · 25/01/2010 23:28

Was about to post and ask similar question. Want a book that shows parents living in seperate houses with or without new partners

elkiedee · 26/01/2010 12:29

I grew up in a single parent family until my mum remarried when I was 6, nearly 7. Her second marriage broke up when my brother and sisteer were in their teens.

I don't remember any picture books about it tbh, but there are several series in my sons' collection that would be good for reading to a 3 year old which show single parent families getting on with things, though break ups and the other parent are never mentioned in the stories. They are very much about family life and about the things that a toddler does in the first two cases and a slighly older child in the third - eg in one book Harry starts school, in another he goes to the dentist.

Virginia Miller's 5 George and Bartholomew books include I Love You all the Same, Be Gentle, Eat Your Dinner, and feature a father and toddler son bear duo.

Martin Waddell's Little Bear series is also about a father and son.

Ian Whybrow's Harry and the Dinosaurs series feature a little boy who lives with his older sister, his mum and seemingly his grandmother.

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