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Picture books tagged with: working parents

Little Parachutes Gold Star Winner

The World Made a Rainbow

The World Made a RainbowThis reassuring book may help children who are struggling to adapt to social distancing, or who are finding it hard to be separated from friends or family due to the Coronavirus pandemic

Categories: Curiosity & Creativity, Infectious Diseases, Resilience / adaptability
Tags: absence, co-operation, coronavirus, grandparent, illness, loneliness, persistence, social distancing, transition, working parents

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The Great Big Book of Families

The Great Big Book of FamiliesHighlighting the fact that families come in all shapes and sizes, this book celebrates diversity, explaining how every personal situation is different. It's a good book for debunking the traditional storybook myth that happy families usually consist of mother, father and two children.

Categories: Acceptance & Inclusion, Adoption & Fostering, Being Different & Being Yourself, Divorce / Separation, Non-traditional Families
Tags: diversity, father, foster, grandparent, mother, multicultural, poverty, single parent, wheelchair, working parents

A Kid’s Guide to Coronavirus

A Kid's Guide to CoronavirusA free e-book packed full of information for children about Coronavirus, with additional notes to help parents.

Categories: Infectious Diseases, Serious Illness
Tags: co-operation, coronavirus, families, germs, grandparent, hand washing, illness, social distancing, working parents

Real Superheroes

Real SuperheroesA picture book that celebrates the 'real superheroes': the key workers that keep the world turning during difficult times. Encourages children to feel grateful and think of others.

Categories: Infectious Diseases
Tags: coronavirus, gratitude, growing up, illness, working parents

Dear Daddy

Dear DaddyReassuring children that they are loved despite the fact that a parent sometimes needs to be absent for extended periods. Acknowledging separation anxieties and sadness children may experience when a parent is away from home.

Categories: Non-traditional Families
Tags: absence, father, separation anxiety, working parents

My Amazing Dad

My Amazing DadMay be useful to explain to young children that all fathers are different and each one is good at different things. Introduces the concept of work and careers, and encourages fathers and sons to be proud of one another.

Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: father, growing up, working parents

Picnic in the Park

Picnic in the ParkDemonstrates to children that there are lots of different kinds of families and that it's fine to belong to any of them, because being loved is the important factor.

Categories: Non-traditional Families
Tags: single parent, working parents

My Mum Goes to Work

My Mum Goes to WorkMay help to reassure a child that all is well when a parent goes to work.

Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: absence, mother, separation anxiety, single parent, working parents

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