parent and child

Emily wants to celebrate the end of the second grade by going to a sleepover with her friends, but she is afraid that her parents might object.

At the suggestion of her therapist, ten-year-old Fiona begins to keep a journal in which she records her fears, feelings, and gradual adjustment in the year after her parents get a divorce.

Provides examples of the different ways in which love can be expressed, with an emphasis on the relationship between parent and child.

Discusses the importance of rules, why adults make the rules they do, and how to negotiate if the rules seem unfair.

Tom keeps Mother and Father Rabbit busy by asking for hamburgers and pets.

When Sophie's father suddenly decides to divorce Sophie's mother and marry her sister Marley's college roommate, Sophie feels like she is trapped in an endless soap opera.

High school senior Jeff Browning is upset when he learns that his girlfriend is pregnant, and determined not to let a baby ruin his plans to go to college on a debate scholarship, but his feelings change after the baby is born.

When Guy's mother announces that she is going to marry the father of his despised enemy Lana, Guy realizes that he must join forces with Lana to stop the event.

The adventures of twelve-year-old Keith as he tries to cheer up his parents in many different ways including painting their shop in bright colors and convincing them to move from gloomy England to a place called Paradise.

In discussing her mother's death with her father, eleven-year-old Sarah comes to see that in endings there are new beginnings, that in winter there is the promise of spring, and that everything comes full circle.