Working Parents: Resource List

Books for Children

Ages 4 to 8

• A Chair For My Mother; by Vera Williams; William Morrow, 1993
• A.J.'S Mom Gets a New Job: Adjusting to a Two-Career Family; by Lawrence Balter, Roz Schanzer (illustrator); Barron's, 1990
• Mama's Coming Home; by Kate Banks; Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003
• The Berenstain Bears and Mama's New Job; by Stan Berenstain; Econo Clad Books, 1999
• When Mama Gets Home; by Marisabina Russo; Greenwillow, 1998

Ages 7 to 10

• If You Were A Writer; by Joan Lowery Nixon; Econo-Clad Books, 1999
• Mama's Birthday Surprise; by Elizabeth Spurr, Felipe Davalos (illustrator); Hyperion Books for Children, 1996
• My Mom's A Vet; by Henry Horenstein; Demco Media, 1996
• My Working Mom; by Peter Glassman, Tedd Arnold (illustrator); Morrow Junior Books, 1994
• Ramona and Her Mother; by Beverly Cleary; Econo-Clad Books, 1999

Young Adult

• Misty and Me; by Barbara Girion; Econo Clad Books, 1999

Books for Adults

• The After-School Lives of Children: Alone and with Others While Parents Work; by Deborah Belle; Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc, 1999
• The Caring Parent's Guide to Child Care: Everything You Need to Know About Making Child Care Centers Work for You and Your Child; by Elissa Tabak-Lombardo; Prima Pub, 1999
• Food Fights and Bedtime Battles: A Working Parents Guide to Negotiating Dialy Power Struggles; Berkeley Publ Group, 2001
• Parent's Guide to Business Travel: Practical Advice and Wisdom for When You Have to Be Away; by Charlie Hudson; Capital Books, 2003
• Positive Discipline for Working Parents: Raising Responsible, Respectful and Resourceful Children When You Work Outside the Home; by Jane Nelsen; Rima Publ, 2003
• The Unofficial Guide to Childcare; by Ann Douglas; IDG Books Worldwide, 1998
• The Working Mother Book of Time: How to Take It, Make It, Save It, and Savor It; by Working Mother Magazine; St. Martin's Griffin, 2000
• The Working Parents Help Book: Practical Advice for Dealing with the Day-to-Day Challenges of Kids and Careers; by Susan Crites Price; Petersons Guides, 1996
• When I Go to Work I Feel Guilty: A Working Mother's Guide to Sanity and Survival; by Jenny Mosley; Thorsons Publ, 1998
• Working and Caring; by T. Berry Brazelton; Addison-Wesley, 1992
• Working Fathers: New Strategies for Balancing Work and Family; by James A. Levine and Todd L. Pittinsky; Harvest Books, 1998
• Working Parents, Happy Kids: Strategies for Staying Connected; by Pati Crofut; Turnagain Press, 1999