Resource Guide
SEPARATION/DIVORCE (for children)
Two Homes by Claire Masurel
Was It The Chocolate Pudding? A Story for Little Kids About Divorce by Sandra Levins
Living With Mom and Living With Dad by Melanie Walsh
Why Don't We All Live Together Anymore? Big issues for little people after a family break-up by Emma Waddington
Divorce Is The Worst (Ordinary Terrible Things) by Anastasia Higginbotham
Dinosaur's Divorce by Marc Brown
Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne Lang
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
12 Things Kids Think About Divorce But Are Too Afraid To Say (Huffington Post)
STORY
To Be Told by Dan Allender
Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson, MD
DEATH (for children)
I Miss You: A First Look at Death by Pat Thomas
Something Very Sad Happened: A Toddler's Guide to Understanding Death by Bonnie Zucker
Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel
Voyage to the Star Kingdom by Anne Riley
WORRY (for children)
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
Whimsy's Heavy Things by Julie Kraulis
When My Worries Get Too Big by Kari Dunn Buron
What To Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide To Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner
MARRIAGE & SEX
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Sue Johnson
Our Bodies Tell God’s Story by Christopher West
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman PhD
Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God by Timothy Keller
Tim Keller has a great (audio) series on marriage
PARENTING & NURTURING
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive by Daniel J. Siegel
How To Raise An Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims
How To Talk So Kids Will Listen, and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Faber & Mazlish
Playful Parenting by Lawrence Cohen
HABIT FORMATION
READING ALOUD
Honey For A Child's Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life by Gladys Hunt (An incredible book that offers age-specific reading lists to help nurture your child throughout their life and development)
The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
ADDICTION
This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
Perfect Daughters: Adult Daughters of Alcoholics by Robert Ackerman
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie
GRIEF & SORROW
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff
A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss by Jerry Sittser
DISABILITY & SPIRITUALITY
Becoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefullness, and Gentle Discipleship by John Swinton
Three Mile an Hour God by Koyama Kosuke
Lifesigns: Intimacy, Fecundity, and Ecstasy in Christian Perspective by Henri Nouwen
NOVELS
The Little Prince by Antoine de-Saint Exupéry
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
SPIRITUALITY
Lifesigns: Intimacy, Fecundity, and Ecstasy in Christian Perspective by Henri Nouwen
Gospel Medicine by Barbara Brown Taylor
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Eugene Peterson
SEXUAL ABUSE
The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Dan B. Allender
On The Threshold of Hope: Opening The Door to Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Diane Langberg
Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners by Kenneth M. Adams, PhD
EVIL
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Videos on Therapeutic Topics
This Is Me (2017) Divorce from a Child's Eyes
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime by Nadine Burke Harris