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Working Parents: Book List

 
                                                   Suggested  
Book                                                    Ages  
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THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND MAMA'S NEW JOB; by Stan  
Berenstain; Random House, 1984                           3-7  

THE TERRIBLE THING THAT HAPPENED AT OUR HOUSE;  
by Margery Blaine; Scholastic, 1991                      3-7  

A CHAIR FOR MY MOTHER; by Vera Williams; William  
Morrow, 1993                                             4-6  

A.J.'S MOM GETS A NEW JOB: ADJUSTING TO A TWO-
CAREER FAMILY; by Lawrence Balter, Roz Schanzer 
(illustrator); Barron's, 1990                            4-6 

WHEN MAMA GETS HOME; Marisabina Russo; 
Greenwillow Books, 1998                                  4-6 

MY MOM TRAVELS A LOT; by Caroline Feiler Bauer;  
Puffin, 1985                                             4-8  

NO TIME FOR ME: LEARNING TO LIVE WITH BUSY  
PARENTS; by John Barrett; Human Sciences Press,  
1985                                                     4-8  

MY MOTHER THE MAIL CARRIER (Spanish/English: 
MI MAMA LA CARTERA); by Inez Maury; Feminist  
Press, 1976                                              4-7  

MY WORKING MOM; by Peter Glassman, Tedd Arnold 
(illustrator); Morrow Junior Books, 1994                 6-8 

ALL ALONE AFTER SCHOOL; by Muriel Stanek; A.   
Whitman and Co., 1985                                   6-10  

IF YOU WERE A WRITER; by Joan Lowery Nixon; Four  
Winds Press, 1988                                       6-10  

RAMONA AND HER MOTHER; by Beverly Cleary;  
Avon, 1990                                              7-10  

MAMA'S BIRTHDAY SURPRISE; by Elizabeth Spurr, 
Felipe Davalos (illustrator); Hyperion Books for 
Children, 1996                                          8-10 

MY MOM'S A VET; by Henry Horenstein; Candlewick  
Press, 1994                                             8-11  

MISTY AND ME; by Barbara Girion; Macmillan, 1990       10-13  

SURVIVAL TIPS FOR WORKING MOMS; by Linda J. 
Pillsbury; Perspective Publ., 1994 
(ISBN: 0962203653)                                     Adult 

WORKING AND CARING; by T. Berry Brazelton; 
Addison-Wesley, 1987 (ISBN: 0201106299)                Adult 

WORKING FATHERS: NEW STRATEGIES FOR BALANCING 
WORK AND FAMILY; by James A. Levine and Todd L. 
Pittinsky; Harvest Books, 1998 (ISBN: 0156006030)      Adult

THE WORKING PARENT HANDBOOK; by June S. Sale; 
Fireside Books, 1996 (ISBN: 0684802376)                Adult

WORKING PARENTS, HAPPY KIDS: STRATEGIES FOR 
STAYING CONNECTED; by Pati Crofut; Turnagain 
Press, 1999 (ISBN: 0966349989)                         Adult 
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Compiled by Catherine Smith, MLS, medical librarian at the Family Health Library, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.
Copyright 1999 Clinical Reference Systems