Online Genre Guides
PBSKIDS 2016, It’s my life, families, step-families, Castleworks Inc, viewed 4th October 2016
<http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/family/stepfamilies/print_books.html>
PBS Kids is an interactive, colorful and fun website for kids and parents loaded with entertaining and educational online games and tutorials. For parents, the website provides a reference guide containing a number of suitable texts.
Parentbooks 2005, Step and blended families booklist, Parentbooks, viewed 4th October 2016
<https://www.parentbooks.ca/Step_&_Blended%20Families.html>
Parent Books is a Canadian based website providing references and resources for young families. It offers a number of resources such as student texts, audio and video learning, links to other related websites and, of course, a sound genre guide which recommends a range of blended family texts.
Little Parachutes: Pictures Books to Help Children Deal with Life’s Challenges 2014, Books on: divorce/ separation, Little Parachutes Co., viewed 4th October 2016 <http://www.littleparachutes.com/subcategory.php?sid=15>
Little Parachutes is a site for children and parents to seek out picture books on subjects such as moving house, eating healthy, potty training, visiting doctors, divorce, adoption and family breakdowns. It offers a large list of easy to read texts, with a range of blended family resources.
Kids Turn: Putting Kids in the Center of Healing, Not in the Middle of Conflict 1988, Family resource: kids, books for kids, Kids Turn, viewed October 4 2016 <http://kidsturn.org/kt/family-resources/kids/booksforkids/>
Kids Turn is based in San Francisco and provides help for children and parents during family breakdowns. Their goal is to help children cope with parental separation by providing online and face to face programs. Furthermore; they aim to assist family member’s support their children while reducing the stigma of family breakdown and separation. There is a robust list of titles listed for parents and children to gain a better grasp of the dynamics involved in a family breakup.
Blended Families Children's Literature 