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Coping with Change: Books for Young Children

Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren
© 2005 Cooperative Children's Book Center

This bibliography was developed for the Child Care Information Center Newsletter published by the Child Care Information Center operated by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction with funding from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.


Click on underlined book titles to see the CCBC review of the book, and/or the cover image.


Oh Baby! The Birth of a Sibling

    Carter, Alden R. . Big Brother Dustin. Photographed by Dan Young with Carol Carter. Albert Whitman, 1997. Ages 4 - 6

    Cole, Joanna. The New Baby at Your House. Photographed by Margaret Miller. Morrow, 1998. Ages 2 - 5

    Cousins, Lucy. Za-Za's Baby Brother. Candlewick Press, 1995. Ages 2 - 4

    Garland, Sarah. Billy and Belle. U.S. edition: Viking, 1992. Ages 3 - 6

    Greenfield, Eloise. Sweet Baby Coming. Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. HarperFestival/HarperCollins, 1994. Ages 6 months - 2 years

    Scott, Ann Herbert. On Mother's Lap. Illustrated by Glo Coalson. Clarion, 1992. Ages 2 - 4


A New Place to Live: Moving

    Bond, Rebecca. When Marcus Moore Moved In. Megan Tingley Books/Little, Brown, 2003. Ages 4 - 8

    Johnson, Angela. The Leaving Morning. Illustrated by David Soman. Orchard, 1992. Ages 3 - 6

    Rogers, Fred. Moving. Photographed by Jim Judkis. Putnam, 1987. Ages 3 - 7


Hearts Together / Lives Apart:
Separation through Divorce, Incarceration, Travel

    Brisson, Pat. Mama Loves Me From Away. Illustrated by Laurie Caple. Boyds Mills Press, 2004. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 9

    Girard, Linda Walvoord. At Daddy's on Saturdays. Illustrated by Judith Friedman. Albert Whitman, 1987. Ages 3 - 8

    Masurel, Claire. Two Homes. Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton. Candlewick Press, 2001. Ages 3 - 5

    Newman, Leslea. Saturday is Pattyday. Illustrated by Annette Hegel. U.S. edition: New Victoria Publishers, 1993. Ages 3 - 7

    Rogers, Fred. Let's Talk About Divorce. Photographed by Jim Judkis. Putnam, 1996. Ages 2 - 5

    Westerhout, Lynn. Business in Bangkok. Illustrated by Chum McLeod. U.S. edition: Second Story Press, 2002. Ages 2 - 6

    Woodson, Jacqueline. Visiting Day. Illustrated by James E. Ransome. Scholastic Press, 2002. Ages 5 - 9


Saying Goodbye: The Death of a Loved One

    Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's Goodbye. Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, 1983.

    Durant, Alan. Always and Forever. Illustrated by Debi Gliori. U.S. edition: Harcourt, 2004. 24 pages. Ages 3 - 6

    Harris, Robie H.. Goodbye Mousie. Illustrated by Jan Ormerod. Margaret K. McElderry, 2001. Ages 3 - 6


Big Beginnings:
Starting Daycare or Preschool

    Ballard, Robin. My Day, Your Day. Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2001. Ages 2 - 5

    Barrett, Mary Brigid. Day Care Days. Illustrated by Patti Beling Murphy. Little, Brown, 1999. Ages 3 - 5

    Hudson, Cheryl Willis and Bernette G. Ford . Bright Eyes, Brown Skin. Illustrated by George Ford. Just Us Books, 1990. Ages 2 - 5

    Valens, Amy. Jesse's Daycare. Illustrated by Richard Brown. Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Ages 2 - 4



This list may be reproduced and distributed by educational and/or nonprofit organizations so long as credit is given to the Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.



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