Children's Books related to Parenting Issues

Adoption

• Horace (Holly Keller)
• Advice About Childrearing
• Owen (Kevin Henkes)

Bad Habits/Good Habits

• Five Little Monkeys (Eileen Christelow)
• Benny Bakes a Cake (Eve Rice)
• Ira Sleeps Over (Bernard Waber)
   

Bedtime/Nightmares

• There's A Nightmare in My Closet (Mercer Mayer)
• Bedtime For Frances (Russell Hoban)
• Edward's Overwhelming Overnight (Rosemary Wells)
• My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts,
• Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins or Things (Judith Viorst)
• Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
• Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
• Mother, Mother, I Want Another (Maria Polushkier)
   

Bedwetting

• Dry Days, Wet Nights (Maribeth Boelts)
   

Birth Order

• Silly Billy (Pat Hutchins)
• Julius the Baby of the World (Kevin Henkes)
• Poor Carl (Nancy Carlson)
• Pig Pig Grow Up (David McPhail)
• You'll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch (Pat Hutchins)
   

Blended Families

• Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers (Mary Ann Hoberman
• Families Are Different (Nina Pellegrini)
• How My Parents Learned to Eat (Ina R. Friedman)
• Like Jake and Me (Mavis Jukes)
   

Childcare

• What Kind of Sitter Is This? (Dolores Johnson)
• Shy Charles (Rosemary Wells)
   

Consequences

• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie (Laura Joffe Numeroff)
   

Crying

• Alfie Gets In First (Shirley Hughes)
• Jessie Bear, What Will You Wear? (Nancy White Carlstrom)
   

Cycles & Routines

• Sleepy Bear (Lydia Dabcovich)
• Catch Me and Kiss Me and Say It Again (Clyde & Wendy Watson)
   

Dads

• Loving (Ann Morris)
• Guess How Much I Love You (Sam McBratney)
   

Daily Routines

• Chester's Way (Kevin Henkes)
• Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? (Nancy White Carlstrom)
   

Depression/Sadness

• Sad Days, Glad Days (Dewitt Hamilton)
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Judith Viorst)
   

Discipline

• 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (Eileen Christelow)
• The Story About Ping (Marjorie Flack)Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
• Max's Bath (Rosemary Wells)
   

Divorce

• Dinosaurs Divorce (Laurene and Marc Brown)
   

Dressing

• Max's New Suit (Rosemary Wells)
• The Jacket I Wear In the Snow (Shirley Neitzel)
   

Emotional Manipulation

• Babushka's Doll (Patricia Polocco)
• A Bargain For Frances (Russell Hoban)
• Pig Pig Grows Up (David McPhail)
   

Fears

• Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
• Two Terrible Frights (Jim Aylesworth)
• There's A Monster In My Closet (Mercer Mayer)
• The Bear Under The Stairs (Helen Cooper)
• Clyde Monster (Robert L. Crowe)
• Thunder Cake (Patricia Polacco)
• D.W. All Wet (Marc Brown)
• Edward in Deep Water (Rosemary Wells)
   

Feeding/Mealtime

• Let's Eat (Ana Zamorano)
• Bread and Jam For Francis (Russell Hoban)
  Eat Up, Gemma (Sarah Hayes)
• Chicken Sunday (Patricia Polacco)
• Dinner at the Panda Palace (Stephanie Calmenson)
• Yummers! (James Marshall)
   

Getting Along With Others

• Frog and Toad Are Friends (Arnold Lobel

Hypersensitivity/Hyperactivity

• 5 Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree (Eileen Christelow)
• A Weekend With Wendell (Kevin Henkes)
• Eagle Eyes (Jeanne Gehret, M. A.)
• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Pam Adams)
   

Imaginary Friends

• Humphrey's Bear (Jan Wahl)
• Jessica (Kevin Henkes)
• Patrick's Dinosaurs (Carol Carrick)
   

Independence lssues

• Don't Wake Up Mama! (Eileen Christelow)
• Do Like Kyla (Angela Johnson)
• The Story About Ping (Marjorie Flack)
• Max's Chocolate Chicken (Rosemary Wells)
• Edward Unready For School (Rosemary Wells)
   

Jobs

• I'm Going to Be a Farmer (Edith Kunhardt)
• The Crocodile and the Dentist (Taro Gomi)
• The Night Ones (Patricia Grossman)
• Pig Pig Gets a Job (David McPhail)
   

Kids & Messes

• More or Less a Mess (Sheila Keenan)
• Better Not Get Wet, Jesse Bear (Nancy White Carlstrom)
• 5 Little Monkeys With Nothing to Do (Eileen Christelow)
• My Messy Room (Mary Packard)
• Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! (David McPhail)
   

Library

• At the Library (Christine Loomis)
• Read to Your Bunny (Rosemary Wells)
   

Loss/Grief

• The Fall of Freddie the Leaf (Leo Buscaglia, Ph.D)
• The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (Judith Viorst)
• Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs (Tomie dePaola)
   

Lying, Stealing, Cheating

• The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Tony Ross)
• Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire (Miriam Cohen)
• A Big Fat Enormous Lie (Marjorie W. Sharmat)
• It Was Jake (Anita Jeram)
   

Manners

• The Grouchy Ladybug (Eric Carle)
• Perfect Pigs (Marc Brown & Stephen Krensky)
• The Mitten (Jan Brett)
• Sheep Out to Eat (Nancy Shaw)
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears (James Marshall)
• What Do You Do, Dear? (Sesyle Joslin)
• The Meanest Thing to Say (Bill Cosby)
• The Best Way to Play (Bill Cosby)
• Monster Manners (Joanna Cole)
• Piggybook (Anthony Browne)
• Money/ Financial Responsibility
• Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday (Judith Viorst)
• Money Troubles (Bill Cosby)
• Tight Times (Barbara Hazen)
• A Chair for My Mother (Vera B. Williams)
   

Moving

• Alexander, Who's Not Going to Move (Judith Viorst)
• Fly Away Home (Eve Bunting)
• Naptime
• Naptime, Laptime (Eileen Spinelli)
• No Nap (Eve Bunting)
• The Napping House (Audrey Wood)
   

Playing

• Roxaboxen (Alice McLerran)
• Hand Rhymes (Marc Brown)
• Each Peach Pear Plum (Janet & Allan Ahlberg)
• You and Me, Little Bear (Martin Waddell)
• More More More Said the Baby (Vera B. Williams)
• Pretend You're a Cat (Jean Marzolla)
• Dear Zoo (Rod Campbell)
• Amy Loves the Snow (Julia Hoban)
• The Snowy Day (Ezra Jack Keats)
   

Repetition

• There's a Mouse in My Bed (Alan Trussell-Cullen)
  The Itsy-Bitsy Spider (Rosemary Wells)
  Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin Jr./Eric Carle)
• School Issues/School Readiness
  Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (Kevin Henkes)
  Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin Jr./Eric Carle)
• My Teacher Sleeps in School (Leatie Weiss)
• I Need A Lunch Box (Jeannette Caines)
• Spot Goes to School (Eric Hill)
• Ten Black Dots (Donald Crews)
• Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? (Tana Hoban)
• The ABC Bunny (Wanda Ga'g)
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault)
• Arthur's Teacher Trouble (Marc Brown)
• Starting School (Janet & Allan Ahlberg)
• What Mary Jo Shared (Janice May Udry)
• Morris Goes to School (B. Wiseman)
• Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner (Amy Schwartz)
   

Seasons

• Cool Off (Nellie Diaz)
• Super-Fine Valentine (Bill Cosby)
• The Snowy Day (Ezra Jack Keats)

Self-Image

• I Wish I Could Fly (Ron Maris)
• Whistle for Willie (Ezra Jack Keats)
• Timothy Goes to School (Rosemary Wells)
• Leo the Late Bloomer (Robert Kraus)
• Bright Eyes, Brown Skin (Cheryl Hudson & Bernette G. Ford)
• Willie's Not the Hugging Kind (Joyce Durham Barrett)
• Inch By Inch (Leo Lionni)
• I See (Claire A. Olsen)
• Honk (Sue Smith)
• The Treasure Hunt (Bill Cosby)
• How Can I Grow? (Mary Reid)
• Chrysanthemum (Kevin Henkes)
   

Separation

• Picnic (Emily Arnold McCully)
• The Runaway Bunny (Margaret Wise Brown)
• Owl Babies (Martin Waddell)
• The Kissing Hand (Audrey Penn)
• Best Friends Sleep Over (Jacqueline Rogers)
• Edward's Overwhelming Overnight (Rosemary Wells)
   

Sharing

• A Birthday For Frances (Russell Hoban)
• With My Brother (Eileen Roe)
• It's Mine (Leo Lionni)
• The Seven Chinese Brothers (Margaret Mahy)
• Feast for 10 (Cathryn Falwell)
• Alfie Gives a Hand (Shirley Hughes)
• The Doorbell Rang (Pat Hutchins)
• Bootsie Barker Bites (Barbara Bottner)
• This is Our House (Michael Rosen)
• Sam's Car (Barbro Lindgren)
   

Sibling Rivalry

• Harriet & Wait (Nancy Carlson)
• A Baby Sister For Frances (Russell Hoban)
• We're Very Good Friends, My Brother and I (P.K. Hallinan
• The Pain and the Great One (Judy Blume)
• Darcy and Gran Don't Like Babies (Jane Cutler)
• Bad Baby Brother (Martha Weston)
• Dogger (Shirley Hughes)
• On Mother's Lap (Ann Herbert Scott)
• Abby (Jeannette Caines)
• Peter's Chair (Ezra Jack Keats)

Sick Children

• Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox (Grace Maccarone)
• Going to the Hospital (Fred Rogers)
• Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans)
• Germs Make Me Sick! (Melvin Berger)
• Teddy Bears Cure a Cold (Susanna Gretz)
• Arthur's Chicken Pox (Marc Brown)
• Going to the Doctor (Dr. T. Berry Brazelton)

Sleeping

• Moongame (Frank Asch)
• Moon Cake (Frank Asch)
• Happy Birthday, Moon (Frank Asch)
• Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
• Bedtime For Frances (Russell Hoban)
• Edward's Overwhelming Overnight (Rosemary Wells)
• No Nap (Eve Bunting)

Speech Problems

• Leo the Late Bloomer (Robert Kraus)
• The Hungry Thing (Jan Slepian & Ann Sleidler)

Spoiling

• Pierre (Maurice Sendak)
• Pig Pig Grows Up (David McPhail)
• Rotten Ralph (Jack Gantos)

Television

• Fix-it (David McPhail)
• Tom the TV Cat (Joan Heilbroner)
• Five Minutes' Peace (Jill Murphy)
• It Was Jake! (Anita Jeram)

Temperament

• Mortimer (Robert Munsch)
• Ira Sleeps Over (Bernard Waber)
• Amazing Grace (Mary Hoffman)
• William's Doll (Charlotte Zolotow)
• Oliver Button Is a Sissy (Tomie dePaola)
• A Weekend With Wendell (Kevin Henkes)
• Willie's Not the Hugging Kind (Joyce Durham Barrett)

Temper Tantrums

• The Chocolate-Covered-Cookie Tantrum (Deborah Blumenthal)
• N-0 Spells No! (Teddy Slater)
• Mean Soup (Betsy Everitt)
• Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)

Toilet Training

• I Want My Potty (Tony Ross)
• Going to the Potty (Fred Rogers)
• Sam's Potty (Barbro Lingren)
• The New Potty (Gina & Mercer Mayer)
• Toilet Tales (Andrea Wayn von Konigslow)
• Working (Helen Oxenbury)
• On Your Potty (Virginia Miller)
• Once Upon a Potty (Alona Frankel)
• The Princess and the Potty (Wendy Cheyette Lewison)
• No Diapers for Baby! (Denise Lewis Patrick)