Picture books with single parent families

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Who’s In My Family?: All About Our Families

Robie H. Harris

A fun and friendly look at the many kinds of families that make up our world by best-selling author Robie H Harris.

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Love Makes a Family

Sophie Beer

Whether you have two mums, two dads, one parent, or one of each, there’s one thing that makes a family a family… and that’s love. A book for EVERY family…

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If You Run Out of Words

Felicita Sala

In If You Run Out of Words, an imaginative bedtime adventure from award-winning artist Felicita Sala, a father reassures his daughter of the fantastical lengths he'd go to in…

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Dad by My Side

Soosh

A heartwarming celebration of the special relationship between a father and daughter from Instagram sensation Soosh.

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Hide & Seek Beautiful

Nicki Gill, Jedda Robaard (illus.)

Annie and Boo are extra-special friends. And of all the things they share, the most special is this: they find the same things beautiful. But when Boo moves away, Annie…

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Mine!: A Story of Not Sharing

Klara Persson, Charlotte Ramel (illus,), Nichola Smalley (trans.)

A hilarious story of sharing, written by a Swedish author twice nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

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Mum’s Elephant

Maureen Jipiyiliya Nampijinpa O'Keefe

Maureen Jipiyiliya Nampijinpa O'Keefe grew up in the remote community of Ali Curung in the NT. Her family lived a bush life. They didn’t own much but her mother had…

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Seahorses Are Sold Out

Constanze Spengler

In this is a high-spirited story about an enterprising only child and a father’s juggle to work from home, one pet for Mika leads to another and another…

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My Super Single Mum

Bronwyn Fallens

‘It’s just mum and me and that’s okay, we have lots of fun, just her and me, everyday’. All children need to feel loved, safe and secure. My Super Single…

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The Pandas Who Promised

Rachel Bright

An action-packed, heart-warming tale about family, adventure and being true to yourself from the creators of the multi-award-winning, bestselling The Lion Inside.

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Eighteen Summers

Penny Harrison, Leila Rudge (illus.)

From beloved storytellers Penny Harrison and Leila Rudge comes a tender and timeless ode to the unbreakable bond between parent and child, and a celebration of the moments that weave…

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The Patchwork Bike

Maxine Beneba Clarke, Van T Rudd (illus.)

First published in Australia and New Zealand in 2016 by Hachette Australia –Copyright page.

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Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

Ian Whybrow

Harry finds some dusty plastic dinosaurs in Nan’s attic. He cleans them, finds out their names and takes them everywhere - until, one day, the dinosaurs get lost! The lost…

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Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak

Presents the story of Max’s adventures when he sails away to the land where the wild things. This book is the winner of the Caldecott Medal for the Most Distinguished…

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All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors

Davina Bell, Jenny Lovlie

When Frankie McGee insists on borrowing yet another book about tractors, his mum crumbles. She begs him to read a book about something else - cars, planes, cranes, trains -…

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Eloise

Kay Thompson

Eloise is a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York. She is not yet pretty but she is already a Person.

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The Gruffalo’s Child

Julia Donaldson

Join the Gruffalo’s Child in her search for the mysterious Big Bad Mouse in this bestselling sequel to the smash-hit picture book, The Gruffalo.

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Bears Don’t Cry!

Emma Chichester Clark

The beautiful sequel to Bears Don’t Read! from renowned author/illustrator, Emma Chichester Clark, creator of Blue Kangaroo.

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The Lucky Shack

Apsara Baldovino, Jennifer Falkner (illus.)

A timeless message of hope - of love lost and found again - this story is a stunning debut that will warm your heart.

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The Storm Whale

Benji Davies

A beautiful 10th anniversary edition of this award-winning, beloved modern classic.

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The Great Storm Whale

Benji Davies

The story of a girl, a whale and a friendship that will echo down the generations, from best-selling, award-winning picture book creator, Benji Davies, author of The Storm Whale.

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What We’ll Build

Oliver Jeffers

A spectacular new title from world-renowned artist Oliver Jeffers, creator of the million-copy selling, global phenomenon Here We Are!

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You Be Mommy

Karla Clark

A tired mother lets her rambunctious toddler have a turn being the parent at bedtime in this humorously charming debut picture book.

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Free

Sam Usher

When a boy and his granddad take care of a little bird, the boy wants to keep it - but Granddad knows it must return to its natural habitat in…

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Wild

Sam Usher

A boy and his granddad are taking care of someone’s cat for the day. The boy does lots of reading up about what cats like, but this cat doesn’t seem…

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LOST

Sam Usher

The third title in a new quartet of enchanting picture books in which a boy and his beloved grandad discover the wonder of the natural world.

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FOUND

Sam Usher

Boy and grandad discover the wonder of the natural world on a day at the seaside.

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Raising You Alone

Warren Hanson

Raising You Alone is an essential book for an essential for any single-parent family. With heart and humor, it talks about the quirks and challenges that must be faced every…

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I Wished for You: An Adoption Story

Marianne Richmond

A little Bear named Barley asks his adoptive mother questions about his adoption.

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All Kinds of Families

Suzanne Lang

Originally published in hardcover in a slightly different form as Families, Families, Families! by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2015.

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Picture books with single parent families

Who’s In My Family?: All About Our Families

Love Makes a Family

If You Run Out of Words

Dad by My Side

Hide & Seek Beautiful

Mine!: A Story of Not Sharing

Mum’s Elephant

Seahorses Are Sold Out

My Super Single Mum

The Pandas Who Promised

Eighteen Summers

The Patchwork Bike

Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

Where the Wild Things Are

All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors

Eloise

The Gruffalo’s Child

Bears Don’t Cry!

The Lucky Shack

The Storm Whale

The Great Storm Whale

What We’ll Build

You Be Mommy

Free

Wild

LOST

FOUND

Raising You Alone

I Wished for You: An Adoption Story

All Kinds of Families