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Related booklists: Divorce & Family Break-Up - Books for Children, Single Parents, Single Fathers: Books for Children, Single Parent Families: Books for Young Adults, Mums: Books for Children,

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 21 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Up and Down Mum by Summer Maçon
    Up and Down Mum - by Summer Maçon

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781786283399 | ISBN 10: 1786283395

    Living with Mum is a bit like a roller coaster ride. At times, she is excited and full of energy, but at others, she is tired and withdrawn. But she’s always my mum, and we’re sharing the ride.  For children who grow up in the care of ... more

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    It's a No-Money Day - by Kate Milner

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781781128817 | ISBN 10: 1781128812

    A gentle, poignant and powerful exploration of foodbanks and life below the poverty line, from the Klaus Flugge Prize-winning creator of My Name is Not Refugee.   Mum works really hard, but today there is no money left and no food in the cupboar ... more

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  • Cover image of book Errol
    Errol's Garden - by Gillian Hibbs

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786280848 | ISBN 10: 1786280841

    Errol loves gardening, but he doesn’t have a proper garden. Although his home is full of beautiful plants, he longs for an outdoor space where he can grow things. A chance discovery leads to a solution, but Errol can’t do everything on his own. L ... more

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  • Cover image of book Grandma Bird by Benji Davies
    Grandma Bird - by Benji Davies

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781471171802 | ISBN 10: 1471171809

    A tender and heart-warming new story from the world of The Storm Whale.   Noi isn’t at all sure about staying at Grandma’s. Grandma boils seaweed for soup, and there’s not much to do on the tiny island where she lives where the wind cuts in ... more

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  • Cover image of book Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne Lang, illustrated by Max Lang
    Families, Families, Families! - by Suzanne Lang, illustrated by Max Lang

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780552572927 | ISBN 10: 0552572926

    If you love each other, then you’re a family . . .   Do you have two dads? Or one step mum? Or what about the world’s biggest grandpa?   Discover a whole host of silly animal families in this hilarious celebration of the love found in ... more

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  • Cover image of book Who
    Who's in My Family? All About Our Families - by Robie H. Harris, ilustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781406345407 | ISBN 10: 1406345407

    A fun and friendly look at the many kinds of families that make up our world by best-selling author Robie H Harris.  Join Nellie and Gus and their parents for a day at the zoo, where they see all kinds of children and families - both animal and hum ... more

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  • Cover image of book Happy Families: Mrs.Vole the Vet by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark
    Happy Families: Mrs.Vole the Vet - by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780723293941 | ISBN 10: 0723293945

    Mrs Vole the vet has one son, three daughters, three cats, four dogs and no husband. She works day and night curing rabbits and leopards and hamsters and elephants and every animal in between. But her children think she deserves some attention too, s ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
    My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece - by Annabel Pitcher

    £7.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781780621869 | ISBN 10: 1780621868

    Narrated by ten year old Jamie, a stunning debut novel about the tragedy that tears apart his family after a terrorist attack, and how they rebuild their lives.  Ten-year-old Jamie Matthews has just moved to the Lake District with his Dad and his ... more

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  • Cover image of book Living with Mum and Living with Dad: My Two Homes by Melanie Walsh
    Living with Mum and Living with Dad: My Two Homes - by Melanie Walsh

    £7.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781406341768 | ISBN 10: 1406341762

    A reassuring and simple story about separation for the very youngest children.  Mum and Dad don't live together any more, so sometimes this little girl lives with her mum and her cat, and sometimes she lives with her dad. She has two bedrooms and ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Dinosaur
    The Dinosaur's Packed Lunch - by Jacqueline Wilson, illustrated by Nick Sharratt

    £5.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780552564809 | ISBN 10: 055256480x

    Dinah feels sad. Her class has gone on a school trip to see the dinosaurs at the museum, and everyone else has a tasty packed lunch - except Dinah. Until a funny new friend decides to help...   Soon Dinah has a very special packed lunch ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Name is Mina by David Almond
    My Name is Mina - by David Almond

    £7.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780340997260 | ISBN 10: 0340997265

    There’s an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It’s been there for an age. I keep on saying that I’ll write a journal. So I’ll start right here, right now. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the ... more

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  • Cover image of book Alfie Gives a Hand by Shirley Hughes
    Alfie Gives a Hand - by Shirley Hughes

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781862307858 | ISBN 10: 1862307857

    Alfie is delighted to be invited to Bernard’s birthday party, although he feels a bit nervous about going on his own. But Alfie has such a great time, he finds he doesn’t even need his special blanket – and he makes a new friend too!   Joi ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Savage by David Amond, illustrated by Dave McKean
    The Savage - by David Amond, illustrated by Dave McKean

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781406319859 | ISBN 10: 1406319856

    "There was a wild kid living in Burgess Woods. He had no famly and he had no pals and he didn't know where he came from and he culdn't talk. His wepons were old kitchen nives and forks and an ax. He was savage. He was truely wild." Blue Baker is writ ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams and Quentin Blake
    The Boy in the Dress - by David Walliams and Quentin Blake

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780007279043 | ISBN 10: 0007279043

    "Dennis felt like he was on a rollercoaster. He didn't have to be boring Dennis anymore. I can be whoever I want to be! he thought."  Charming, surprising and hilarious - The Boy in the Dress is everything you would expect from the co-creator of ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Mum-Minder by Jacqueline Wilson
    The Mum-Minder - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £4.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780440868255 | ISBN 10: 0440868254

    I'm Sadie and I'm nearly nine. Mum's a childminder, but she doesn't have to mind me. I can mind myself, easy-peasy. Lucky for Mum, because now she's got the flu, so I've got to mind her - and help with all the babies!' "The humorous account of a v ... more

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  • Cover image of book Princess Grace by Mary Hoffman, Cornelius van Wright, and Ying-Hwa Hu
    Princess Grace - by Mary Hoffman, Cornelius van Wright, and Ying-Hwa Hu

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781845076696 | ISBN 10: 1845076699

    Grace is back!   The girl from Amazing Grace who proved that you can be anything you want and that families are what you make them, now discovers that there's more more than one way to be a princess.   Grace has the chance to be a pri ... more

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  • Cover image of book Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson
    Candyfloss - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780440866459 | ISBN 10: 0440866456

    Floss's parents split up when she was younger and she now divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her mum's new boyfriend and her new baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon c ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Bed and Breakfast Star by Jacqueline Wilson
    The Bed and Breakfast Star - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780440867609 | ISBN 10: 0440867606

    Where do baby apes sleep? In apricots!  I'm Elsa, and that's one of my jokes (I tell LOTS of jokes and I'm going to be a big star one day). I do my best to cheer my family up - but no one seems to laugh much any more. Not since we lost our ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Bed and Breakfast Star by Jacqueline Wilson
    The Bed and Breakfast Star - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2000) - ISBN 13: 9780711213555 | ISBN 10: 0711213550

    Where do baby apes sleep? In apricots!  I'm Elsa, and that's one of my jokes (I tell LOTS of jokes and I'm going to be a big star one day). I do my best to cheer my family up - but no one seems to laugh much any more. Not since we lost our ... more

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  • Cover image of book Who
    Who's in a Family? - by Robert Skutch, illustrated by Laura Nienhaus

    £7.99   paperback   (1998) - ISBN 13: 9781883672669 | ISBN 10: 188367266x

    Family is important. But who's in a family? This picture book provides the answer with a series of family snapshots that has no preconceptions about what makes a family. There are even snapshots from some of children's favourite animal families. ... more

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    I'll Take You to Mrs Cole! - by Nigel Gray, illustrated by Michael Foreman

    £6.99   paperback   (1998) - ISBN 13: 9780862644079 | ISBN 10: 0862644070

    A touching story set in the inner-city, about a little boy who lives on his own with his working mother - who overcomes his fear of a neighbour and her family and makes many new friends.  Whenever he is naughty, his mother threatens him with ... more

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