single-parent families

Twelve-year-old May tries to handle the complications of growing up while dealing with her brother and a single mom who is striving to be a loving mother and still have a life of her own, but just when it seems that good things might be happening for their little family, May's playboy father shows up and almost ruins everything.

The Grace children discover a field guide to fairies in their Great Aunt Lucinda's old Victorian house that sends them on a fantastic journey into a world of elves, dwarves, and trolls.

Single mom and wedding planner May Taylor, guided by the psychic visions of her five-year-old daughter, Kylie, falls in love with professional hockey player and sports legend Martin Cartier, not knowing Martin is hiding a core of rage, heartache, and isolation that threatens their future.

Fourteen-year-old Willy, slow in school and ridiculed by other boys in his Brooklyn neighborhood, faces another dull summer with his mother until tutoring from an older girl and other special experiences help him develop a sense of self-confidence.

With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers but somehow things just don't seem to be working right.

When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.

Fourteen-year-old Tree, resentful of her working mother who leaves her in charge of a retarded brother, encounters the ghost of her dead uncle and comes to a deeper understanding of her family's problems.

Presents a Christian perspective on single parenting, discussing six keys to creating balanced, healthy, loving environments for children, including planning, self-awareness, and support, a need for acceptance, belonging, and competence, ready answers to difficult questions, and a focus on the kids.

Eleven-year-old Esmie is determined to find a new wife for her widowed police detective father and a stepmother for her brother and herself.

Shows divorced single parents how to be successful in raising their children.