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Remarriage and Stepparenting: Book List

 
                                                   Suggested 
Book                                                    Ages 
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EVERETT ANDERSON'S NINE MONTH LONG WAIT; by 
Lucille Clifton; Henry Holt & Co., 1978                  3-6 

THE NOT-SO-WICKED STEPMOTHER; by Lizi Boyd; 
Viking Kestral, 1987                                     3-7 

LIKE JAKE AND ME; by Mavis Jukes; Random House, 
1987                                                     3-8 

WHAT AM I DOING IN A STEP-FAMILY?; by Claire 
Berman; Lyle Stuart, 1982                                3-9 

LIKE JAKE AND ME; by Marvis Jukes; Knopf, 1987           4-8 

MY MOTHER'S GETTING MARRIED; by Joan Drescher; 
Dial, 1986                                               4-8 

SHE'S NOT MY REAL MOTHER; by Judith Vigna; 
A. Whitman and Co., 1980                                 4-8 

JENNIFER HAS TWO DADDIES; by Patricia Galloway; 
Women's Press, 1985                                      5-8 

WHAT AM I DOING IN A STEP-FAMILY?; by Claire 
Berman; Lyle Stuart Inc., 1982                          5-10 

I LOVE MY FOSTER GRANDPARENTS; by Beverly 
Amstutz; Precious Res., 1981                            5-12 

MY NEW MOM AND ME; by Betty Ren Wright; Raintree 
Pub., 1981                                              8-10 

HEY, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS ONE?; by Maia 
Wojciechowska; Harper and Row, 1969                     8-12 

IDA EARLY COMES OVER THE MOUNTAIN; by Robert 
Burch; Avon, 1982                                       8-12 

SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL; by Patricia MacLachlan; 
Harper and Row, 1985                                    8-12 

I AND SPROGGY; by Constance Greene; Viking 
Press, 1978                                             9-11 

THE BOYS AND GIRLS BOOK ABOUT STEPFAMILIES; by 
Richard Gardner; Bantam, 1982                           9-12 

MOVING IN; by Alfred Slote; Lippincott, 1988            9-12 

SPORT; by Louise Fitzhugh; Delacorte Press, 1979        9-12 

ME AND MR. STENNER; by Evan Hunter; Lippincott, 
1976                                                   10-12 

HAPPILY EVER AFTER... ALMOST; by Judie Wolkoff; 
Bradbury Press, 1982                                   11-13 

THE DIVORCE EXPRESS; by Paula Danziger; 
Delacorte, 1982                                        11-14 

NO SCARLET RIBBONS; by Susan Terris; Farrar, 
Strauss and Giroux, 1981                               11-14 

SQUEAKY WHEEL; by Robert Kimmel Smith; Doubleday 
& Co., 1990                                            12-15 

STEPKIDS; by Ann Getzoff; Walker & Co., 1984             13+ 

STEPKIDS: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR TEENAGERS IN 
STEPFAMILIES; by Ann Getzoff and Caroline 
McClenahan; Walker and Co. Publishers, 1984             Teen

DINOSAUR'S DIVORCE; by Laurene Krasny Brown and 
Marc Brown; Little, Brown and Co., 1986                Adult

FAMILY RULES: HELPING STEPFAMILIES AND SINGLE 
PARENTS BUILD HAPPY HOMES; by Jeannette Lofas; 
Kensington Publ., 1998 (ISBN: 157566352X)              Adult

HOW TO WIN AS A STEP-FAMILY; by Emily 
Visher; Brunner/Mazel, 1991 (ISBN: 0876306490)         Adult

MAKING PEACE IN YOUR STEPFAMILY; by Harold H. 
Bloomfield; Hyperion Press, 1998 
(ISBN: 1562828851)                                     Adult

MERGING FAMILIES: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE FOR BLENDED 
FAMILIES; by Bobbie Reed; Concordia Publ. Co., 
1992 (ISBN: 0570045665                                 Adult

POSITIVE DISCIPLINE FOR BLENDED FAMILIES: 
NURTURING HARMONY, RESPECT, AND UNITY IN YOUR NEW 
STEPFAMILY; by Jane Nelsen; Prima Publishing, 
1997 (ISBN: 0761510354)                                Adult

STEP-BY STEP-PARENTING: A GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL 
LIVING WITH A BLENDED FAMILY; by James D. Eckler; 
Betterway Publications, 1993 (ISBN: 1558702946)        Adult

STEPFAMILIES STEPPING AHEAD; by Emily and John 
Visher; Stepfamily Association of America, 1988 
                                                       Adult
STEPFAMILY PROBLEMS: HOW TO SOLVE THEM; by Tom 
Frydenger; Baker Book House, 1997 
(ISBN: 0800786483)                                     Adult

STEPPARENTING; by Jeannette Lofas; Kensington 
Publ. Corp., 1996 (ISBN: 1575661136)                   Adult

THE STEP-PARENT'S SURVIVAL GUIDE: POSITIVE ADVICE 
FOR ACHIEVING A SUCCESSFUL STEP-FAMILY; by Hilary 
Boyd; Sterling Publications, 1998 
(ISBN: 070637732X)                                     Adult

WONDERFUL WAYS TO BE A STEPPARENT; by Judy Ford; 
Conari Press, 1999 (ISBN: 1573241474)                  Adult

YOU'RE A STEPPARENT...NOW WHAT?  A GUIDE TO 
PARENTING IN FAMILIES WITH NONBIOLOGICAL CHILDREN; 
by Joseph Cerquone; New Horizon Press, 1994 
(ISBN: 0882821296)                                     Adult

YOURS, MINE, AND OURS; by Anne C. Bernstein; 
Norton Press, 1989                                     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