These are books our team finds to help children understand complicated emotions, navigate feelings of loneliness, and, most importantly, know they are loved by their parents, even when apart.
Together we can inspire a love of reading!
My Daddy’s in Jail
Janet M Bender, 2015
Far Apart, Close in Heart: Being a Family when a Loved One is Incarcerated
Becky Birtha, 2017
SHINE for Kids, written by dads in custody from Clarence Correctional Centre
When Parents Go To Jail
Brad Gosse, 2021
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Missing Daddy
Mariame Kaba, 2018
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook
Leslie Connor, 2016
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Visiting day
Jacqueline Woodson, 2002
Hazelnut Days
Emmanuel Bourdier, 2014
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Mama Loves Me from Away
Pat Brisson, 2004
The Prison Alphabet: An Educational Picture Book
Muntaquim Muhammad, 2014
From the Desk of Zoe Washington
Janae Marks, 2020
The Year the Swallows Came Early
Kathryn Fitzmaurice, 2006
The Night Dad Went to Jail: What to Expect When Someone You Love Goes to Jail
Melissa Higgins, 2011
When Andy’s father went to prison
Martha Whitmore Hickman, 1990
Almost Like Visiting
Shannon Ellis, 2016
Kofi’s Mom
Richard Dyches, 2016
Tyrell
Coe Booth, 2006
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A beautiful story reminding children that they are always loved, even when not with their family.