Gr 4 Up-- Those looking for a little advice about handling a single-parent family or a new school may find some assistance here. The second-person texts, interspersed with seemingly fictional narratives, outline the basic problems in these lifestyle changes. However, although the two books are in the same series, they are not for the same audience. Living with a Single Parent , for grades 4-8, includes discussion of divorce and the death of a parent, as well as suggestions for safe latchkey living. There is at least one error in the ``Where to Get Help'' section. A similar title at the same age level is Marilyn Bailey's Single Parent Families (Crestwood, 1989). Changing Schools , written to a teenage audience, gives tips on making new friends and getting along with teachers. In both books, the numerous captioned photographs, most of them in black and white, add little to the texts. Like the narratives, they seem less than genuine; in fact, some of the same models were used in photographs for both books. Jill Krementz's How It Feels When Parents Divorce (1984), and How It Feels When a Parent Dies (1981; o.p.; both Knopf) do a superior job of presenting authentic stories about children in single-parent families. --Marilyn Long Graham, Lee County Library System, Fort Myers, FL
