Read this when
Divorce Is the Worst
When it feels like the worst, it's okay to say so 🧩
Who it's for
Rather than pretending divorce is fine, the book says out loud that it can feel like the worst, and lets a child's big feelings be real.
Upset, confused→Heard, understood
Feelings it meets
What it is
Divorce Is the Worst is a 2015 picture book written and illustrated by Anastasia Higginbotham, the first in her Ordinary Terrible Things series. Told from a child's point of view and illustrated with collage, it follows a kid through the shock, anger, sadness and brief hope of their parents' divorce, speaking directly and honestly without talking down to young readers.
Where to find it
In print and ebook (also on Hoopla through some libraries).
Before you start
Heads up: Parents argue and separate.
Age: Picture book (ages 4–8)
Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house.Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Part 1, Chapter 1 (tr. Constance Garnett)
